by Dave Arnold | Jan 18, 2019 | CFO Compensation, CFO Search, How To Hire a CFO, News from Arnold Partners
2018 wraps up with the strongest employment market in memory. While the stock market took a bit of a dive at year-end, as 2019 springs up so does the Dow. There is definitely a shortage of “been-there-done-that” technology CFOs, but will it matter if companies do not... 
by Dave Arnold | Feb 20, 2018 | CFO Compensation, CFO Search, News from Arnold Partners
The Dreaded Counter Offer Have you ever been presented with a counter offer after resigning a position? Or, have you presented a counter offer to an employee who resigned? Let me clearly state that one should (almost) never accept a counter offer, and why companies as... 
by Dave Arnold | Apr 19, 2017 | CFO Compensation, CFO Executive Search Process
Recently my friendly competitor and colleague Cliff Scheffel published a white paper titled, “When is the right time for a tech startup to hire a CFO?” What I really liked about his report, which was co-written by Jeff Epstein of Bessemer Ventures, is that it gives... 
by Dave Arnold | Feb 8, 2017 | CFO Compensation, CFO Executive Search Process, CFO Search, How To Hire a CFO
Interesting conversation yesterday with a top-tier public company CFO. He was musing about the search process and about how UN-informed so many CFO recruiters are when they call with supposed opportunities. Recently he was called about a supposed “confidential” search...
