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CJ Gustafson · Business

Run the Numbers

Run the Numbers is a business podcast about financial metrics and business models for CFOs, aspiring CFOs, finance leaders, and ambitious people operating tech startups. Hosted by CJ Gustafson, CFO and writer of Mostly Metrics, the show shares lessons, frameworks, and operator insights from the trenches as a tech exec. Think of it as a playbook for the things CJ wishes he knew earlier in his career, covering SaaS metrics, annual budgeting, forecasting, headcount, equity, dilution, fundraising, and the decisions that drive performance and growth.

Episodes

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Robinhood's CFO on Refounding & the Art of Capital Allocation | Shiv Verma

08 Oct 2026
1h 6m
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Robinhood’s "refounding" period involved a fundamental operational shift, including a 40% headcount reduction and the adoption of a General Manager model to eliminate bureaucracy and accelerate shipping velocity. Financial discipline centers on minimizing variable costs and maintaining positive unit economics for every...

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Token Series Part 1 | How AI Created a New Budget

06 Oct 2026
14m
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Why Owning Your Data Is the New Moat | Primary Venture's Emily Man

05 Oct 2026
53m
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Zuora’s COFO On Going Private and Pricing AI | Todd McElhatton

01 Oct 2026
47m
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LiveRamp’s CFO Rebuilt Pricing From Scratch | Lauren Dillard

28 Sep 2026
49m
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The NScale IPO | A Neocloud S1 Breakdown

24 Sep 2026
34m
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How Media Actually Makes Money | Blake Saunders

21 Sep 2026
51m
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How to Sell Your Company: A Multi-Time CFO's Full Playbook | Rick Smith

17 Sep 2026
1h 6m
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Masterwork’s CFO Runs 12 AI Agents at Once | Nigel Glenday

14 Sep 2026
46m
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How Oura Built a $1.4 Billion Business Around a Tiny Ring

10 Sep 2026
34m
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What 20 Years of Software Investing Says About AI | Matt Hedberg

07 Sep 2026
51m
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Andy Ellis: How to Lead Without Becoming the Hero, the Villain, or the Bottleneck

03 Sep 2026
1h 0m
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40 Years of IPOs with Jay Ritter: What the Data Actually Says

27 Aug 2026
54m
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How AI Is Rewriting Product-Market Fit, Pricing, and Go-to-Market

24 Aug 2026
45m
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The Stripe Guide to Pricing, Billing, and Quote-to-Cash with Wisam Hirzalla

20 Aug 2026
54m
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The CFO-COO Is Coming: Meredith Finn of Front on the Future of Finance

17 Aug 2026
54m
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Xero’s CFO: Why Finance Is Taking On More of the Business

13 Aug 2026
49m
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A CFO Explains Private Jets

10 Aug 2026
34m
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The Business of Saving Lives: Inside RapidSOS

06 Aug 2026
49m
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Building an AI-Native Finance Team with Plaid CFO Seun Sodipo

03 Aug 2026
52m
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