I had the good fortune to talk with Matt Gardner, CEO and Co-Founder of Hiline . Hiline delivers outsourced accounting service to small businesses and nonprofits, and we happen to have overlapping clients. We had a robust discussion on the inextricable link between strategy and finance. Matt and I get into my "four P's" for strategic work within organizations, what is "good money" for nonprofits, and the risky terrain Boards and CEOs can find themselves in if they do not ass

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