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Founder Dependence Isn’t Always a Problem — Until You Want Options I recently read a LinkedIn post highlighting a red flag in acquisitions: if the founder can’t step away and the business can’t run without them, you’re not buying a business — you’re buying a job. Yes! Great insight. Dead on. For cash-flow–driven acquisitions, standalone…
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How’s It Like the Game – Can you spot the differences? But Founders don’t have time for games. They want solutions – not titles. The real question isn’t whether you need a CFO or a Controller. The question is: do you have a foundation that lets you make confident decisions and grow value? 1: The…
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The Question That Wouldn’t Go Away A few months ago, I participated in an ARM industry webinar focused on a topic that most people outside of finance rarely think about: how to properly maintain and reconcile multiple trust bank accounts across multiple clients, with payments flowing through multiple third-party processors.We discussed internal controls, segregation of…
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Working with founders is like being the pacer in a race: you run at what feel like sprint speeds to you, yet seem almost leisurely to them. There is always a goal—an Ahab-like pursuit—and you get to run an important leg of their journey, making it your own by helping translate ambition into measurable progress.…
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A Real Use Case for AI A vendor sends monthly invoices as PDFs. Not summaries—full transaction-level detail. All the data you want, hermetically sealed inside a document designed primarily for printing and filing, not analysis. The data is valuable. The data is locked. Hey, why not just demand the vendor send the invoices directly…
Financial Foundations with Jim Curham 