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Goodbye, Overdue Receivables
Overdue receivables are one of the most common and serious frustrations entrepreneurs face. The hidden costs can be staggering, from lost time dealing with the problem to the cost of hiring dedicated experts, to the serious and long term damage to a business’ reputation with its clients. In this guide, we provide six steps all businesses should take to avoid the headache of overdue receivables.
Scott Hoover
Scott is a CPA with three focus areas: high-level monthly financial oversight, accounting software projects, and corporate tax planning.
Python and Finance: Power Up Your Spreadsheets
The Python language has the functionality to consign many a VBA-filled spreadsheet, held together with sticky tape, to the recycle bin. Its ease of use and suitability for iterative development lends well to finance-based workflows. We delve into this and provides a brief tutorial.
Stefan Thelin
Stefan is the Director of Data-Driven Insights and Analytics for Cargotec, a leading provider of cargo and loading solutions. He has also served as an M&A director and a startup CFO, and led financial modeling and analysis as a leveraged finance manager at the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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How to Craft a Successful Go-to-Market Strategy
As a venture investor, Natasha Ketabchi spends most of her day evaluating tech startups as potential investments. In early-stage investments, Natasha finds that the three things that matter most are team, product, and sales and marketing approach—including their go to market strategy. In this article, Natasha lifts the veil on what venture investors look for in a solid GTM plan.
Natasha Ketabchi
Natasha is an investor at a venture capital firm. She meets many startups daily and evaluates their investment potential.
The Street Guide on How to Hire a Part-time CFO
When does it make sense for a business to consider hiring a part-time CFO? Are there situations in which it doesn’t make sense at all? What attributes and criteria should businesses use to filter and select candidates? This article by Toptal Finance Expert Scott Hoover looks at answers to all three questions, and is intended to be a practical guide based on nearly a decade of experience as a freelance CFO for privately held companies.
Scott Hoover
Scott is a CPA with three focus areas: high-level monthly financial oversight, accounting software projects, and corporate tax planning.
Evaluating the Nature of Business Ethics in Practice
Using the 2016 Wells Fargo Banking Scandal as an example, this article dissects the situation according to the principles of the three classic ethical theorists: Plato, Kant, and Mill. It then offers some suggestions on how to improve ethics in business.
Martin Kemeny
Martin is an seasoned real estate and PE executive that has completed over $200m of projects and advised a range of Fortune 500 companies.
Pricing Strategies for Success: A Practical Guide
Pricing strategy is one of the most important functions that any business engages in. Prices are a foundational element of a company’s revenues—If managed carefully, they can generate high profits and consequently cash. But setting prices appropriately is tricky, and when mistakes are made, companies suffer.
In this article, Toptal Finance Expert Dalibor Pajic draws on his 15+ year career in corporate finance to outline seven practical examples of when pricing strategy plays a crucial role, with the aim of illustrating how pricing decisions can be approached in different situations. Pending
Dalibor Pajic
Dalibor is a CFO with over 15 years of experience in corporate finance, investment management, pricing management, and business development.
How to Get Consulting Clients – An Interview with Steve Blank
Consultants often struggle to find new, solid clients. We asked Steve Blank, the founder of the Lean Startup movement (and someone who has helped hundreds of companies get a better product to market faster and worked with dozens of consultants along the way) how consultants can attract clients.
Steve’s advice is a bit counter-intuitive. But it’s something that Toptal’s best consultants have already been doing for years.
Elizabeth J. Howell Hanano, CFA
Elizabeth began her career as an equity analyst and brings a deep understanding of how to unlock value within companies, big and small.
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