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CFO/CEO/Board Relationship

A topic I'm frequently asked about - when is it appropriate for the CFO to talk to the Board Directors directly?  There is a range of opinions and styles amongst my peers.  My style is to partner with the CEO in supporting their communication with the Board.  The CEO has [...]

2018-04-23T22:50:04+00:00 April 23rd, 2018|Uncategorized|

Your Cash Runway Matters

In today's thriving yet volatile financial market you can not assume you can raise more money.  It is critical to your long-term success to know your cash runway, monitor your cash flow, have a plan.  Investors want to know you are fiscally responsible with their money, that you can hit your committed milestones [...]

2018-03-09T01:10:45+00:00 March 9th, 2018|Uncategorized|

Paying your consultant

How to structure payment to your consultants depends on a couple variables. Is the project they are completing a short term or one time effort? Maybe an hourly rate with a cap or a set fee is best. Is it longer term? Eg ongoing Contract CFO Role, then a combination [...]

2013-10-07T18:37:42+00:00 October 7th, 2013|consulting, Contract CFO, entrepreneur, Finance|

Venture Debt

Attended Ropes &Grey presentation on venture debt and mezzanine debt today. Seems it is more popular now with early stage pre-revenue companies. Good panel. Silicon Valley Bank spoke to competitiveness of this market. Couple entrepreneurs spoke about the CFO role in the Financing Strategy and checking out the venture debt [...]

2013-05-16T05:48:02+00:00 May 16th, 2013|Accounting, Contract CFO, Finance|

May Offer

For May we are offering up to 4 hours free analysis. Explain your business and what you are trying to do, provide data in my secure site, receive back analysis you are looking for. This could be for a ppt, for understanding gross margin, for sales reps commissions, be creative, [...]

2013-05-07T01:36:03+00:00 May 7th, 2013|Accounting, analyst, consulting, Contract CFO, entrepreneur, Finance|

Projects – how do you staff them?

Do you have ongoing projects that you thought your staff could absorb and handle but now those projects just won't come to a conclusion? You and many others have had this experience. Your team already works hard. The projects that either make things easier, provide more or better information, or [...]

2013-03-13T00:19:41+00:00 March 13th, 2013|Accounting, Contract CFO, cpa, Finance|