http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/fundraise.htm Entrepreneurship, Productivity, and Profits Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:45:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/fundraise.htm#comment-116 The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind. « Tales of Management Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:38:42 +0000 http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/fundraise.htm#comment-116 [...] or don’t support the strategy. She considers carefully the company’s major expenditures, and manages the firm’s capital. If the company can’t use each dollar raised from investors to produce at least $1 of shareholder [...] [...] or don’t support the strategy. She considers carefully the company’s major expenditures, and manages the firm’s capital. If the company can’t use each dollar raised from investors to produce at least $1 of shareholder [...]

]]> http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/fundraise.htm#comment-111 Articles by Stever » Archive » What does a CEO do? A CEO Job Description (part 1: duties) by Stever Robbins Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:38:31 +0000 http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/fundraise.htm#comment-111 [...] Capital allocation is the CEO’s #4 duty. The CEO sets budgets within the firm. She funds projects which support the strategy, and ramps down projects which lose money or don’t support the strategy. She considers carefully the company’s major expenditures, and manages the firm’s capital. If the company can’t use each dollar raised from investors to produce at least $1 of shareholder value, she decides when to return money to the investors. Some CEOs don’t consider themselves financial people, but at the end of the day, it is their decisions that determine the company’s financial fate. [...] [...] Capital allocation is the CEO’s #4 duty. The CEO sets budgets within the firm. She funds projects which support the strategy, and ramps down projects which lose money or don’t support the strategy. She considers carefully the company’s major expenditures, and manages the firm’s capital. If the company can’t use each dollar raised from investors to produce at least $1 of shareholder value, she decides when to return money to the investors. Some CEOs don’t consider themselves financial people, but at the end of the day, it is their decisions that determine the company’s financial fate. [...]

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