Bringing a CFO into your dealership can feel a bit like inviting a houseguest who goes through your medicine cabinet, your freezer, and your credit card statements, and then tells you what’s expired, what’s rotting, and why you’re broke. It’s unsettling at first, but if you’re smart, you’ll pour them a cup of coffee and let them keep talking. Timing is everything. Hire a CFO too soon and you’ll …
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Where Dealership Dollars Disappear – And How to Stop It
If there’s one thing dealers and GMs hate it’s discovering that the money they thought they made last month has quietly evaporated. Not stolen, exactly, just… misplaced. Like the way a single sock disappears in the dryer, or how you swear you had twenty bucks in your wallet until your teenager “borrowed” it for gas. Money leaks out of a dealership the same way air leaks out of a tire: slowly, …
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Car Dealership Accounting Skills Don’t Grow on Trees
Lately, I’ve found myself obsessing over something that most people wouldn’t notice unless it jumped out from behind a sales desk and bit them. It’s not flashy, it’s not trending, and it certainly won’t get you invited to any parties (unless it’s a very sad party with spreadsheets and stale donuts). But once you see it, you can’t unsee it: the dealership controller - the person responsible for …
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From Gut Feeling to Game Plan: 8 Digital Priorities That Actually Work
It’s a strange time in the car business. You walk into some dealerships and it’s like nothing’s changed since fax machines were cool. Meanwhile, the customers are out there buying cars the way they order Thai food—online, impatient, and very confused when asked to come in and "talk numbers." Adaptation in today’s dealership looks a lot like panic disguised as innovation. Everyone’s updating their …
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