Run the Numbers

By CJ Gustafson

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Episodes: 63

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Run the Numbers is a twice-weekly podcast about financial metrics and business models, designed for ambitious people operating tech startups. It's a collection of things host CJ Gustafson (CFO at Partstech and writer of Mostly Metrics) has learned and thought about in the trenches as a tech CFO. This show is meant to serve as a playbook of sorts for the stuff CJ wishes he knew earlier in his career, both from experience and from copying people smarter than himself. Topics frequently touch upon Startup SaaS Metrics, Annual Budgeting, Financial Forecasting, Headcount, Equity, Dilution, and Fundraising – and how all of these drive business performance and growth.

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Episode Date
The Mindshare Advantage: Marketplace Success With Boris Wertz of Version One Ventures
May 09, 2024
Marketing as a Form of Capital Allocation With Carta's Head of Growth Angela Winegar
May 06, 2024
Unpacking Spirit Airlines' Complex Financial Model with CFO Scott Haralson
May 02, 2024
“Take a Risk”: Silicon Valley Veteran Molly Graham on How to Scale Yourself & Your Startup
Apr 25, 2024
Navigating Business Transformations With Lanny Baker CFO of Eventbrite
Apr 22, 2024
“Steal Your Boss's Job”: Calendly CFO John McCauley on Leadership, Ownership & Growth
Apr 18, 2024
Gaining Strategic Advantage in Vertical SaaS With Guidewire's CFO, Jeff Cooper
Apr 15, 2024
A Masterclass on D2C and E-commerce Marketing with Taylor Holiday Common Thread Collective CEO
Apr 11, 2024
Legendary CFO Jim Kelliher (PTC, LogMeIn, Drift): Why PE Needs a Course Correction
Apr 08, 2024
Exposing Corporate Misconduct with Edwin Dorsey, Writer Behind The Bear Cave
Apr 04, 2024
Decoding Pricing Strategy with Blue Rocket’s Founder & CEO Jason Kap
Apr 01, 2024
A Crash-course in Global Payments with Brex COO Camilla Matias Morais
Mar 28, 2024
What to Know About Layoffs in 2024 with HR Heretics Kelli Dragovich and Nolan Church
Mar 25, 2024
How AI Changes Your P&L with Fred Havemeyer of Macquarie
Mar 21, 2024
Deep Dive on Usage Based Models with Gladly's CFO Todd Rakow
Mar 18, 2024
ZoomInfo’s CFO Cameron Hyzer on Resource Allocation Bets as a Public Company
Mar 14, 2024
The Ultimate People Manager's Playbook with Dave Kline
Mar 11, 2024
The Tables are Turned: CJ's First FP&A Hire Alex Peterson Interviews CJ
Mar 07, 2024
Rippling CFO Adam Swiecicki on Building a Compound Startup and Channeling Ambition
Mar 04, 2024
Secrets to Scaling a Marketplace Business with Jack Greco, VC and co-founder of ACV Auctions
Feb 29, 2024
Stack Overflow's CFO Matt Gallatin on "Burning the Ships”
Feb 26, 2024
The Seven Frameworks CFOs Need to Know: Jim Cook Round 2
Feb 22, 2024
G2 CFO Chad Gold on Building a Durable Career as a Venture Backed Exec
Feb 19, 2024
Understanding the AI Roadmap for Finance, Strategy, and Ops with Dr. Andre Retterath of Data-driven VC
Feb 16, 2024
ClickUp CFO Dan Zhang on Frameworks to Level Up Your Decision Making and Communication
Feb 12, 2024
Climbing the FP&A Ladder to CFO: IPOs and M&A with Philip Watson, CFO of Paddle
Feb 08, 2024
E36: The IPO Playbook: Expert Advice from Lee Kirkpatrick, Twilio’s Former CFO
Feb 05, 2024
E35: The Ultimate Guide to Vertical SaaS with Top Investor Dave Yuan of Tidemark
Feb 01, 2024
E34: BlackRock Managing Director Tony Kim on the Secrets of Durable Companies
Jan 29, 2024
E33: The Ultimate Guide to Start-up Marketing, with CEO of Thrive Digital, Jonathan Becker
Jan 25, 2024
E32: Everything You Need to Know About Competitive Moats with Lightspeed Partner Sebastian Duesterhoeft (Round 2)
Jan 22, 2024
E31: Hubspot's SVP RevOps Sid Kumar Goes DEEP on Revenue Operations
Jan 18, 2024
E30: The Business of Basketball: Rich Gotham, President of the Boston Celtics
Jan 15, 2024
E29: Building Sales Capacity: Bonfire VC’s Brett Queener on the Ratios Salesforce Used
Jan 12, 2024
E28: The Economics of Consumer Fintech Businesses with Matthew Newcomb, CFO of Chime
Jan 08, 2024
E27: Mailbag: CFOs Relationship with Money, Biggest Fears, AI Predictions
Jan 04, 2024
E26: Breaking Down Annual Planning
Jan 03, 2024
E25: A Deep Dive on Marketplaces and Network Effects with James Currier of NFX
Jan 03, 2024
E24: Kyla Scanlon Decodes Economic Policy Impacting Startups
Jan 03, 2024
E23: Everything You Need to Know About Sales Rep Comp and Commissions Planning with Ryan Walsh, CEO of RepVue
Jan 03, 2024
E22: A SaaS Metrics DEEP Dive with Alex Clayton of Meritech Capital
Jan 03, 2024
E21: Building the Storytelling Muscle for CFOs with Andy Raskin
Jan 03, 2024
E20: Headcount Planning in Hypergrowth: Gusto’s Head of Corporate Finance Rohit Divate
Jan 03, 2024
E19: Firing Execs: a Guide, with HR Heretics’ Kelli Dragovich and Nolan Church
Jan 03, 2024
E18: How a Public Company CFO Prepares for Earnings Calls
Jan 03, 2024
E17: Theory Ventures’ Tomasz Tunguz on What It Takes to Be a Great CFO
Jan 03, 2024
E16: How High-Performing Marketing and Finance Teams Work Together
Jan 03, 2024
E15: CFO of FloQast on Why Finance Teams are Data Curators
Jan 03, 2024
E14: Everything You Need to Know About Pricing Products
Jan 03, 2024
E13: A Startup CEO's Guide to Board Meetings, with Dave Kellogg
Jan 03, 2024
E12: The Ultimate Guide to FP&A Tools, with Paul Barnhurst
Jan 03, 2024
E11: UiPath Chief Strategy Officer on the Sacrifices of "Speed At All Costs"
Jan 03, 2024
E10: A CFO's Guide to Understanding Sales Teams, featuring Snyk's Ethan Schechter
Jan 03, 2024
E9: Why You Should Say Yes More as a CFO, with Envoy CFO Sinohe Terrero
Jan 03, 2024
Bonus: CFO AMA with Kurtis Hanni — Career Advice, A CFO's Biggest Lies, Pricing Strategy, and More
Jan 03, 2024
E8: The Ultimate Guide to TAM (Total Addressable Market) with Lightspeed Partner Sebastian Duesterhoeft
Jan 03, 2024
E7: What CFOs Should Know About Acquisitions, from Shippo / eero CFO Olivier Adler
Jan 03, 2024
E6: Carta CFO Charly Kevers on the Importance of Truth Telling
Jan 03, 2024
E5: CFO Jenny Decker Unveils Top Frameworks Used at Front
Jan 03, 2024
E4: The Unexpected Qualities of Great CFOs with Public.com’s Sruthi Lanka
Jan 03, 2024
E3: Netflix Co-Founder Jim Cook Shares the Secrets to Being a Great CFO
Jan 03, 2024
E2: Webflow's VP Finance Ivan Makarov on Understanding Startup Equity
Jan 03, 2024
E1: Brex COO/CFO Michael Tannenbaum on Taking Risks
Jan 03, 2024