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Brian Weisberg's avatar

"Is the spend in the budget? If not, how will you make up the difference?"

I think something similar can be asked. Just because something was in the budget, why do you need it? CFOs should be evaluating all spend, not just net new spend.

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OnlyCFO's avatar

💯- zero based budgeting. Also - we were not doing anything before so why do we need something now?

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Brian Weisberg's avatar

100% these should not be net new behaviors for CFOs. This is how responsible leaders run a business.

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Brian Weisberg's avatar

Also, customization is often over-rated and quickly becomes a hidden cost to maintain. Salesforce is a prime example of that. If I had a nickel for every overly-customized Salesforce implementation, I'd have a $hit ton of nickels.

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Andy Whyte's avatar

Outstanding newsletter 👌.

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OnlyCFO's avatar

Thanks, Andy!

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Ben Saltiel's avatar

As usual our minds are synced.

I released this article yesterday about getting people to want to buy from you https://bensaltiel.substack.com/p/how-to-not-suck-at-sales-part-i?r=dnvri

Part II (not released yet) is all about getting by Finance & Procurement.

Love your content, make all my new hires & interns subscribe.

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OnlyCFO's avatar

Amazing!

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Shovik's avatar

Software budgets are tight. Likely to open up as macroeconomic scenario improves, elections conclude.

If you want to know what the CIOs are thinking about spending increases, their concerns, this post can be a good start - https://open.substack.com/pub/t4tech/p/cio-spending-in-2024-what-tech-services?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=qiqd4

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