November 2006

Welcome to the CFO Selections newsletter! Our monthly newsletter highlights current financial news and trends that impact your business's financial health. Our goal is to deliver valuable information in a concise, easy-to-use format, allowing you to quickly access the information you need to make smart business decisions.

From Our Desk:

Your Business and the Bank - A strong relationship with a financial institution is one of the best resources your company can Have. Learn what to look for when choosing a changing banks, and how to build an alliance with your banker to help support your company through good times and bad.

This month in Finance:

Stock options are giving way to restricted shares - Technology companies, faced with a major accounting change, are reducing the number of stock options they give employees and offering restricted shares instead.

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? - The new alternative to banks and VCs: person-to-person lending.

Funding Outside the Box - Investigate these alternative sources of capital when it comes to raising money for your business.

This month for CEO's:

What Successful Businesses Have in Common - These 14 traits show up again and again when examining the reasons behind business success.

Announcements:

Steve McClure Joins CFO Selections Team - Steve has 25 years of experience in business, finance and accounting roles as chief financial officer, controller and consultant. Most recently, he founded a successful consulting practice serving companies like K2 and Alchemy Synergy Group help launch new operations. Mr. McClure was CFO and Vice President of Business Development for HaloSource Corporation, Co-Founder, CFO, and VP of Strategic Relations for Network Commerce and Corporate Controller for Esterline Technologies. Steve graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in business administration, after which he earned his Masters in Taxation from Golden Gate University. Steve is a Washington CPA and attended the Program for Management Development at the Harvard Business School.

We welcome Steve to the CFO Selections team!

What's on Your Mind?

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