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The Best CFO I worked with was a controller

November 3, 2008April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

A recent CFO.com article* (see link below) stated that because of the credit crisis, there will be a new breed of CFO. This new breed will be one heavy with capital markets experience. I believe that predication will turn out to be as much of an overreaction as the credit…

Losing Your Company In A Bad Roll Up…Pink Sheet Company And Pink Slips

October 15, 2008April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Recently I was contacted by an entrepreneur that I had met years before (but never worked with). He found me through a friend. When I originally met him, he was trying to put together three small companies, one of which he owned, into one combined business and buyout the other…

What Is A Gazelle?

September 2, 2008April 24, 2024 by Jennifer Mooney

Jennifer Mooney

WHAT IS A GAZELLE? The term 'gazelle' or 'gazelles' is by no means a 'business standard' term but its used quit a bit to describe high growth companies. Investopedia, for example, defines a gazelle company as one that grows at an annual rate of 20% or more. We named the corporate finance…