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📬 Squad Metrics: Giving credit where it's due

Jul 29, 2025

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14 min read

📬 Squad Metrics: Giving credit where it's due

And the pyramid of finance foundations

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📬 The Pressure Cooker: My philosophy on handling the stress

Jul 22, 2025

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15 min read

📬 The Pressure Cooker: My philosophy on handling the stress

And a complete framework for monthly business reviews in start ups

CFO Role

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📬 Joining the dots: How to connect FP&A with capital allocation

Jul 15, 2025

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15 min read

📬 Joining the dots: How to connect FP&A with capital allocation

And why audit profession are letting investors down

CFO Role

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📬 Blurred Lines: which costs should be managed locally vs centrally?

Jun 17, 2025

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14 min read

📬 Blurred Lines: which costs should be managed locally vs centrally?

And knowing when to leave if your ethics are pushed too far

CFO Role

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📬 Imposter Syndrome: The First 90 Days

Apr 1, 2025

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13 min read

📬 Imposter Syndrome: The First 90 Days

And calculating valuations in cyclical sectors

CFO Role

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🔧The CFO pipeline has sprung a leak

Feb 22, 2025

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21 min read

🔧The CFO pipeline has sprung a leak

How to beat the bots to the corner office

CFO Role

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🚀 The 2035 CFO

Feb 15, 2025

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19 min read

🚀 The 2035 CFO

What CFOs must do to stay relevant

CFO Role

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🤬 The CFO role is NOT changing

Feb 1, 2025

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19 min read

🤬 The CFO role is NOT changing

I woke up and chose violence

CFO Role

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🥅 Netting the CFO Seat

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

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🌉 Bridging the GAAP

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

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🪡 Intangible liabilities

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

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🧠 The 7 Mindsets of the CFO

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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CFO Role

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🗺️ Strategic Finance Part I: More than a bean counter

Aug 3, 2024

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19 min read

🗺️ Strategic Finance Part I: More than a bean counter

The 7 roles CFO play in business strategy

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CFO Role

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🔟 Must-Have Skills for Modern CFOs

Mar 16, 2024

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17 min read

🔟 Must-Have Skills for Modern CFOs

Let's put the 'General' in generalist

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CFO Role

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🥷 10 Disciplines Every CFO Needs to Master

Mar 9, 2024

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18 min read

🥷 10 Disciplines Every CFO Needs to Master

The intersection of people and numbers

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CFO Role

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🧱 Building your CFO Skillstack

Mar 2, 2024

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16 min read

🧱 Building your CFO Skillstack

Create a category of 1

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CFO Role

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🪜 The Long and Winding Road (to CFO)

Feb 24, 2024

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20 min read

🪜 The Long and Winding Road (to CFO)

Not all paths are created equal.

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CFO Role

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🚀 How to Survive as Elon's CFO

Jan 27, 2024

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17 min read

🚀 How to Survive as Elon's CFO

7 tips for succeeding in a hardcore environment

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CFO Role

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🕺🏽What a CFO can do that a controller can’t

Jan 27, 2023

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11 min read

🕺🏽What a CFO can do that a controller can’t

The skills you need and how to build them

CFO Role

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🎩 The 5 Hats of the CFO

Jan 20, 2023

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9 min read

🎩 The 5 Hats of the CFO

What they are and when to wear them

CFO Role

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🗓 The First 90 days as CFO

Jan 13, 2023

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8 min read

🗓 The First 90 days as CFO

What to do first, and how to crush it

CFO Role

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5️⃣ The 5 special traits of top CFOs

Jan 6, 2023

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9 min read

5️⃣ The 5 special traits of top CFOs

Here’s the secret sauce...

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CFO Role

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Launching CFO Secrets.  What it means to be a CFO.

Dec 16, 2022

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5 min read

Launching CFO Secrets. What it means to be a CFO.

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