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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...
Partner of the Month: Software Specialist With Turn-Around Experience
July 2022: Deane Baron Deane Baron has more than 20 years of financial leadership experience, including both domestic and international businesses. He has developed meaningful profitability measures and reported for business leaders to keep attention on the bottom...
Diverse Experiences Build Strong CFOs
Not all CFOs are created equal, and one critical differentiator is broad experience working across industries and with different types of businesses. I, like all of my partners at the Florida CFO Group, rely on just such a mix. These consequential industry...
Client Success Story: How A Fractional CFO Helped Grow My Company Profits Ten-fold
Aaron NurseyFounder/CEO, Direct Components I first met Roddy Premsukh in June 2021. At that time, Direct Components was 19 years old, and had 18 employees. We had totaled about $12 million in gross profit the previous year, and on the surface, were humming along just...
Part 2: How do I establish Performance Metrics for my business?
Performance Metrics also called Key Performance Indicators (“KPIs”) provide objective measures for a business to monitor itself. Metrics are a critical addition to any organization that wants to improve itself. Below are several criteria to consider as you set KPIs...
Part 1: Do Performance Metrics have Value for my Entrepreneurial Business?
I am often asked by entrepreneurs what I think could help their business. Of course, we always talk about their product or service and how they market it to the right customers. Then we talk about employees and the challenges of meeting customer demands. As those...
Spotlighting Women Business Owners
As a celebration of Women's History Month, the partners of Florida CFO Group took time to recognize and feature amazing women business owners in our local communities. Click on the names to read a short bio of each business owner on our LinkedIn page. Barbara Emener...
Confessions of a Former Cable TV Exec
Back when I was a financial executive in the cable TV business, we joked about having “Born to Raise Rates” tattooed on our biceps. How many of us actually got the tat? I will never tell. Let’s just say we are grateful for the advances in tattoo removal technology...