Finance Chiefs Need to Be Venture Investors Now
Plus, General Mills’ CFO discusses inflation, AI and managing margins.
Companies looking to keep growth trends moving higher are increasingly opting for venture-like investments in new business to cultivate fresh revenue. Photo credit: Bloomberg
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Welcome to CFO Briefing, a newsletter devoted to corporate finance and what leaders need to know. This week, before we all get overrun by the US election, I take a closer look at why companies are prioritizing investments in their own business — as opposed to dealmaking — and chat with the finance chief of General Mills.
But first, here are some other news that caught my eye: