You’ve got a solid business that sells on credit and makes a nice profit doing it. That assumes, of course, that you get paid substantially all of your accounts receivable, even though some of your customers may want to use that money elsewhere, and others would...
I’ve been reading headlines recently about newly hired CFOs at several large companies. Some eye openers to be sure: PayPal delivered a package worth $6 million to their new financial guy. Walmart threw in a $5 million signing bonus, Pfizer paid their new CFO $5...
Dave Berkus, a seasoned angel investor, entrepreneur, author and board member, posted a solid article for young companies whose management team may think of their CFO as their internal accountant instead of a partner of the CEO in developing and refining strategy for...
In the job of managing a company, the owner/CEO has many tools available to help decide when a department is functioning effectively or not. Some are easier to use than others. Managing the sales department may be among the easiest, because you have sales numbers to...
Readers of their company’s monthly financial reports typically see an income statement comparing the most recent month’s activity with the same month a year ago, the immediate prior month, or – for the truly enlightened managers – a budget for the month. All sounds...