Strategic Finance For Growth: The Intersection of Strategy and Finance in the Pursuit of Growth (Mangum Executive Series)

The strategic finance playbook that every growth-minded CEO needs -- written by an operator who built it at Ford, Henkel, Hunter Douglas, and is using it right now at a seed-stage startup.Every business follows a lifecycle. At each stage, the financial decisions you make determine whether your company scales or stalls. Most founders know their product. Far fewer know their numbers. That gap is where businesses die.Strategic Finance For Growth is the practitioner's field guide to financial leadership at every stage of business growth. Kenneth Mangum -- a CFO/COO who managed $1.2 billion budgets at Fortune 500 companies and is now building a seed-stage solar technology company from scratch -- delivers the exact frameworks, processes, and hard-won lessons that separate companies that scale from companies that plateau.What you will find inside:A four-stage growth model (Start-Up, Growth, Maturity, Decline/Renewal) with stage-specific strategic, financial, and operational playbooks -- including end-of-chapter checklists and quick-reference summaries20+ proven strategic frameworks including SWOT, Porter's Five Forces, Blue Ocean Strategy, Hoshin Kanri X-Matrix, Lean/Six Sigma, and the Balanced Scorecard -- explained by a practitioner who has deployed them in boardrooms and on factory floorsPractical financial guidance on funding sources, valuation methods, budgeting processes, cash management, working capital optimization, and capital allocationClear guidance on when and how to hire the right financial leadership -- from your first CPA to a full-time CFO -- with a detailed skill matrix showing exactly how they differForward-looking perspective on AI in finance, digital transformation, ESG fundamentals, and the capabilities that define tomorrow's CFOWhether you are pre-revenue or preparing for an IPO, this is the book you will keep on your desk and return to at every stage. Read more