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Steps in a Buying Decision

Strategy Driven

Determine if it’s possible to fix what you’ve got (to save the time, money, human capital) or figure out how to work with the internal Tech folks if absolutely necessary. meet with CFO (manages the Tech department). Majority decides to use vendors to do all the work rather than in house, but need buy-in from CFO.

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Why Startups Need To Get The Founding Team Right

The Horizons Tracker

Who would be CFO or COO? Assigning roles. Another study , from researchers at Imperial College London, explores how the distribution of roles among the founding team is undertaken. Who would be CEO? This may sound obvious, but in situations where equity stakes are equal, who becomes the ‘boss’ can often be a sensitive matter.

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0508 | Orly Lobel: Full Transcript

LDRLB

Actually, reading the book reminded me of this old anecdote that I heard one time, a conversation between a sort of unnamed CEO and an unnamed CFO and essentially, the CFO was asking, “What happens if we invest all this money to develop our people and they leave?” ORLY: Absolutely.

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When Investors Want to Know How You Treat People

Harvard Business Review

It augers great benefits to leaders that have a strong human capital story to tell with numbers, and poses dilemmas for those not prepared to measure their human capital and organizational capability more precisely. Some of the most important insights will come from human capital reporting.

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How I Learned the Hard Way That Aging Technology Is Expensive

Harvard Business Review

Then the family's CFO, my wife, who also happens to be a CPA, demanded to know their TCO. The CFO's skepticism was proved correct, and I lost all credibility. The machines were given to a friend, who sold them at a garage sale (I couldn't throw them away, because the CFO wouldn't authorize the $50 per machine "green" disposal fee.).

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Why We Need to Update Financial Reporting for the Digital Era

Harvard Business Review

Financial capital is assumed to be virtually unlimited, while certain types of human capital are in short supply. CFOs of these companies themselves admit that they cannot justify their market capitalizations based on traditional metrics.

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Why More Executives Should Consider Becoming a CHRO

Harvard Business Review

“I was surprised by how much I personally enjoyed running the HR function versus taking on a CFO role,” said Reses. If you’re a business leader looking for an opportunity to have real impact on your company — and position yourself for the top job — which career path is best?

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