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Teams & Hiring

📬 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

Teams & Hiring

The Soft Stuff Is the Hard Stuff: Finance Transformation II

Dec 13, 2025

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20 min read

The Soft Stuff Is the Hard Stuff: Finance Transformation II

How to write a vision for finance

CFO Role

Easier Said Than Done: Finance Transformation I

Dec 6, 2025

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15 min read

Easier Said Than Done: Finance Transformation I

It's not them, it's you...

Career Management

📬 Proper ZBB: Separating essential from discretionary spend

Nov 18, 2025

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16 min read

📬 Proper ZBB: Separating essential from discretionary spend

And the leap from software to manufacturing finance

Mailbag

📬 “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

Mailbag

Nov 4, 2025

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15 min read

📬 Brand First: D2C survival tactics

And wtf is "lights out accounting"

Strategy

Inside the PE machine: The Private Equity CFO II

Oct 11, 2025

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21 min read

Inside the PE machine: The Private Equity CFO II

Let’s follow the money

M&A

PE CFOs are Built Different: The Private Equity CFO I

Oct 4, 2025

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16 min read

PE CFOs are Built Different: The Private Equity CFO I

What every CFO can learn from their PE peers

The Board Room

When the numbers fall apart: Crisis Management IV

Sep 27, 2025

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20 min read

When the numbers fall apart: Crisis Management IV

This time it’s about you

CFO Role

📬 Spending Freedom: Managing employee expenses

Sep 23, 2025

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16 min read

📬 Spending Freedom: Managing employee expenses

And rebranding ... what's the point?

Strategy

Sep 20, 2025

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17 min read

The NPC CFO: Crisis Management III

How CFOs can help when finance isn’t the epicenter of the crisis

Teams & Hiring

📬 Legal Troubles: Managing out-of-control lawyer fees

Sep 9, 2025

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16 min read

📬 Legal Troubles: Managing out-of-control lawyer fees

And does a CFO have to be an expert in all finance areas?

Strategy

Crisis Management I: Never Waste A Good Crisis

Sep 6, 2025

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15 min read

Crisis Management I: Never Waste A Good Crisis

How to turn a nightmare into rocket fuel

Mailbag

📬 Deal Structuring: Seeking a Silver Bullet

Aug 26, 2025

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16 min read

📬 Deal Structuring: Seeking a Silver Bullet

And how do you invest "patient" equity?

Strategy

☠️ 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

FP&A

Capital Structure Design Part I: The Buffet of Funding Options

Aug 2, 2025

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15 min read

Capital Structure Design Part I: The Buffet of Funding Options

Not all money is equal. A practical guide to decode the real cost of capital

FP&A

💀 Long Range Plans: Where Dreams Go to Die

May 10, 2025

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20 min read

💀 Long Range Plans: Where Dreams Go to Die

Where strategy and numbers collide

Mailbag

📬 Intern season: How do you secure the return offer?

May 6, 2025

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15 min read

📬 Intern season: How do you secure the return offer?

And way too deep of a dive on the net working capital peg

Mailbag

Apr 22, 2025

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12 min read

📬 Does MFCF Always Lead to EV Creation?

And EBITDA in a not-for-profit

Mailbag

📬 Conscious Capitalism: Balancing ESG and Shareholder Interests

Apr 8, 2025

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14 min read

📬 Conscious Capitalism: Balancing ESG and Shareholder Interests

And sticking around (or not) after a sale

Strategy

🔎 CapEx vs. Crapex: Spotting the Winners

Mar 15, 2025

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19 min read

🔎 CapEx vs. Crapex: Spotting the Winners

Investing in projects that actually move the needle

Strategy

Mar 1, 2025

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16 min read

🏭 CapEx is Not About Accounting

CapEx decisions should be driven by growth, not GAAP

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

Secret CFO

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

Strategy

🖼️ Strategic Finance II: Frameworks you can’t ignore

Aug 10, 2024

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18 min read

🖼️ Strategic Finance II: Frameworks you can’t ignore

The business school lessons that actually matter

Secret CFO

📬 The Speedrun Rebuild: Achieving Finance Maturity Fast

The Soft Stuff Is the Hard Stuff: Finance Transformation II

Easier Said Than Done: Finance Transformation I

📬 Proper ZBB: Separating essential from discretionary spend

📬 “Strategy” or Fraud: Radical transparency in accounting

📬 Brand First: D2C survival tactics

Inside the PE machine: The Private Equity CFO II

PE CFOs are Built Different: The Private Equity CFO I

When the numbers fall apart: Crisis Management IV

📬 Spending Freedom: Managing employee expenses

The NPC CFO: Crisis Management III

📬 Legal Troubles: Managing out-of-control lawyer fees

Crisis Management I: Never Waste A Good Crisis

📬 Deal Structuring: Seeking a Silver Bullet

☠️ Capital Structure Design III: Pick Your Poison

Capital Structure Design Part I: The Buffet of Funding Options

💀 Long Range Plans: Where Dreams Go to Die

📬 Intern season: How do you secure the return offer?

📬 Does MFCF Always Lead to EV Creation?

📬 Conscious Capitalism: Balancing ESG and Shareholder Interests

🔎 CapEx vs. Crapex: Spotting the Winners

🏭 CapEx is Not About Accounting

⚖️ Strategic Finance IV: Strategy & the Long Range Plan

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

🖼️ Strategic Finance II: Frameworks you can’t ignore

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