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Attack the Float: The Strategic Power of Payment Terms
How Payment Terms Can Shape a Business Model
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Your Business Model Didn’t Break...Your Org Chart Did
Jul 9 • CJ Gustafson
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The Exit-Ready Org
Apr 9 • CJ Gustafson
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The Many Faces of "The Plan"
May 14 • CJ Gustafson
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Take Private Szn
Public investors have lost patience with “slow-growers,” but PE sees a margin-expansion machine hiding in plain sight.
Sep 24 • 
CJ Gustafson
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TAM Is the Floor, Not the Ceiling
Have you earned the "right" to address it?
Sep 17 • 
CJ Gustafson
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When Doing Nothing is the Right Answer
How hold periods and "leaving meat on the bone" impact your product roadmap
Sep 10 • 
CJ Gustafson
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Do You Really Need BOTH a CFO and COO?
And is the CFO role eating the COO role?
Sep 3 • 
CJ Gustafson
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Do PE Companies Trade Innovation for Margins?
How you arrive at your "Rule of" says a lot about your business
Aug 27 • 
CJ Gustafson
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Templates Build Trust
And, are you data aware, or data driven?
Aug 20 • 
CJ Gustafson
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Stock vs Asset Deals
The pros and cons of each M&A structure, as both a buyer and a seller
Aug 13 • 
CJ Gustafson
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A weekly playbook for PE-backed CFOs and executives. Deep dives on margin expansion, smart capital use, and exit strategy.
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