I’m never surprised when our CFO guests tell us that they don’t read books. Like many senior professionals, they have little time to pursue extra reading, and, well, it’s been my experience that as a group CFOs tend to be dreadfully honest and tell it […]
050: The Growth Killers: Robert Sher Prescribes Strong Medicine for Midmarket CFOs
What kills growth inside middle-market firms? Join us as Robert reveals the seven silent growth killers unique to midsize firms and explores some of the approaches CFOs can use to detect and overcome the organizational shortcomings that routinely prove fatal for growth. Letting Time Slip-Slide Away “What you see over and over again is…
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026: Ed Jordan, CFO, Billtrust, on Departmental Collaboration
What must a CFO do to have the finance function be recognized as a strategic asset within the firm? Join Ed as he shares the CFO mind-set that has allowed him to elevate finance from a bookkeeping and reporting function to one that helps to influence the strategic decision-making of the firm's management. Sponsors BlackLine…
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004: Sherry Buck, CFO, Libbey Inc., on the Tenets of Strategic Transformation
What does it take to transform a global manufacturing business? Join us as Sherry shares her tenets of finance transformation and offers an inside glance at her journey inside one of America's oldest and most resilient manufacturing firms - Libbey Inc. Finance Philosophy "I wanted to improve the effectiveness and the impact of some of…
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Aligning Finance and IT, Ben Mulling, CFO TENTE Caster Inc.
The Six Ways to Finance Your Middle Market Firm
This guest post was written by Frank Williamson currently managing partner of FourBridges Capital — A Tennessee-based middle market investment banking firm. One of my favorite aspects of middle market financing is the impact that imaginative approaches to financing can have on companies’ business plans. But understanding all the options available, how each can fit a particular situation, […]