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Cashflow

Treasury

+5

📬 Marginal Impact: Contribution Margin vs. Absorption Costs

Feb 17, 2026

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18 min read

📬 Marginal Impact: Contribution Margin vs. Absorption Costs

And making the most of FX strategy

FP&A

+3

Cashflow Operating System: Cash Mastery V

Jan 31, 2026

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18 min read

Cashflow Operating System: Cash Mastery V

Where the rubber hits the road

The Board Room

+4

📬 From CFO to CEO: Are you ready?

Jan 27, 2026

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17 min read

📬 From CFO to CEO: Are you ready?

And making MFCF sing...what's in and what's out

Strategy

+3

The Next Big Thing?: Cashflow Mastery IV

Jan 24, 2026

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20 min read

The Next Big Thing?: Cashflow Mastery IV

Turning a blind eye to ROI

FP&A

+3

The (Cash) Personality Test: Cashflow Mastery III

Jan 17, 2026

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19 min read

The (Cash) Personality Test: Cashflow Mastery III

How to actually deliver Maintainable Free Cashflow

Strategy

+3

M********** F****** Cashflow (Revisited)

Jan 10, 2026

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18 min read

M********** F****** Cashflow (Revisited)

And a new way of thinking about OpEx

Strategy

+2

Not all Cash is Created Equal: Cashflow Mastery I

Jan 3, 2026

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17 min read

Not all Cash is Created Equal: Cashflow Mastery I

And introducing the cashflow megaphone

Teams & Hiring

+4

📬 The Speedrun Rebuild: Achieving Finance Maturity Fast

Dec 16, 2025

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20 min read

📬 The Speedrun Rebuild: Achieving Finance Maturity Fast

And becoming a CFO at IPO

Mailbag

+5

📬 “Strategy” or Fraud: Radical transparency in accounting

Nov 11, 2025

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17 min read

📬 “Strategy” or Fraud: Radical transparency in accounting

And a word on hedging interest rates

The Board Room

+4

How to Get Hired (and Fired): The Private Equity CFO IV

Oct 25, 2025

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20 min read

How to Get Hired (and Fired): The Private Equity CFO IV

Landing fast, setting the tone, and building a finance engine that wins.

Strategy

+3

☠️ Capital Structure Design III: Pick Your Poison

Aug 16, 2025

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18 min read

☠️ Capital Structure Design III: Pick Your Poison

Debt Is Cheaper Than Equity... If It Doesn’t Kill You

Capital Allocation

+3

Capital Structure Design II: Do you know what you need?

Aug 9, 2025

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19 min read

Capital Structure Design II: Do you know what you need?

Make the business earn it.

Mailbag

+4

📬 Breaking Bad News: When, who, and how to handle it

Aug 5, 2025

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16 min read

📬 Breaking Bad News: When, who, and how to handle it

And can quarterly closes work?

CFO Role

+4

📬 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

Mailbag

+2

📬 Does MFCF Always Lead to EV Creation?

Apr 22, 2025

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12 min read

📬 Does MFCF Always Lead to EV Creation?

And EBITDA in a not-for-profit

M&A

+2

💃 Balance Sheet Ballet

Jan 18, 2025

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19 min read

💃 Balance Sheet Ballet

How does working capital work in M&A?

Case Studies

+2

🔥 Feel the (cash) burn

Nov 16, 2024

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19 min read

🔥 Feel the (cash) burn

Let's revisit Maintainable Free Cashflow

Secret CFO
Secret CFO

Cashflow

+1

 🧱 How to Build a Cashflow Culture

Dec 16, 2023

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16 min read

🧱 How to Build a Cashflow Culture

And what to do in a cash crisis

Cashflow

+1

🏍️ 15 Drivers of Working Capital

Dec 9, 2023

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15 min read

🏍️ 15 Drivers of Working Capital

And how to drive them

Cashflow

+1

🎡 The Miracle of Negative Working Capital

Nov 25, 2023

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15 min read

🎡 The Miracle of Negative Working Capital

And the hidden pitfalls

Cashflow

+1

🪖 18 Month Cashflow Forecasts

Nov 18, 2023

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15 min read

🪖 18 Month Cashflow Forecasts

And how to use the indirect method

Cashflow

+1

⚡️ 13 Week Cashflow Forecasts

Nov 11, 2023

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15 min read

⚡️ 13 Week Cashflow Forecasts

And pitfalls to avoid

Reporting

+2

🥰 How to Get Your Business to Care About Cashflow

Oct 28, 2023

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17 min read

🥰 How to Get Your Business to Care About Cashflow

And what metrics and reporting to use

Cashflow

+1

🪣 M****** F****** Cashflow

Oct 21, 2023

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20 min read

🪣 M****** F****** Cashflow

Cash generation vs capital allocation

Cashflow

+1

👑 Cash is NOT king

Oct 14, 2023

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10 min read

👑 Cash is NOT king

...the start of a new season on cashflow

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