Advice for CEOs

The beginning of summer is a time when business leaders like you, whose daily lives involve juggling priorities and crises, might consider taking time to step back to refresh your perspective on the challenges your company faces. One way to shake up your approach is to commit to a program of reading. There are thousands of business books that claim to provide you advice. To help you get started, here are seven books that can give you new insights on where to take your company.

Almost six months into 2014, the current state of the U.S. venture capital industry is robust. Forbes reports that 2013 was the strongest year since 2007 for the VC industry, thanks in large part to a reviving IPO market for VC-backed IPOs in 2013 (82 such IPOs raised $11.2 billion according to the National Venture Capital Association.).

Middle market private equity firms take different approaches to building financial management capability at their portfolio companies. After closing the deal for investment in a company, they often choose to keep the financial manager in place, whether he or she is titled CFO, controller or something else.