CFO Bookshelf

Probably everything you know about setting goals and how to achieve them rests on the research of Dr. Edwin Locke and Gary Latham in the 1980s. Dr. Edwin Locke is also the author of the underrated bo...

18 Sep 202151min

While intellectual capital is nearly impossible to value, it clearly counts in the process of building wealth. Ron Baker is the author of Mind Over Matter which is an exploration of where wealth come...

11 Sep 20211h 1min

Gary Harpst is one of the co-founders of Solomon Software which was ultimately acquired by Great Plains. After that divestiture, Gary did a deep dive into what drove success in small businesses. The ...

4 Sep 202142min

Are we to celebrate startups that fail or fail fast? What if you are the founder of one of those startups? How do you deal with that failure? Mark Jacobsen attacks that topic head-on in his book, Eat...

28 Aug 202142min

One of my favorite parts of The Education of a Value Investor is when Guy Spier talks about his lunch with Warren Buffett. Similar to the Buffett lunch, what if I could have a virtual dinner with thi...

24 Aug 202138min

In the world of value investing, Guy Spier never needs an introduction. I believe his book, The Education of a Value Investor is one of the Top 5 investing books ever written in the past 25 years. Whi...

21 Aug 202157min

Steve Wexler is one of my favorite teachers in the data visualization space because he's easy to understand and doesn't speak over our heads. He's the co-author of The Big Book of Dashboards, and his...

14 Aug 202132min

I've met and talked to many CFOs around the country. We're rational, analytical, and can be direct at times. Some of us these CFOs are rare in that they have great people skills. But I'm not sure tha...

7 Aug 202132min