Beyond The First Pencil
Beyond The First Pencil is where dealership operations meet financial reality.
Hosted by Kathi Kruse, of Kruse Control and Automotive CFO-To-Go™, this podcast is for dealers, OEMs, GMs, and controllers who want more than surface-level advice. You’ll get straight talk on financial statements, internal controls, cash flow, and the operational gaps that quietly erode profit.
From gross to net, from process to profit, each episode delivers real-world insights on how dealerships actually make money… and where they lose it.
Because selling cars is one thing. Keeping the profit is another.
Beyond The First Pencil
Twitter Rants: The Ultimate Cardio Workout
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
For those of us who spend time on Twitter (even though it has seriously degraded since Elmo took over), the changes have not been positive. We would like our platform back and of course, that's not in the cards, which is why we must turn to self care. Self care in the form of a rant. Join us, won’t you?
Afterwards, we explore how dealerships can do this ONE thing to increase their social media visibility. And it doesn’t cost anything!
In our music segment:
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Greg Lake was one of the most talented musicians to ever live and he was also a super nice, gentle soul. Check out ELP at California Jam - it’s just Greg Lake and his 12 string. Don’t forget to read the comments! Still You Turn Me On
Here’s a link to info on Greg Lake's autobiography.
Here’s a link to one of Claude Taylor’s posts about the deers in his backyard, Hope and Sal.
If you're a car person (worked/working in dealerships like us) we want to hear from you. Email either (or both) of us!
Kathi: kathi@krusecontrolinc.com
Mike: mikethecarguy@outlook.com