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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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E33: Growth Levers: A PayPal Veteran's Guide to Startup Success | Matt Lerner on the Crafted. Podcast
Nov. 26, 2024

E33: Growth Levers: A PayPal Veteran's Guide to Startup Success | Matt Lerner on the Crafted. Podcast

Today, we’re sharing a special episode from our friends at the Webby-award winning Crafted. podcast. In this conversation, Dan Blumberg interviews growth expert, SYSTM founder, and former PayPal leader Matt Lerner about his …
E32: Finance & AI: The Co-Pilot Mindset with Nicolas Boucher
Nov. 21, 2024

E32: Finance & AI: The Co-Pilot Mindset with Nicolas Boucher

This week, Nicolas Boucher, a finance influencer with nearly a million LinkedIn followers, shares his journey from corporate finance to becoming a content creator and educator, discuss the impact of AI on finance jobs, and h…
E31: When 3.6 Million Users Need a New Home with Copilot Money's Andrés Ugarte
Nov. 14, 2024

E31: When 3.6 Million Users Need a New Home with Copilot Money's Andrés Ugarte

This week, Sasha Orloff is joined by Andrés Ugarte to explore the rise of Copilot Money after Mint's shutdown announcement, sharing his journey from frustrated user to founder of a privacy-focused personal finance app, and d…
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
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