CFO Skills Project

Credits, Links and Book Ideas

Video Editing

Paul Kinsella
Marketing by Video

http://marketingbyvideo.com

White Board Animation

Brenda Agency
http://doodlypro.com/

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Twin city CFO Work Group

The Collaborative

https://www.collaborative.net
The CFO WorkGroup provides the most valuable development and real life work place insights that I have ever experienced.
It was a highlight of my month.

Script and Research

Dan Kinsella
Past CFO

Voice Over

Heidi Housh
Moore Creative Talent, Inc.
http://www.mooretalent.com/

To my soul mate (Karen), and my daughters (Karri, Stacey and Erin) my eternal thanks for your love and support.

No CFO is effective without a great team. Special thanks to all my finance and operations teammates for their skill and dedication. You made many peoples lives better. 

Dan


Contributions from CEO’s and Founders:

Glen Bolander

Zach Halmstad

Franz Hofmeister

Justin Kaufenberg

Carson Kipfer

Todd Krautkremer

Greg Meland

Mark Shavlik

Chip Pearson

Charlie Westling

 Thanks to each of you for giving me the opportunity to work with you.


Recommended Books

One way for CFO’s to continually improve is to read/listen to others. If you are a CFO, you probably are inquisitive and a continual learner. I found that at the end of a long day, listening to an audio book on my commute, or reading while working out cleared my head. Here are several of my favorites:

Book Name/Author/Why it is Important


Philip B. Crosby

Quality is Free

Changed me forever on how I look at customer service and improving.


Gino Wickman

Traction

Best of the many books I have read on strategy; great tools for actually executing a plan and getting your team on the same page.


Stephen M.R. Covey

Speed of Trust

Organizational speed is an absolute necessity for success; I finally came to understand that trust requires both character and competence.


Clayton M. Christenson

The Innovator’s Dilemma

Unforgettable presentation of why companies get stuck after success and fail to innovate.

Stephen R. Covey

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

I have come to love the word “effective”; Covey has a way of taking common sense and communicating it in a way that becomes wisdom.


Ben Horowitz

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Want to get inside the head of both a founder and a PE guy? This explained so much about how they are wired..


James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras

Built to Last

Professional life changer; taught me the importance of core purpose. Incorporating into strategic planning kept many of my companies grounded in our cause.


Geoffrey A. Moore

Crossing the Chasm

Provided a common language to debate how our markets/products were maturing.


Books for Your Personal Side

William J. Bernstein

The Intelligent Asset Allocator

I know….sounds like a super boring book. It is not boring, and it is not nerdy. This book changed my whole approach to personal financial management. When I first read it (I read it twice because I liked it so much), my wife and I had a relatively small amount of investments. By following Bernstein’s approach, we discovered a risk appropriate way to invest with low stress and outcomes we could live with.


Gregory A. Boyd

Letters From a Skeptic

If you are a person of faith, or if you could use a boost on your Christian knowledge, this book about a father and son and their correspondence over several years was informative, touching and centering. I have read/listened to this book three times.