Insights & Perspectives
Short essays on stewardship, governance, and the strategic finance decisions facing clubs, hospitality businesses, and growing companies.
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What a fractional CFO for restaurant groups really owns across 3-40 units, the cost against a full-time hire, and the honest list of when not to hire one.
How a hotel management agreement fee structure really pays: base and incentive fees, owner's priority, performance tests, FF&E reserve, and the traps in each.
Fractional CFO pricing is opaque by design. A practical breakdown of what engagements actually cost in 2026, what drives the range, and how to think about value rather than rate.
The terms get used interchangeably. They shouldn't. A short explainer on the meaningful differences — and why the distinction matters when you're choosing between firms.
Most businesses that think they need a CFO actually need a controller — and most that think they need a controller actually need both, in sequence. A short framework for telling the difference.
General managers are asked to be operators, hospitality leaders, and chief financial strategists at once. How a fractional CFO partnership actually works for a GM — what it covers, what it costs, and where it earns its keep.
Not every practice is ready for executive financial leadership — and not every financial question warrants a full-time CFO. A short framework for physician owners weighing the decision.
Not every organization is ready for a CFO — and not every CFO need warrants a full-time hire. A short framework for thinking through the decision.
