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Raising Capital Starts with These 2 Things
Whether you are seeking funds from Venture Capital, Private Equity, Lenders, or the Public Markets, raising capital starts with (1) telling a compelling story about your business and (2) building strong relationships. Start the story by explaining how you fit with...
Telling Our CFO Story
As business professionals, we often focus on the challenges we face and the issues we need to resolve. Sometimes that focus can be stressful or overwhelming. The ideal is to be optimistic about resolving the challenge or having a positive experience from finding the...
Disrupt…or Be Disrupted
I was blessed to have experienced the glory days of two industries: computer mainframes in the 1980s and cable TV in the 1990s and 2000s. The career opportunities, perks, and bonuses during those glory days were great, but glory days do not last forever. They end when...
Bicycling and Budgeting: More Alike Than You Think
In February of this year I started training for RAGBRAI XLIX- The Registers Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa that took place from July 23rd through July 30th. To prepare I researched the recommended training regime and modified it to allow more time...
Most mergers fail. Wait……What did he say????
Would it surprise you to learn that research has shown that 50 to 70% of mergers and acquisitions fail to achieve the expected result (Lovallo and Kahneman 2003)? What about that 90% of mergers result in some type of lawsuit by shareholders (Secher and Horley 2018)?...
HR & Finance: We’re the Rhythm Section
Can a blog article have a soundtrack? I am including a few iconic song titles in this one to set the stage for my piece on how Human Resources and Finance are the rhythm section of business. Cue: Satisfaction (Rolling Stones) HR and Finance are the...
Managing Through Inflationary Times
Inflation is the rate of increase in prices over a given period of time. Inflation is typically a broad measure, such as the overall increase in prices or the increase in the cost of living in a country. Unless you’re a child prodigy, you probably weren’t a...
Potential for Widespread Impacts of Increasing Tensions with China
Relations between the United States and China have long been challenging in many areas but have become progressively more fraught in recent times. Some of the flash points include trade sanctions, authoritarian governance, human rights abuses, technological...
Partner of the Month: Operations and Change Management Take Center Stage
September 2022: John Cruickshank A newly admitted Partner in the Florida CFO Group, John Cruickshank is an operational CFO with the proven ability to position companies for long-term growth and profitability. His career includes domestic and international public...
Meaningful Metric July 2022 | With Potential for Recession Looming, Now’s the Time to be Efficient
Every business should have Performance Metrics (also called Key Performance Indicators or “KPIs”) to provide objective measurement of how the business is performing. Businesses need meaningful metrics that offer business leaders insight not only into how the business...