Please join vcfo for a virtual cybersecurity webinar on Thursday, December 3rd at 12pm CST. As today’s enterprises face potential targeting from criminals, competitors, and politically motivated threat actors, a broad range of attack methods are in play. One commonality to all these actors is their likely targeting of humans as the weakest link in …
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This post is co-authored by Ellen Wood and Chris Hysinger. Access to Working Capital – Understanding the Options and Improving the Odds Compounding the COVID-19 crisis, banks have tightened available capital and lines of credit for borrowers, especially for small to medium sized businesses. Other working capital programs have completely cut off virtually all their …
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This post is co-authored by Brian Bruce, Allyson Cline, Vira Trevino-Garcia, and Sweta Patel. Four Strategies for Promoting Workplace Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Businesses that exemplify diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) are overwhelmingly more successful than those that do not. Most people have long believed this statement to be true and the mountain of evidence …
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This post was co-authored by Carter Freeman, Vice President – Western Region, and Chris Hysinger, Consulting CFO. Business Budgeting Considerations for 2021 and Beyond Nobody saw 2020 coming when organizations put their budgets together in late 2019. As we enter the budgeting cycle for 2021, there is no clear picture of what the sustained new …
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On Wednesday, April 15th, 2020 vcfo partnered with the Austin Chamber of Commerce to host the first-ever Business Workshop webinar. Ellen Wood, vcfo President and CEO and Bobby Jenkins, President of ABC Home & Commercial Services discussed protecting your cash and your people during the COVID-19 crisis. The discussion was moderated by Hahn Public Relations …
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Community Impact newspaper contacted vcfo team members for their expert opinion about how COVID-19 emergency funding is impacting startups, including insights from several vcfo Finance Consultants – Donna Zinsmeyer, Russell Naisbitt, and Kendall Pace. Read the full article here.
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“The COVID-19 crisis presents CEOs with a remarkable leadership opportunity.” Ellen Wood, vcfo President and CEO, was featured in the newest edition of Texas CEO Magazine. Read her article about leadership during the Coronavirus pandemic- COVID-19 and Beyond: The Leadership Challenge of Our Lifetime – here.
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On Monday, April 6, 2020, Kim Flores, Vice President of Human Resources at vcfo, moderated the Austin Chamber of Commerce’s webinar with the Texas Workforce Commission. Flores was joined by three representatives from the Texas Workforce Commission to discuss the impact of COVID-19 and the corresponding new legislation: Angela Ford Special Claims Manager of Unemployment Insurance …
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This post was co-authored by Amy Beckstead, Employment Attorney at Beckstead Terry PLLC, and Kim Flores, Vice President of Human Resources at vcfo. COVID-19 has brought unprecedented disruption and hard stops to many sectors of the US and global economies. In turn, employers are being forced to make extremely difficult decisions to support the safety …
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American Express asked vcfo’s Bill Schwartz, Consulting CFO, how small businesses can pivot to come out on top of the current COVID-19 crisis. Read his thoughts about preserving capital and altering your offerings when facing a temporary shutdown here.