3 Things I Learned as CFO That Every Contractor Gets Wrong | Ep 238

About this episode

Steve Coughran discusses three common financial mistakes made by contractors based on his experience as a CFO.

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check Financial Intelligence Toolkit When Steve became CFO of a billion-dollar construction company, he thought he had seen it all. But sitting inside a business at that scale taught him things no classroom or accounting firm ever could. In this episode he walks through the three financial mistakes he sees contractors make consistently, regardless of trade or company size. They are not complic...

People in this episode

Host: Steve Coughran

Topics covered

• financial mistakes
• contractors
• CFO insights
• cash management
• business finance

Keywords

• CFO
• contractors
• financial health
• cash flow
• construction finance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: billion-dollar construction company

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