Create The Next From ProCFO Partners

Updated: 20 May 2025 • 160 episodes
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Create The Next is delivered to you from ProCFO Partners, where every week we explore strategies and ideas for financial management and growth to help today’s businesses put their financial picture in context.Senior leaders, business owners, C-Suite executives and others involved in organizational strategy benefit each week from the valuable financial insights and ideas presented in Create The Next.ProCFO Partners are expert financial officers, networked across industries, verticals, specializations and situations. Fulfilling the role of a part-time CFO with all-time commitment, ProCFO Partners utilizes the innovative and exclusive FGC Financial Flywheel as a framework that creates momentum to drive your financial functions for sustainable success.Visit procfopartners.com to explore how we can implement a systematic and scalable financial system to help you achieve your goal.

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When revenue surged at Paragon, profitability didn’t follow. In fact, it shrank. For President and CEO Bruce Card, that was the wake-up call: growth alone wasn’t enough. Without visibility into what was driving margins—or where money was going—the company risked scaling into chaos. In this episode, Bruce joins ProCFO V

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What would happen if every employee in your company understood how the business makes money and how their work impacts the bottom line? That’s the promise of Open Book Management, a powerful approach that transforms financial transparency into a culture of shared ownership, accountability, and innovation. In this episo

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Getting to $1M in revenue is proof of concept for many founders. Reaching $3M feels like momentum. But somewhere between $3M and $10M, growth stalls - and pushing harder stops working. In this episode, ProCFO Cruz Gamboa breaks down what it really takes to scale beyond $10M. From shifting the founder’s mindset to build

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Franchising offers a structured path to business ownership that can be right for many entrepreneurs, but success isn’t as simple as following a playbook. Choosing the right franchise, market, and financial strategy is the difference between a thriving business and an expensive lesson. In this episode, ProCFO Steve Berl

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A family business carries more than just its name into the future. It carries legacy, culture, and the responsibility to evolve without losing its identity. For brother Jason and Keith Lavitt, co-CEOs of Lavitt Group, this balance has been at the core of their leadership. But as the company grew more complex, so did it

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“Fractional is just a means of delivery. Leadership is what matters.” That’s how Nelson Tepfer, CEO of ProCFO Partners, reframes the conversation around fractional leadership. Too often, businesses misunderstand the true role of a fractional executive, seeing them as a temporary fix rather than a strategic leader embed

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