From $80k to $400 Million
CFO Bookshelf25 Helmi 2023

From $80k to $400 Million

Jeff Polovick started Canadian-based Driving Force with just $80,000 and just a few years of experience. That modest investment has been parlayed into $400 million in revenues with 675 employees. Jeff's book is Why Can't We, and like many startup stories, there's drama, adversity, success, more adversity, and even an exit. In this conversation, we talk about continuous and lifelong learning, family, adversity, and Jeff's value system.

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The Gambler's Game

The Gambler's Game

Is it possible to read a fascinating true story about a professional roulette player where gambling is not placed on a pedestal nor glamorized? I believe the answer is yes if you listen to or read The...

15 Elo 1h 1min

Say It Skillfully

Say It Skillfully

I enjoyed reading Lencioni's The Ideal Team Player even though it was a bit too simplistic with a focus on just three labels to describe a person you want on your team. After reading Molly Tschang's n...

9 Elo 1h 3min

The Crux of Great Strategy

The Crux of Great Strategy

Richard Rumelt is a legendary strategy pioneer and author of The Crux and Good Strategy Bad Strategy. In this episode, Rumelt dismantles traditional "strategic planning," arguing it is often merely a ...

1 Elo 1h 6min

The Coffee Can Investor

The Coffee Can Investor

What happens when a great storyteller learns that one of his closest friends is building an investment portfolio for his three daughters that he hopes will grow to a half billion dollars over the next...

22 Kesä 1h 9min

Story Business

Story Business

In his new book, Story Business, Gavin McMahon argues that the best-packaged ideas—not just the best ones—win in the marketplace. Drawing on his background as an engineer and his work in the defense, ...

11 Huhti 1h 2min

Hourly Billing Is Nuts

Hourly Billing Is Nuts

Jonathan Stark needs no introduction in the value pricing world. Many years ago, Jonathan came to the realization that hourly billing was not a workable solution for him and his software development c...

28 Maalis 1h 7min

Finding Value in Numbers

Finding Value in Numbers

The subtitle of Ehsan Ehsani's new book Finding Value in Numbers is The Essential Investing Toolkit to Win on Wall Street. If I may, I'm adding my subtitle too, which is Learn a Handful of Key Financi...

22 Maalis 58min

Would You Work for Chainsaw Al Dunlap?

Would You Work for Chainsaw Al Dunlap?

They called him 'Chainsaw Al.' In 1996, Al Dunlap took over a struggling Sunbeam and did what he did best: he cut. He let go 6,000 employees and closed 18 factories. The stock price? It nearly quadrup...

1 Maalis 52min

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