CFO Bookshelf

The CFO Bookshelf weekly podcast is geared toward global financial leaders who are serious about lifelong learning and reading widely. The show's 200-plus podcast catalog features well-known authors who are experts in finance, pricing, marketing, sales, operations, organizational health, and leadership. Episodes are released weekly, and the host responds to every message he gets about the shows on LinkedIn.

CFO Bookshelf is a business podcast hosted by Mark Gandy, with 268 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Mark Gandy hosts CFO Bookshelf, a business show with 268 episodes published.

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  Episode #268

  The Gambler's Game

  Aug 15, 20261h 2mS1

  Is it possible to read a fascinating true story about a professional roulette player where gambling is not placed on a pedestal nor glamorized? I believe the answer is yes if you listen to or read The Gambler's Game by James Darnborough, who is the grandson writing about a legendary professional gambler who was known for breaking the bank at Monte Carlo at the turn of the 20th century. This is a story broken into three simple timelines where we learn about achieving goals, resiliance, and knowing when relationships become the number one priority in life.

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  Episode #265

  The Coffee Can Investor

  Jun 22, 20261h 10mS1

  What happens when a great storyteller learns that one of his closest friends is building an investment portfolio for his three daughters that he hopes will grow to a half billion dollars over the next thirty years? What happens is that we get a book pairing similar to The Education of a Value Investor (Spier) meets a mentor, The Dhandho Investor (Pabrai). In this case, the storyteller is Neeraj Khemlani, who tells Matt Ankrum's investing story in The Coffee Can Investor. During this conversation with Neeraj and Matt, we learn the story behind the coffee can and how to go about investing passively while being active at the same time. While this book reveals Matt's insights for 100-baggers and the frameworks he uses for identifying such stocks, it's not a book on theory. Instead, Neeraj reveals the thirteen stocks Matt has invested in and why. Executive Wins Podcast The Executive Wins Podcast features inspiring Executives who share their biggest wins. Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

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  Episode #264

  Story Business

  Apr 11, 20261h 2mS1

  In his new book, Story Business , Gavin McMahon argues that the best-packaged ideas—not just the best ones—win in the marketplace. Drawing on his background as an engineer and his work in the defense, automotive, and other industries, Gavin frames storytelling as a fundamental business device baked with emotion. He moves beyond simple marketing, providing a practical framework across six genres—value, product, brand, sales, leadership, and culture. His creative guidance shows leaders of any kind how to transform dry data into compelling narratives that inspire action and drive success.

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  Episode #263

  Hourly Billing Is Nuts

  Mar 28, 20261h 8mS1

  Jonathan Stark needs no introduction in the value pricing world. Many years ago, Jonathan came to the realization that hourly billing was not a workable solution for him and his software development clients. He eventually ditched the billable hour in favor of value pricing. Flash forward to the present, and he's recorded more than 500 episodes on his podcast, Ditching Hourly, and he's impacted well into the thousands of people he's coached, mentored, and spoken to as they have transformed their billing practices as Jonathan once did. On this show, we discuss Jonathan's short and impactful book, Hourly Billing is Nuts. Even if you do not work in professional services, you'll learn much from this conversation. At the end, Mark has a surprise as he retells one of his favorite stories of all time, which is about hourly billing that winds up having a positive ending.

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  Episode #262

  Finding Value in Numbers

  Mar 22, 202659 minS1

  The subtitle of Ehsan Ehsani's new book F inding Value in Numbers is The Essential Investing Toolkit to Win on Wall Street . If I may, I'm adding my subtitle too, which is Learn a Handful of Key Financial Concepts for Your Small and Growing Enterprise . Accordingly, this book is not just for Buffett-like value investors but for CEOs, finance directors, operating managers, and board members. In this conversation we hit on some new ways to approach ROIC, which goes far beyond some of the conventional thinking and math found in finance textbooks. We also bust a few sacred cows, such as discounted cash flow analysis. Finding Value in Numbers is far from a finance book for value investors with repackaged recycled content found in other similar books. The content is fresh, interesting, and even entertaining at times.

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