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#FA Success 291: Managing Fast Growth And Slow Growth Of A Planning-Centric Advice Firm, With Amy Irvine

Nerd's Eye View

In this episode, we talk in-depth about how after working for years in the financial industry, Amy realized there was a missed opportunity in working with career-driven Gen X women like her and decided to focus on serving that type of clientele she knew so well, how the initial fear of launching a firm on her own initially led Amy to partner with another (..)

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Do Our Roads Have to be Built by Government?

CFO News Room

When good-quality roads became commercially important, profit-seeking firms were there to provide them. On the first point, hundreds of thousands of people were displaced by highway construction, and not even with compensation for their losses. He was a vice president of the John Locke Foundation until 2003.

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SA Budget Speech 2023: What can CFOs expect?

CFO Talks

By Jeff Ryan , MD of AWCape, a Platinum Sage business partner for HR, payroll and financial solutions South Africa’s Budget Speech for 2023 is an eagerly anticipated event for CFOs and financial leaders alike, as it provides insight into the government’s economic priorities and plans for the year ahead.

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James Galbraith: The Quasi-Inflation of 2021-2022 – A Case of Bad Analysis and Worse Response

CFO News Room

This essay is forthcoming in the Review of Keynesian Economics and is posted here with the permission of the editor. Originally published at the Institute for New Economic Thinking website 1. Johnson School of Public Affairs, and a Professorship in Government at The University of Texas at Austin. Contact: galbraith@mail.utexas.edu.

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Nonprofit Tax Filing: 7 Steps to Peace of Mind

The Charity CFO

Start With the Fundamentals of Nonprofit Tax Filing Non-profit organizations operate in many areas of society, including education, healthcare, sports, and social services. This complete visibility of financial information at all times is necessary to maintain a strong cash inflow and help make informed economic decisions.

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CFOs: What’d happen when CEOs stay in hospitals?

Future CFO

Highlights of findings Based on data of nearly 13,000 Danish SMEs between 1996 and 2012, Bennedsen and his co-authors find that five-to-seven day hospitalisations sent firm profitability tumbling by 7% in the year of illness, the business school noted. . While “Do CEOs matter?”

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Big Fizzles For Once High-Flying Unicorn Investors

PYMNTS

The problem with large investments – the type that run into the billions of dollars – is that just as gains can be astronomical, the losses can be devastating. Promises to disrupt the way business has always been done are exciting, yes, but profits matter. Emily Dickinson once wrote that “hope is the thing with feathers.” billion.