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"Turpentine Finance" with Sasha Orloff

A podcast where Sasha Orloff talks to founders and finance leaders at the best tech companies about what it takes to architect success. Our guests speak candidly about big business inflections, market curveballs and how they approach decision-making to tease out tactics and mental models you can use for when the pressure is on. You’ll hear stories from Instacart, Mercury, OpenAI, Andreessen-Horowitz, Netflix, Runway, and more.

Topics frequently touched upon M&A, Market Downturn, Macro, PMF, Fundraising, Financial Forecasting, Headcount, Equity.

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E30: Paul Barnhurst (The FP&A Guy) on What CEOs Want from FP&A
Oct. 31, 2024

E30: Paul Barnhurst (The FP&A Guy) on What CEOs Want from FP&A

In this episode of Turpentine Finance, host Sasha Orloff sits down with Paul, a passionate FP&A educator and content creator who shares insights on financial planning & analysis, teaching methodologies, and the evolution of …
E29: Bootstrapped to $640M: Brad Wiskirchen on M&A, Board Management, and Decision-Making
Oct. 24, 2024

E29: Bootstrapped to $640M: Brad Wiskirchen on M&A, Board Management, and Decision-Making

In this episode, host Sasha Orloff interviews Brad Wiskirchen about his journey with Kount, the AI-driven fraud prevention company he bootstrapped and sold to Equifax for $640 million, while sharing insights from his experie…
E28: Airbase CFO Aneal Vallurupalli on Acquisitions, the Chief “Friction” Officer, and Spend Management
Oct. 17, 2024

E28: Airbase CFO Aneal Vallurupalli on Acquisitions, the Chief “Friction” Officer, and Spend Management

In this episode, Sasha Orloff is joined by Aneal Vallurupalli, CFO at Airbase, who drops insights on modern spend management and his journey from M&A to leading finance at a $325M acquisition target
E27: Architecting a Global Marketplace for M&A with Flippa CEO Blake Hutchison
Oct. 10, 2024

E27: Architecting a Global Marketplace for M&A with Flippa CEO Blake Hutchison

In this episode, Sasha Orloff sits down with Blake Hutchison, CEO of Flippa, the leading platform for buying and selling online businesses.
E26: Why Finance Software is About to Change, with Sapphire Ventures' Jane Lee and Aditya Reddy
Oct. 3, 2024

E26: Why Finance Software is About to Change, with Sapphire Ventures' Jane Lee and Aditya Reddy

In this episode, Sasha Orloff welcomes Jane Lee and Aditya Reddy of Sapphire Ventures to unpack their paper, “Rise of the Next Gen CFO,” which features a market map of CFO tools and identify key trends and predictions.
E25: What Separates Good From Great Treasury, with Eugene Spevakov
Sept. 26, 2024

E25: What Separates Good From Great Treasury, with Eugene Spevakov

In this episode, Sasha Orloff is joined by Eugene Spevakov, the Treasurer and Head of Corporate FP&A at 6sense, treasury expert, and veteran CFO.
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