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More Data Will Not Fix Your Financial Blind Spots
More Data Will Not Fix Your Financial Blind Spots
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🚀 Welcome to The CFO Edge; the podcast for founders and business owners who want to understand their numbers without feeling overwhelmed.
Hosted by Carol Baghdadi, each episode breaks down real financial challenges into simple, practical insights you can actually use in your business.
From cash flow struggles to raising capital and making big decisions, we talk about the stuff that keeps you up at night—and how to handle it with clarity and confidence.
No fluff. No jargon. Just honest, CFO-level guidance to help you grow smarter and build a business that lasts.
🎧 Subscribe and start making better financial decisions today.
And if you’re ready for more hands-on support, book your FREE Clarity Call here: https://www.crunchtmz.com/contact-us
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- More Data Will Not Fix Your Financial Blind Spots · 10 mntMost founders already have plenty of financial data. What they often lack is a connected view of what the business can do now, what is economically working and what may happen…
- Your Books Are Clean. But Are They Exit-Ready? · 9 mntYour bookkeeping is current. Your accounts are reconciled. Your tax filings are complete. But could an outside party understand—and trust—the financial story of your business? In…
- You’re Going to Exit Your Business One Day. Will You Be Ready? · 7 mntEvery founder will eventually exit their business. The question is whether that exit happens on your terms. Exit planning is often treated as something you start when you're…
- What a 137-Year-Old Salmon Cannery Can Teach You About Surviving Competition · 9 mntWhat does a 137-year-old salmon cannery have to do with running a business today? More than you might think. During a visit to Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site in…
- Why Great Businesses Aren't Built on Better Reports, They're Built on Better Decisions · 8 mntWelcome back to The CFO Edge. In this episode, Carol dives deep into the real challenge she sees inside founder-led startups and scaling companies: not a lack of data, but a…
- Why Costco’s Financial Discipline Beats Most Companies That Try to Maximize Profit · 3 mntCostco doesn’t operate like most companies. It doesn’t optimize for short-term profit. It optimizes for long-term trust and consistency — and the financial impact of that…
- What SpaceX Teaches Us About Making Billion-Dollar Financial Decisions Before the Outcome Exists · 4 mntMost companies make financial decisions based on what is already proven. SpaceX does the opposite. In this episode of The CFO Edge, we explore what founders and operators can…
- The CFOs No One Recognizes Are Running the World Behind the Scenes · 5 mntI just returned from Boston after attending the CFO Leadership Council conference, and one keynote completely shifted how I think about leadership inside modern companies. In…
- The Hidden Cost of Not Knowing Your Numbers Fast Enough · 6 mntMost businesses don’t struggle because they lack data. They struggle because they see important financial signals too late. In this episode of The CFO Edge, Carol explores one of…
- Traction Changed How I Think About Scaling Businesses · 7 mntWhat makes Traction such a powerful book for founders and leadership teams? In this episode of The CFO Edge, Carol breaks down why the book by Traction resonates so deeply with…
- Your Business Isn’t Disorganized — It’s Operating Without Visibility · 5 mntMost growing businesses don’t have a motivation problem. They have a visibility problem. In this episode of The CFO Edge, Carol shares what she’s seeing inside growth-stage…
- Building Financial Clarity Before Growth Gets Messy · 4 mntGrowth can expose what your systems were never built to handle. In this episode of The CFO Edge, Zahra shares what working with a growth stage startup revealed about financial…
- The Visibility Problem Quietly Hurting Your Growth · 6 mntRevenue is growing, but everything still feels messy. That’s usually not a growth problem. It’s a visibility problem. In this episode of The CFO Edge, Zahra breaks down why…
- The Invisible Weight of Running a Business · 4 mntMost founders expect growth to make the business feel lighter. Instead, for many people, it starts to feel heavier. More decisions. More pressure. More complexity is hiding…
- Your Business Is Growing. So Why Does Everything Feel Harder? · 5 mntRevenue going up should feel exciting. But for a lot of founders, growth starts creating more stress, more cash pressure, and more chaos behind the scenes. In this episode of The…
- Only 3% of Deals Close — What I Learned in Dallas About Buying a Business · 4 mntI just got back from Dallas and honestly… Some of the most valuable insights didn’t come from the stage. They came from the conversations behind the scenes. In this episode, I’m…
- Should You Hire Right Now… Or Wait? · 5 mntMost founders think hiring = growth. Sometimes it’s the fastest way to create a cash problem. This episode breaks down the real question: not “can you afford the hire?” But “does…
- The Silent Profit Killers Most Founders Miss · 5 mntMost founders don’t have a revenue problem. They leak. Money going out… that no one’s really tracking. In this episode, we break down the hidden costs quietly draining your…
- Scaling Is Making Your Business Harder — Here’s Why · 6 mntYou’re making more money… so why does everything feel harder? Cash is tighter. Your team is stretched. Nothing feels clean anymore. That’s not bad luck. That’s what growth…
- The Pricing Adjustment Most Founders Avoid But Need · 5 mntIf your margins feel tighter this year, but your prices haven’t changed You’re not maintaining your business You’re slowly squeezing it Most founders know costs have gone up They…
