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Startup strategy: should you aim Growth or Margin?

Damien CABADI — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 17:23:19 +0000

The recent difficulties of growth players like Wework or Uber generated a lot of interrogations about startup strategy: should you target Growth or Margin? In fact, Growth and Margin are 2 faces of the same coin. And this coin is Value creation! This article will explain you why… Historically, the first people concerned by this […]

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Customer retention strategy

Damien CABADI — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 23:53:46 +0000

The finance of customer retention strategy is often poorly understood. The explanation is simple. CFOs are not familiar with churn parameter in their profit and loss equation. So, how could you know the impact of a lower churn on your valuation? STEP1: introduce a Churn in your recurring cash flow Here, we are modelling the […]

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Startup CFO: 3 important Skills

Damien CABADI — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 17:18:39 +0000

The Startup environment possesses its own challenges. Especially if you want to raise Venture Capital funds. In this context, a Startup CFO could be a key competitive advantage. To recruit one, you should focus on these 3 specific skills: 1. Communication Skills Think about the Startup stakeholders: why Sales or UX are considered essential to […]

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Why financial services should invest in Corporate Social Responsibility?

Damien CABADI — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 20:09:42 +0000

1. A leadership, as a strategy, needs to be differentiated. After 17 years in financial services, a strange feeling is flowing through me: the majority of financial leaders are applying the same old-fashioned and conservative leadership. As if the finance sector was waterproof to new leadership styles used by successful companies like 3M, Twitter, Facebook, Apple or […]

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How to shape a company culture ?

Damien CABADI — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 09:54:09 +0000

The business Guru Peter Drucker quoted that “culture eats strategy for breakfast”. It shows the importance that CEO should place on designing a winning culture. Why? Because you deliver the best results when you align your culture and strategic goals. 1. The actual cultural landscape The classical framework of Quinn & Cameron inspired this graphic, which summarizes […]

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Why should you Lead by Example?

Damien CABADI — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 21:25:49 +0000

To understand why you should lead by example, we need to look at the history of management. The management theories have been designed to drive people towards a common goal. In the previous century the dominant style of leadership was a command and control management. However, this method has two inherent flaws. First, it means that you […]

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