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Initial public offerings are the holy grail for entrepreneurs, investors, and even chief financial officers. Not only does this benefit shareholders and raise the profile of a company like no other, it's a CFO's favorite challenge and a key accomplishment in establishing your brand as a financial leader. Very few CFOs have successfully guided their companies through the IPO process, so if you do, it's like joining an exclusive club. However, the IPO market is fickle. 2023 and 2024 were okay years, but even the smartest investors don't know what's going to happen in 2025. The takeover market is much…

What can your company do by tapping into the military community's talent pool? The winners of the 7th Annual Patriots in Business Awards are: chief executive Thayer Leadership at West Point recognizes companies that excel in supporting active duty military, veterans and their families through innovative employment initiatives and business practices. Every year, chief executive asks leaders from companies that have received this award to share their experiences supporting the people they serve. Here's what they had to say:“Be proactive and make plans.”JJ Sutherland, Scrum CEOIndustry: ConsultingPercentage of workforce from military community: 28%Seven years after Scrum joined the Veterans SkillBridge…

Now that the Federal Reserve has made borrowing easy again, executives eager to fund new and innovative corporate initiatives would be wise to take a break. Even as cheaper funds become available, the prudent calculus surrounding “big bets” remains: think big and bet small.At face value, this seems counterintuitive, especially in today's rapidly evolving digital environment, where those who bring the next big thing to market first often get the biggest piece of the pie. Masu. Even if you're sitting in your corner office, what onlookers often overlook is that most highly successful innovations emphasize strategic planning, commitment to approach,…

In a macroeconomic environment filled with uncertainty and twists and turns, small business leaders can find themselves stuck in a constant reactive mode. However, companies must remain committed to their core values, especially those that drive better outcomes for shareholders, customers, and employees. said Fred Royal, head of diversified business in commercial banking at JPMorgan Chase. Royal leads a team of bankers across the country to identify opportunities and build on existing relationships with executives and founders from diverse backgrounds. He was the founder and CEO of Royal Capital Holdings, a specialty investment bank that raised capital for a variety…

Intekhab Nazeer is a veteran of leading funding for young technology startups and assisting them in successful M&A exits. He currently works for a modern hot market company that provides infrastructure to companies running large-scale AI workloads. Simply put, WEKA's cloud-native data platform helps organizations manage GPUs to run more efficiently. The 10-year-old company has been waiting for that day for a long time. WEKA raised $135 million in November 2022, and raised $140 million in an oversubscribed Series E round in May last year. The Series E post-money valuation was $1.6 billion. Nazeer, who joined the company in 2020,…

Working on organizational culture is both extremely rewarding and extremely important. The very nature of culture, with its abstract, communal, and dynamic characteristics, makes it a complex subject to address. However, most organizations know that understanding and shaping their organizational culture is critical to long-term success and sustainability. Culture is not a tangible asset that can be easily quantified or measured. It is a complex tapestry of shared beliefs, values, practices, and behaviors that permeate every aspect of an organization. This intangibility makes it difficult for leaders and employees to express in words. It becomes more like an emotion or…

In 2001, Enron's spectacular collapse stunned Wall Street, wiping out more than $40 billion in shareholder value and devastating thousands of employees. At the center of the scandal was the company's former chief financial officer, Andy Fastow, who later pleaded guilty to securities fraud and served six years in prison. More than 20 years later, Fastow is sharing his story with a stark warning to corporate leaders. Enron's fate was not an outlier, but a warning about the dangers of loophole thinking and ambition.”How is it possible that someone who was named 'CFO of the Year' could end up in…

Today's sports world is indistinguishable from the past. Gone are the days when your only hope of watching your favorite player play was from a nosebleed seat. Now you can catch them live on social media, use a microphone in a game, or even meet them face-to-face in an AI alternate reality.Change is occurring at a similar pace for the financial leaders supporting these businesses. “We're not just selling tickets, we're not just selling sponsorships, we're not just selling television rights in bundles,” said the four-time Olympic champion and founder and former CEO of Sports Innovation Lab. Angela Ruggiero spoke…

In many industries, the pace of the workplace is becoming increasingly faster due to a combination of broad technological advances, expanding infrastructure, and societal imperatives. In these environments, we strive to maintain influence and actionability and be aware of macro variables, but seemingly trivial tasks and details are often overlooked internally, including day-to-day interactions between personnel and leaders. Sometimes it slips through the cracks in functionality. For better or worse, these so-called micro-interactions can have a huge impact on a company's culture, utility, and overall success. Therefore, leaders must keep these interactions in mind when balancing social dynamics with employee…

Show us your new technology. Then I will show you the unexpected results. At this week's Finance & Accounting Technology Expo, we learned about the daily struggles of CFOs and their teams. Established industry players, startups, and CFOs had a lot to say about current challenges. Here are three of the most important for the future of finance and accounting technology.data overGuy Virgil, Product Manager at Safebooks AI, a new financial data governance platform, said: The startup's existing customers are looking to Safebooks to help them build robust data governance processes and help them through audit season. Participants like Stephen…