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Treasury

Apr 2, 2025

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20 min read

⚖️ The Treasury Management Tug of War

How to balance yield on cash with liquidity

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Accounting & Controlling

Dec 28, 2024

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17 min read

🍾 Happy New Year (End)

7 ways to make this year-end your best ever

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CFO Role

Dec 21, 2024

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18 min read

🥅 Netting the CFO Seat

Making the leap to CFO - Part III

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CFO Role

Dec 14, 2024

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20 min read

🌉 Bridging the GAAP

Making the leap to CFO - Part II

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CFO Role

Dec 7, 2024

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20 min read

🪡 Intangible liabilities

The hidden skills you need to become a CFO

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CFO Role

Nov 30, 2024

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20 min read

🧠 The 7 Mindsets of the CFO

I wasn't always old and wise

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Case Studies

Nov 23, 2024

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19 min read

🏛️ Capital punishment

One of the most interesting refis I've seen

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Case Studies

Nov 16, 2024

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19 min read

🔥 Feel the (cash) burn

Let's revisit Maintainable Free Cashflow

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Case Studies

Nov 9, 2024

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17 min read

🔬 P&L under the microscope

Ok, but are they actually making money?

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Case Studies

Nov 2, 2024

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20 min read

🔍 Dissecting the 10K

The numbers never lie ...

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AI & Technology

😱 9 tips for avoiding an ERP rollout nightmare

Oct 26, 2024

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20 min read

😱 9 tips for avoiding an ERP rollout nightmare

Your guide to swerve an ERP catastrophe

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The Board Room

🐣 C-Suite Politics Part III: I remember my first CFO job

Oct 19, 2024

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21 min read

🐣 C-Suite Politics Part III: I remember my first CFO job

Survival and advance

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The Board Room

👥 C-Suite Politics Part II: The viper's nest

Oct 12, 2024

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20 min read

👥 C-Suite Politics Part II: The viper's nest

The C-Suite can be a minefield

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The Board Room

👥 C-Suite Politics Part I: Partners in crime

Oct 5, 2024

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20 min read

👥 C-Suite Politics Part I: Partners in crime

Playing nice with your CEO

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AI & Technology

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Jeff Hoffmeister, CFO of Shopify

Sep 30, 2024

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14 min read

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Jeff Hoffmeister, CFO of Shopify

Q&A with the CFO of a tech company that's powering the e-commerce revolution

Secret CFO

AI & Technology

🪦 Picking the wrong ERP could cost you your job

Sep 28, 2024

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21 min read

🪦 Picking the wrong ERP could cost you your job

The questions you need to be asking when choosing an ERP

Secret CFO

AI & Technology

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Courtland Showerman, CFO of Quora

Sep 23, 2024

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16 min read

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Courtland Showerman, CFO of Quora

Q&A with the CFO behind one of the most interesting social platforms on the internet...

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Playbooks

❤️🧠 Investor Relations III: Winning the banks’ heart & mind

Sep 21, 2024

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22 min read

❤️🧠 Investor Relations III: Winning the banks’ heart & mind

Keeping lenders happy

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Playbooks

🤬 Investor Relations II: Are you happy now, shareholders?

Sep 14, 2024

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22 min read

🤬 Investor Relations II: Are you happy now, shareholders?

Keeping shareholders happy

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AI & Technology

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Babak Siavoshy, CFO of Anduril

Sep 12, 2024

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15 min read

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Babak Siavoshy, CFO of Anduril

How is one of the fastest growing companies on Earth using AI?

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Playbooks

🏧 Investor Relations I: How to Win Investors and Influence Them

Sep 7, 2024

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19 min read

🏧 Investor Relations I: How to Win Investors and Influence Them

A practical approach investor relations

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AI & Technology

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Eric Glyman, CEO of Ramp

Sep 5, 2024

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18 min read

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Eric Glyman, CEO of Ramp

How AI is changing the CFO role

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Resources

📝 11 Secrets to Mastering Business Writing

Aug 31, 2024

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18 min read

📝 11 Secrets to Mastering Business Writing

We Could All Suck a Little Less at Writing

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FP&A

⚖️ Strategic Finance IV: Strategy & the Long Range Plan

Aug 24, 2024

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21 min read

⚖️ Strategic Finance IV: Strategy & the Long Range Plan

Connecting strategy to FP&A

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Strategy

⚖️ Strategic Finance Part III: Increase value or reduce cost?

Aug 17, 2024

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19 min read

⚖️ Strategic Finance Part III: Increase value or reduce cost?

Strategic unit economics in the real world

Secret CFO

⚖️ The Treasury Management Tug of War

🍾 Happy New Year (End)

🥅 Netting the CFO Seat

🌉 Bridging the GAAP

🪡 Intangible liabilities

🧠 The 7 Mindsets of the CFO

🏛️ Capital punishment

🔥 Feel the (cash) burn

🔬 P&L under the microscope

🔍 Dissecting the 10K

😱 9 tips for avoiding an ERP rollout nightmare

🐣 C-Suite Politics Part III: I remember my first CFO job

👥 C-Suite Politics Part II: The viper's nest

👥 C-Suite Politics Part I: Partners in crime

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Jeff Hoffmeister, CFO of Shopify

🪦 Picking the wrong ERP could cost you your job

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Courtland Showerman, CFO of Quora

❤️🧠 Investor Relations III: Winning the banks’ heart & mind

🤬 Investor Relations II: Are you happy now, shareholders?

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Babak Siavoshy, CFO of Anduril

🏧 Investor Relations I: How to Win Investors and Influence Them

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Eric Glyman, CEO of Ramp

📝 11 Secrets to Mastering Business Writing

⚖️ Strategic Finance IV: Strategy & the Long Range Plan

⚖️ Strategic Finance Part III: Increase value or reduce cost?

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