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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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So You’re Looking for a “Strategic” CFO? Bloomerang’s Steve Isom on What That Really Means

02 Jan 2025
53m
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“Annual Planning Is So Last Year” – Ross Grainger, CFO of Paradox, on What He Does Instead

26 Dec 2024
49m
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Mitigating Churn: A Masterclass in Customer Retention with Will Cureton, CFO of Nitrogen Wealth

23 Dec 2024
44m
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The ROI of OKRs (and Advice on Building Analytics Teams) with Sisense CFO Alyssa Shadinger

19 Dec 2024
46m
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16 P&Ls: The CFO’s Guide to M&A Operational Complexity with Dotmatics’ Rebeca Sanchez Sarmiento

16 Dec 2024
54m
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Building a Billion-Dollar Pipeline: A Deep Dive into Rubrik’s Sales Strategy with Samarth Mital

12 Dec 2024
54m
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Is Stock-Based Compensation Real? A Masterclass with Clio CFO Curt Sigfstead

09 Dec 2024
57m
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Guiding Stakeholders Through Business Model Transitions with Varonis CFO & COO Guy Melamed

05 Dec 2024
53m
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Less but Better: Miro’s Justin Coulombe on the Power of Strategic Divestment in SaaS

02 Dec 2024
1h 3m
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Private to Public to Private: Navigating Major Transitions with Dialogue Health CFO, Navaid Mansuri

28 Nov 2024
47m
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In this podcast, Navaid Mansuri, the CFO of Dialogue, a Canadian health tech company, shares insights from his career. He discusses his previous experience negotiating major sports broadcast rights at Rogers, including a groundbreaking NHL deal, and the challenges he faced in the evolving media landscape during the ris...

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Personal Hypergrowth: Tipalti’s Sarah Spoja and Evolving as a CFO from Seed to IPO

25 Nov 2024
1h 4m
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In this podcast, Sarah Spoja, CFO of Tipalti, shares her insights on mergers and acquisitions, managing rapid growth, and the changing responsibilities of the CFO. She discusses her approach to prioritizing external relationships, stressing the value of building deep connections rather than just superficial networking....

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The Largest Software IPO Ever: How Snowflake Still Left Money on the Table

21 Nov 2024
31m
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Risk, Reward, and Revolution: Financing The Clean Future of Flight with ZeroAvia's Georgy Egorov

18 Nov 2024
53m
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The Art and Science of a Day-One IPO Pop with OneStream Software CFO Bill Koefoed

14 Nov 2024
52m
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The New Backbone of Finance: Zero Hash's Adam Berg on Financial Services Infrastructure and Crypto

11 Nov 2024
54m
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Unpacking the Future of Global Payments with TerraPay’s CFO Ganapathy Subramaniam

07 Nov 2024
47m
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Secondaries, Continuation Vehicles, and Sidecar Funds: Private Equity with HarbourVest’s Scott Voss

04 Nov 2024
51m
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Monetizing Community Engagement: The Business of Fitness with Strava CFO Lily Yang

28 Oct 2024
51m
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Is ARR Dead? SaaS Metrics in the Age of AI with Kyle Poyar of Growth Unhinged

24 Oct 2024
55m
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In this episode of the Run the Numbers podcast, CJ interviews Kyle Poyar, a venture capitalist and expert in pricing, packaging, and product-led growth, about SaaS metrics in the age of AI. They discuss trends in AI pricing models, moving from access-based pricing to outcome-based pricing, and the challenges CFOs face ...

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Pixar Movies and Wealth Management Tech: Finance and Storytelling with Altruist’s Marc Greenberg

21 Oct 2024
55m
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