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Practical Strategies to Improve Cash Flow For Small – Medium Sized Businesses
Meta reported $164.5 billion in revenue in 2024, with a net profit of $62.4 billion, a 59% increase from the previous year. Clearly, Meta is getting its cash flow management right. The company operates a free-for-user model but generates most...
Financial Strategy Lessons from Social Media’s Evolution
The social media industry’s two-decade evolution offers critical insights for financial strategists and executives navigating competitive markets. Through analyzing pivotal successes and failures, clear patterns emerge in how financial decisions impact market position and long-term sustainability. Strategic Infrastructure Investment Friendster’s...
Financial Transformation Framework: A Fractional CFO Methodology for Independent Sponsor Success
Overview Independent sponsors face a unique challenge: creating institutional-grade value in founder-owned businesses that often lack financial sophistication. What can be done about it? This briefing lays out the case for how a strategic fractional CFO engagement can rapidly transform...
Hot-Take: What can Entrepreneurs learn from Apple’s Next Move?
Recently, in an interview, Mark Zuckerberg 3.0 (that’s Mark with the designer shirt and million-dollar wristwatch) decried Apple’s lack of innovation and said the company makes money by squeezing developers and gatekeeping their ecosystem. However, that wall is starting to...
Cash Forecasting: Methods and Relevance to a Small or Mid-Sized Business
Cash flow forecasting estimates future inflows and outflows and ensures that a company maintains adequate liquidity to meet its obligations. It is essential for the successful management of firms, especially during uncertain market conditions. Without accurate cash flow forecasting, a...
Hot Take: What can Business Owners learn from the Honda and Nissan Merger
The media reported big news about a possible merger between Honda and Nissan. Here’s an analysis of the deal, our hot take, and how it can be relevant to you as an entrepreneur. But first, let’s run through a list...
The Bench Accounting Crisis: Recovery Strategies for Affected Businesses
As a leading provider of CFO services with over two decades of experience helping businesses navigate financial challenges, CFO Pro+Analytics has successfully guided dozens of companies through critical transitions and crises. Our team of certified financial professionals have extensive experience...
The CFO and Controller: Similarities and Differences
It can be assumed that the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Controller are just terminologies. However, both have distinct roles, and understanding their differences can help navigate the complexities within financial professionals. A CFO is a senior executive responsible for...
Role of a Fractional CFO in Loan Applications for Small Businesses
In physics, leverage is a small device that can help you lift heavy objects. Likewise, financial leverage, in the form of loans, can help you grow your business without giving up any ownership. Loans can also increase the immediate development...
Clarifying the Difference between Accounting and Finance
In this post, I am clarifying the difference between accounting and finance to help business owners and entrepreneurs better navigate the development of these key functions in their emerging businesses. Accounting and Finance are important for a business’s success, but...