Should CFOs be focused on today’s operations or tomorrow’s innovation – steady play or strategic change? The answer, of course, is yes. Here are ten lessons learned from this year’s MIT Sloan CFO Summit. Customer centricity: If you keep a focus on what’s important for...
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2019 MIT Sloan CFO Summit to Address Results & Reinvention
Speakers at Premier Conference for CFOs on November 21 Include Senior Executives from Cruise, Etsy, Lime, Peloton, Twitter and More CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The MIT Sloan CFO Summit, the nation’s premier one-day CFO conference, attracts 500+ CFOs and senior...
Preparing for the Next Stage
Once a company has decided to explore options for the best path forward, be it raising money, merging operations or an outright sale, it’s important to consider not only valuation, but also continuation – how will the company maintain operations and customers through...
Technology Investments: A View from the CFO Suite
CFOs hold responsibility for ensuring reliable, consistent processes within the finance operation, and reliable, consistent financial processes throughout the organization. This means freeing up bottlenecks and directing resources where needed, while ensuring agility...
Data Wrangling
Companies are awash in data – financial data, sales and marketing data, employment data, customer data, partner data and more. So how best to wrangle the data for meaningful insights? We’ve hosted a few ‘big data’ sessions at the MIT CFO Summit over the years, and...
M&A: Five Tips for Success
Mergers and acquisitions are an important strategic tool for companies of all sizes – to grow top-line revenue, add new offerings and/or acquire talent. Here are top tips to attract ideal companies, ensure appropriate valuation and deliver on operational integration....