A CFO is a senior-level C-suite executive who takes control of the business financially. Their main job is to study the marketplace, manage the Accounting team, and charter a financial course of action for the business. In every financial campaign, the primary obligations of the CFO include forecasting, planning, and analysis which help companies to scale successfully. In an organization, the CFO...
The Chief Financial Officer or CFO position is a highly coveted position, in an organization and one that many finance professionals aspire to. The benefits of being a CFO are numerous including that of a very lucrative package, especially with a big firm and being answerable to none except the CEO, the senior management team, and the BoD. However, the position comes with great responsibility...
Recruiting is by far one of the most challenging tasks for an entrepreneur. All founders will. At some point, be faced with the challenge of recruiting new members to add to their team and help take their business off the ground and while the hiring of some roles is easily accomplished, others require much consideration especially C –suite positions. The most commonly hired employees are Data...
Recruiting a COO can prove to be a challenging task for any business. A large part of the day-to-day business operations lean on their shoulders and founders/business owners must have implicit trust in their abilities and ethics in order for a successful working partnership that provides a healthy environment for business growth. In addition, every business owner wants someone who is...
A Chief Marketing Officer is integral to any startup organization. The right CMO can build a competent and successful marketing team, improve brand awareness and drive sales. However, hiring for this role can be a bit complicated, especially for startups. Often startup CEOs find it difficult to correctly assess the right time to bring on board a CMO; in many cases, the CMO is brought on too early...
A Chief Marketing Officer is the one who is responsible for overseeing all marketing operations of the company. The CMO plans, implements and oversees all marketing and advertising initiatives, grows company sales, and overall contributes to new business development. There are certain qualities that a good CMO will possess such as proven leadership abilities, solid analytical skills, and vast...
There is only so far that a startup business can go before reaching that point in its growth trajectory where it requires a highly skilled leadership that is beyond the founder of the business. It is then time to embark upon the journey of hiring C- suite leadership to take the company to the next level in its growth journey. This includes the founder/CEO taking a step back and bringing on board...
The Chief Information Officer -CIO- of today has come a long way up the corporate ladder from what the position was a few years ago. From a person, perhaps earlier known and hired solely for his solid technical IT skills, CIOs have swiftly emerged out of the shadows. They rewrote their roles and the so-called “backroom boys” metamorphosed into true blue strategic partners, rubbing shoulders and...
BYJU’S FUNDING DRIVE LEADS TO MAJOR EXPANSION PLANS India’s largest education company, Byju’s has succeeded in raising $800 million in a mega funding round led by its founder Byju Raveendran. The money was raised at a valuation of approximately $22 billion. A brief on the founders: Byju Raveendran, aged 41 who owns about a third of the business, invested $400 million while the remaining amount...
The emergence and intelligently designed intersection of a slew of modern technology and smart devices, is fast altering the way we operate our business and shaping the patterns of how we are going about our daily lives. What fast-emerging technologies are impacting first and the most is the way commerce is being conducted across time and distance barriers. This in turn means the people at the...