IS IT TIME TO HIRE A CFO?
If you’re a start-up or a small company CEO (especially for the first time), at some point you’ve asked yourself “Do I need to hire a CFO?” I’ve seen variations…
Read more »THE NEW “BUSINESS-ATTRACTIVE” UK
“Have you looked at the business-attractive UK?” If someone had said that to me 10 years ago I would probably have chuckled. Recently though I attended a webinar put on…
Read more »NON-PROFIT DASHBOARDS PART 1: THE ROLE AND REASON
The current trend in organizations is to distribute real time financial and performance information to managers in order to improve the quality of information available to them and to enable…
Read more »SO YOU NEED A VALUATION? WHY? WHAT’S THE PURPOSE?
There are lots of reasons for a privately-owned business to consider a valuation. These might include: 1.Pricing employee stock options 2.Shareholder buyouts 3.Internal sales and purchases 4.Buy/sell agreements 5.Estate planning…
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GETTING YOUR FOOT IN THE DOOR AS AN INTERNATIONAL CANDIDATE
I recently attended a panel presentation on recruitment of international candidates. The panel included an in-house recruiter, a retained search recruiter and an international candidate who had been successfully recruited…
Read more »IRS TARGETING HURTS MORE THAN JUST CONSERVATIVES
Recent news headlines are filled with sensational revelations about alleged IRS targeting of certain conservatively oriented social welfare groups seeking tax exempt status (under IRC Section 501 (c) 4) for…
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TODAY’S EFFECTIVE NON-PROFIT LEADER
We’ve witnessed tremendous change in the world of organizations due to the broad availability of information on the internet and the way specific organizational information is frequently shared via social…
Read more »Is Excel Dead?
Obit for the most versatile analytical tool of all time is greatly exaggerated Chris ChillingworthPartner, CFOs2Go Partners At the recent ProformativeTM Technology Conference in Burlingame, CA, a conference dominated by the large…
Read more »FOREIGN COMPANIES ENTERING THE US: PAYROLL AND BENEFITS
I am often asked by foreign companies entering the US about how to manage payroll and benefits for employees based in the US. When starting out in the US, foreign…
Read more »Maximize your company’s value to a Strategic Buyer
Avoid price reductions due to unexpected surprises in due diligence Sima HsuManaging Director, Sima Consultancy According to an empirical study done by Bargeron et al (2008)[1], the acquisition price paid…
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