
Focus Your Energy On Value Creation
“If an action doesn’t drive value, delegate or defer it,” recommends VCFO’s Dustin WIlliamson to CFOs whose plates are overfull.

“If an action doesn’t drive value, delegate or defer it,” recommends VCFO’s Dustin WIlliamson to CFOs whose plates are overfull.

‘I’m a firm believer that I work for my employees, not the other way around. In a perfect world, my job is simply to stay ahead of them and remove the obstacles they point out.’

Aleksandra Szuszkiewicz of Live Nite Events orchestrates sophisticated financial frameworks for high-risk, capital-intensive entertainment ventures.

Competitive advantage no longer hinges on the largest tech budgets, but on how well financial strategy and digital capabilities align.

‘We don’t have shareholders, but we are a public charity,’ says Denise Marks, CFO of the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health. “We have to be good stewards of our capital.”

In terms of protection and earnings, ‘no one ever thinks about cash—cash is the forgotten asset,’ says Ampersand CEO Kelly Brown.