CFO GUEST: Paolo Poma of Lamborghini CFO Paolo Poma: [00:00] 80% of the time as to be dedicated to internal reporting Action Plan steering the company adjust 20% to external reporting. That is important because the added value comes from internal steering, which are the main KPIs, we check off course profitability, on p&l level […]
888: Accelerating in the Controlled-Growth Lane | Paolo Poma, CFO, Lamborghini
Paolo Poma is uncertain how many times he met with bankers and investors during the first 6 months of 2009. The steady string of phone calls and conference rooms that once demanded the management of Ducati Motors Holding’s rapt attention, Poma tells us, have now blurred into a single, heart-pumping conversation. “I had to go…
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Making Numbers Matter Across the Organization | Jeremy Klaperman, CFO, Rho
CFO GUEST: Jeremy Klaperman of Rho EPISODE: #866 Metrics for the Masses
866: Metrics for the Masses | Jeremy Klaperman, CFO, Rho
Not unlike many of his CFO peers, Jeremy Klaperman spent the early years of his finance career in trying to rectify the damage brought on by the irrational market behaviors of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Unlike most, though, he found that his repair duties frequently involved visits to a remote Japanese fishing village.…
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Ep 17: Legibility & Levers
To grow efficiently businesses must have legibility across the organization, explains Airtable CFO Ambereen Toubassy, who tells us legibility can only be achieved by having everyone throughout the business using the same metrics. Along the way, Toubassy says finance leaders must ensure their organization’s data capture is being conducted correctly and consistently. It may sound easy, but […]
848: The People, the Mission, and the Innovation | Evan Goldstein, CFO, Seismic
Evan Goldstein tells us that it was at the end of another long day—after a week of long days—as he was walking to the parking lot adjacent to Genentech's offices that he received a “gut punch.” Becoming more self-aware of others is something that many finance leaders have told us that they have needed to…
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Let’s Put an End to “Dumb Spend” | David Bedell, CFO, Lendio
CFO GUEST: David Bedell of Lendio EPISODE: #818: Breaking Finance’s “Glass Wall”
693: Building Individual Trust | Mike Rasic, CFO, Synapse
Looking back, Mike Rasic says that his entry into the world of tech start-ups got kicked off with a phone call that he almost didn’t answer. “I have a strict policy that if I see a phone number popping up on my mobile that I don’t recognize, I just don’t pick up,” explains Rasic, who…
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355: When KPIs Are Top of Mind | Four CFOs Tell Us Which Metrics Matter
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346: Making Data Connections | Darrell Cox, CFO, Vena Solutions
Join us when Darrell Cox, CFO of Vena Solutions, explains his priorities when it comes to advancing Vena's customer offerings, scaling the organization, and identifying and aligning sources of data that can empower the company to look beyond the next quarter. "Basically, I need to prepare Vena for scale. I need to help us drive efficient growth,…
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