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About Us
Principal
Dale Kurschner is a Fractional Strategic CFO and Executive Advisor experienced at assisting organizations through high‑stakes financial situations including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, liquidity crises and business turnarounds. He provides board‑level clarity and strategy without the overhead of a full‑time executive.
Dale brings a rare combination of financial discipline, strategic insight and high‑stakes communication expertise developed while working for companies ranging in size from early‑stage to Fortune 20. His work centers around rigorous analysis, identifying risks and opportunities others miss and guiding leaders through moments where accuracy, timing and trust are critical.
Business owners, CEOs, lenders and attorneys typically engage Dale when facing financial pressure, preparing for a major transition or responding to a crisis. He helps organizations stabilize cash flow, protect and improve enterprise value, prepare for sale, evaluate acquisitions and restore credibility. And he does this often times working with a trusted, tightnit group of experts in accounting, succession planning and other disciplines.
Recent Representative Results
- Sold distressed assets appraised at $50K for $2.4M (Turnaround of the Year).
- Facilitated the largest commercial real estate deal in recent history on Lake Minnetonka.
- Helped identify, engage and convince a 110‑year‑old family business to sell to a mutli-national foreign company.
- Designed a business plan to steer a distressed craft brewer to profitability.
- Restored the reputations of CEOs/companies under public and legal attack.
- Guided a client through obtaining city approval for a multi-tenant development project that was going to be denied.
Core Expertise
- Rigorous analysis and clear reporting
- Strategic financial improvement planning and execution
- M&A
- Capital strategy and financing readiness
- High‑stakes stakeholder discussions
- Crisis navigation and/or reputation repair
Dale deliver's in-depth, strategy and execution by partnering with owners, leadership and external counsel, and tapping additional experts as needed in the areas of accounting, legal, HR, IT and Marketing.