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The primaries are over and now we Americans and the world get to see the time honored spectacles of the Republican and Democratic Conventions. A place where party faithful come and listen to leaders of their party paint a vision of tomorrow and in turn try to convince the greater party members and those of […]
Read More »I have been making budgets for way too many years in scores of industries, sectors, sub-sectors, mid sized companies, small companies, start-ups, growth, turnarounds, privately held, VC/PE held, publicly held; well I guess you get the drift. As the senior accounting/finance person (the titles have been different over the years, but the responsibly in this […]
Read More »This is an open letter to the Chief Executive Officers of the world. cfo qualification There seems to be a great amount of confusion on the part of those who are, or who think they are and those who really aren’t, but say they are; as to what qualities and qualifications are necessary to hold […]
Read More »I went to the Small Business Expo held in NYC last week. This end of the company size/age spectrum is not where I spend a lot of my time, but I do start-ups and it was worth the trip to go (and I got a great workout walking cross-town). What I found, by way of […]
Read More »GAP Analysis is a technique used by all strata within an organization to first gauge how they are doing today versus a future state as well as a basis for creating a template or plan for improvement. A simple concept Really a very simple concept; I’m on first base, because I can see the scoreboard […]
Read More »Business Process Mapping, a simple yet time-consuming chore that seems never to get done due to lack of enthusiasm of both management and staff. A strange phenomenon where both employers and employees are in perfect synergy and both terribly short sited. For those who have never been involved in business process mapping: it is the […]
Read More »I have been involved in start-ups to the $100M business segment for most of my career. What is almost universal is that most business owners, whether first-timers, serial entrepreneur’s or professional management of start-ups to companies running about $40M in revenue just don’t understand, yet even appreciate what the back-office does for the organization. More […]
Read More »Received this via InMail looking for clients: “My name is <name removed>. I’m a former New York Jets player that is now working as a Recruiter. I have over 20 million resumes for all different industries. Do you have any job opening at your company? If so, Can I send you over a resume?” What […]
Read More »Looking for a job can be a way for the unscrupulous to steal your identity. These days I am in a perpetual job hunt mode. The job can be as a new client of my consulting business, whether as it is an interim or long-term assignment or as a full-time employee. The roles are typically […]
Read More »The Venture Capital/Private Equity market space from all accounts seems to be slowing down, with no one predicting a great 2016. Pundits abound as to the reasons behind this phenomenon, from over valuation to lack of deals. Venture capital funding overall has risen so far this year. Through the first nine months of 2015, $57.9 […]
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