What does it take to be an outsourced CFO / BPO business?
We were interviewed by Intuitive Accountant.
I recently had the opportunity to catch up with 3 of the profession’s hands on experts in BPO and Outsourced CFO. Peter Cullen (Core Performance Consulting) and John and Laura Redmond (Redmond Accounting) shared their views, experience and opinions on the Outsourced CFO/BPO businesses. This topic is of particular interest to me because it seems that many of our readers have the ability to morph their businesses from bookkeeping and accounting practices into Outsourced CFO and/or BPO practices because you know the numbers and you know the technology.
Read the entire Intuitive Accountant article here.
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