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How to Scale Your Company to $10M and Beyond
Hitting the $10 million revenue mark is a milestone many founders aspire to. It represents growth and suggests sustainability, market traction, and a maturing business. But getting there isn't just a matter of more hustle, more sales, or more hours worked. In...
Building a Creative Compensation Plan: 5 Ways to Attract and Retain Top Talent
Landing top talent is tougher than ever for small and mid-sized businesses, especially when they’re up against the resources and name recognition of larger companies. Offering a fair salary is no longer enough. A significant trend in 2025 involves companies...
Optimizing Operational Finance: Strategies for Efficiency and Growth
Efficient financial management is at the core of sustainable business growth for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Operational finance, which focuses on managing the day-to-day financial activities of a business, plays a critical role in maintaining stability, improving cash flow,...
5 Best Practices to Develop Your Business’ Pricing Strategies
Pricing is one of the most powerful levers for driving profitability in a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME). Well-designed pricing strategies do more than just determine how much customers pay; they directly impact revenue, market positioning, and long-term financial sustainability....
The Friction and Fundamentals of Franchising
Franchising can be a compelling path to business ownership, providing a structured model, an established brand, and built-in operational support. The perfect middle ground between launching a business from scratch and stepping into an existing corporate role. However, while franchising reduces...
Top-Line Strategy vs. Bottom Line Strategy: Which is Right for Your Growing Business?
Business owners constantly face tough financial decisions when it comes to growth and sustainability. Raising prices has the greatest impact on profitability, surpassing the effects of cost-cutting, operational optimizations, or aggressive sales and marketing efforts. However, each approach — top-line...
4 Ps of Transition Management – Part Two: Executing Change for Long-Term Success
Change is constant in business, yet managing transitions effectively remains one of the biggest challenges for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). While the first part of our discussion on transition management explored the foundational elements of Purpose, Picture, Plan, and...
Revenue Modeling 101: A Guide to Planning for Market and Product Growth
Building a sustainable and profitable business requires a well-structured revenue model that aligns with market conditions and product lifecycle stages. Unlike large corporations with abundant financial resources, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) must take a strategic approach to revenue generation...
How Fractional CFOs Can Help Entrepreneurs Prepare for Retirement
For small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owners, retirement planning is more than just setting aside personal savings—it requires strategic business structuring to ensure long-term financial security. Without a proactive approach, entrepreneurs risk financial instability, tax burdens, and an unstructured exit...
Six Ways Operational Finance Enhances the Customer Experience
Operational finance plays an important and often-overlooked role in shaping a customer’s experience. When financial processes are efficient, businesses can provide seamless service delivery, competitive pricing, and a frictionless purchasing experience. By optimizing financial operations with the knowledge of a...
How Lindberg & Ripple Transformed Their Business with ProCFO Partners
In this guest blog, COO Nancy Shepard shares Lindberg & Ripple's journey of transformation and how partnering with ProCFO Partners—specifically with CFO Charu Bahl—helped them streamline processes, enhance cost efficiency, and build a strong financial foundation. Discover how strategic financial...
Why Every Business Needs a Financial Dashboard
For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), keeping a clear view of their finances can be tough without the resources and structured reporting that larger corporations have. Unlike large corporations with dedicated finance teams and investor reporting requirements, SMEs must rely...
