Guest Blog from Santa Santa: Why I Was Ghosted by Elon Musk & Faced an AI-Inspired Rebellion Phew, just back from a sleigh test flight and nearly had a collision with one of those Space X rockets as it plunged to Earth! Talking of Elon Musk, my offhand comment back in August about the high […]
Why and How You Should Scale Up Your Business If you consider what sets companies like eBay, Alibaba, Netflix, Google, Starbucks, Apple, Cisco and Dell apart from other companies, their ability to continuously innovate and create high growth will probably come high on your list. So should the fact they’ve all successfully transitioned from start […]
8 Guaranteed Profit Drivers for WA Legal firms Over the last 2 weeks we have explored these 4 Profit Drivers; Keeping Costs as Low as Possible Highly Structured and Efficient Billing and Debt Collection Marketing and Business Development Activities Strong Cashflow Management This week – let’s look at; Retaining Quality Staff Strong Financial Management RETAINING […]
Last week we explored Keeping Costs as Low as Possible Highly Structured and Efficient Billing and Debt Collection This week let’s look at Marketing and Business Development Activities Strong Cashflow Management MARKETING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES Generally, this function is considered a soft skill – and not something you may consider a “finance” area of […]
8 Guaranteed Profit Drivers for WA Legal firms Overall, WA legal firms have had a slow and disappointing recovery from our mining boom days. Legal practices Australia wide have shown signs of industry pressure in areas such as automation, outsourcing and the continual client pressure to adjust billing models, while still maintaining revenues and the […]
What to Expect from a Part-Time CFO The idea of hiring even a part-time CFO may seem to some SMEs a bit OTT—like paying Quentin Tarantino to make a 90-second home page video or booking Wembley Stadium for the company’s five-a-side friendly football match. But for companies whose ambition is to get into and survive […]
What A Finance Director Can Do for Your Company You might think a Finance Director’s role is confined to traditional finance activities, but today’s CFO can do so much more than count beans. In the past, an CFO’s responsibilities might have been confined to high-level accounting such as providing timely financial statements and monthly management […]
Why Hollywood Actors Should Get Training from FDs You shouldn’t be surprised to discover that Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, Hugh Jackman, Gary Oldman among many other Oscar-winning actors and actresses bear a grudge against Finance Directors. It’s easy to understand why. For although the likes of Streep and Oldman have achieved fame, fortune and […]
The Rising Power of AI in Financial Services Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already transforming the way in which financial service companies are doing business. More and more of them are using AI to process information on their customers, cut costs, save time, monitor behaviour patterns, assess credit quality, automate client interactions, analyse markets, assess data […]
Strategically Outsource to Maximise Efficiency and Productivity If you’re looking for a quick way to cut costs, boost efficiency and improve productivity then consider outsourcing one or more of your business’ support processes. Outsourcing has many benefits and can give you a greater competitive edge in your market. It allows you to tap into a […]
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