BlueLight

AUGUST 21, 2020

Their expertise ranged from seed stage start-ups, where the CEO also served as the in-house finance leader, to growth stage companies where an in-house CFO monitored the entity’s current and future financial health. For the first few years, I was building financial models for founders that were fundraising. Accounting ?—?Many

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CFO Talks

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Welcome to the CFO Club Africa podcast, where we interview leading CFOs from Africa and beyond. CFO Club Africa is a division of the Chartered Institute of Business Accountants, the professional body for business accountants, financial managers and chief financial officers.

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CFO Talks

MAY 4, 2022

CFO Talks is a brand of the South African Institute of Business Accountants. CIARAN RYAN: It’s my great pleasure to welcome Nico Serfontein, who is CFO at Maserati South Africa, now that’s a job that might incite envy amongst many in the financial field.

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Future CFO

JUNE 6, 2021

We’re drowning in data From my vantage point as CFO, I’ve seen a massive wave of tools and activities in the last few years with the goal of measuring everything. CFOs would love to rely on IT for clean and compliant data, but too often that relationship is strained. What dimension?

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CFO Thought Leader

APRIL 1, 2023

Ben [04:12] I don’t I don’t say it was gloomy, but I think it did prevent some people from attending because they had to then that was their number one priority to make sure we can you know payroll function we can send payroll, we can pay our vendors so I think yeah, that that did affect quite a few companies of course.

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 2, 2021

Just over a week ago, I valued Zomato ahead of its market debut, and as with almost every valuation that I do on this forum, I heard from many of you. A few of you posited that I was missing the point entirely, and that Zomato is a trader's game, and that there are plenty of reasons for traders to be optimistic about its future prospects.

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CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The conversation delves into the evolving landscape of the telecom industry, the impact of technology on business models, and the necessity for CFOs to embrace change and innovation, particularly in leveraging AI for forecasting and strategic planning. Let me just talk a little bit about CFO Club. But let us then start.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 7, 2023

The times have changed, and if there is a problem now, it is that we have too much data, rather than too little. The times have changed, and if there is a problem now, it is that we have too much data, rather than too little. That is not true!

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Onplan

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In part one of this series, we covered some of the most common myths about FP&A software and misconceptions CFOs and CEOs in fast-growing businesses have about their readiness for it. FP&A software is too generic and rigid for our needs. Today we want to debunk a second set of myths, about FP&A software capabilities.

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Onplan

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In part one of this series, we covered some of the most common myths about FP&A software and misconceptions CFOs and CEOs in fast-growing businesses have about their readiness for it. FP&A software is too generic and rigid for our needs. Today we want to debunk a second set of myths, about FP&A software capabilities.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

” Matthew: Thanks for having me, Michael. Feels good to be back. Michael: It’s good to have you back. Michael: So, I’m just curious to understand, I guess, the mindset further or what shifted? You said, “Are my plans really for me or someone else on my behalf?” ” What does that mean? Matthew: Yeah.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

The times have changed, and if there is a problem now, it is that we have too much data, rather than too little. The times have changed, and if there is a problem now, it is that we have too much data, rather than too little. That is not true!

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And so my job for basically two weeks was to get up, go sell as much FX or buy as many dollars as I could, and then go back to the hotel and sit by the pool. And my parents told me I had to find a job at the same time. And so I tried to put the thesis and the job search together. I had to go to Guatemala, I had to present it. It was great.

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