Asif Ahmed is Partner and Head of Early Stage at Cooper Parry, an accounting and advisory team focussed on venture backed founders. We are the preferred partner to VC funds and their portfolio companies, providing a bespoke, seamless delivery model from incorporation to exit. He started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers then ran successful early stage focussed firms such as Acclivity Advisors. Asif wrote the best selling book 'The Finance Playbook for Entrepreneurs', so that entrepreneurs of ALL backgrounds could benefit from the very best teachings. He holds a BA (Hons), Management Studies degree from Nottingham University Business School and has consulted on how Government should innovate for SMEs, entrepreneurs and in the taxation arena. Asif is a speaker, mentor and advisor with universities and schools, particularly on entrepreneurship, as well as at accelerators and incubators on a wide variety of relevant early stage matters.