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May 16, 2024

E7: The Dealmaker’s Secrets: Steve McLaughlin on Crafting A Fundraisi…

In this conversation, Sasha sits down with Steve McLaughlin, CEO and Managing Partner of FT Partners.

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May 10, 2024

E6: Behind the Scenes of General Catalyst: The VC Firm's Financial Op…

In this episode, Sasha sits down with Mark Allen, CFO at General Catalyst.

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May 2, 2024

E5: Bringing Fun Back to Finance: Redesigning Business Modelling with…

In this conversation, Sasha sits down with Runway's founder and CEO, Siqi Chen.

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April 25, 2024

E4: Can Turning Down a Huge Upround Lead to a Greater Outcome? FloQas…

In this episode, Sasha sits down with Razzak Jallow, CFO at FloQast,.

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April 18, 2024

E3: Chris Bakke on Negotiating with Elon Musk and Setting Up An M&A f…

Ever wonder what it's like to get a call from Elon Musk, wanting to buy your company? In this episode, Sasha sits down with serial entrepreneur Chris Bakke to find out.

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April 11, 2024

E2: War Stories: When Amazon Buys Whole Foods, and You Are CFO of Ins…

In this episode, Sasha sits down with Sagar Sanghvi, Current Partner at Accel and former CFO at Instacart.

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April 8, 2024

E1: Making Decisions in Hyper Growth with Former WeWork Strategic CFO…

In the debut episode of Turpentine Finance, host Sasha Orloff sits down with Casey Woo, Founder of Operator's Guild, GP at Fog Ventures, and WeWork's former Global Head of Strategic Finance. They unpack the value of being a business-first CFO, …

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April 1, 2024

E52: A CFO & CEO Walk Into a Bar | CJ Gustafson & Sasha Orloff

Today is a special episode where CJ Gustafson and Sasha Orloff (3x founder and current CEO of Puzzle) go deep on the CFO-CEO mindsets…and talk podcasting.

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March 28, 2024

E51: A Crash-course in Global Payments with Brex COO Camilla Matias M…

In this episode, CJ discusses the business of global payments and B2B fintech with Camilla Matias Morais, COO of Brex.

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March 25, 2024

E50: What to Know About Layoffs in 2024 with HR Heretics Kelli Dragov…

In this episode, CJ talks with the original duo of the HR Heretics podcast, Kelli Dragovich and Nolan Church about tech layoffs in 2024.

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March 21, 2024

E49: How AI Changes Your P&L with Fred Havemeyer of Macquarie

In this episode CJ is joined by Fred Havemeyer, a leading sell-side equity analyst from Macquarie specializing in AI and software research within the US, delve deep into AI’s impact on the near term role of a CFO.

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March 18, 2024

E48: Deep Dive on Usage Based Models with Gladly's CFO Todd Rakow

Todd Rakow, CFO of Gladly joins CJ for this deep dive into usage-based revenue models, strategic finance leadership, and the complexities of managing growth and headcount in line with ARR.

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March 14, 2024

E47: ZoomInfo’s CFO on Capital Allocation as a Publicly Traded Company

Today CJ is joined by Cameron Hyzer, the CFO of ZoomInfo, one of the world's most successful publicly traded data businesses.

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March 11, 2024

E46: The Ultimate People Manager's Playbook with Dave Kline

Today CJ welcomes Dave Kline, a leadership coach and owner of the MGMT Accelerator to the pod. The discussion covers tactical advice for managers and leaders to develop high performance cultures among their current teams, including setting clear expectations, running …

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March 7, 2024

E45: The Tables are Turned: CJ's First FP&A Hire Alex Peterson Interv…

Today, the tables are turned as guest Alex Peterson, an expert in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) – and CJ’s first hire – puts CJ in the hot seat.

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March 4, 2024

E44: Rippling CFO Adam Swiecicki on Building a Compound Startup and C…

In this episode, CJ interviews Adam Swiecicki, CFO at Rippling and former CFO at Brex.

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Feb. 29, 2024

E43: Secrets to Scaling a Marketplace Business with Jack Greco, VC an…

In this episode, CJ interviews Jack Greco, the founder of ACV Auctions, a publicly traded B2B marketplace for automobiles. They cover the human ingredient necessary in any marketplace business, why marketplaces should be thought about as the cart and not …

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Feb. 26, 2024

E42: Stack Overflow's CFO Matt Gallatin on "Burning the Ships”

In this episode, CJ is joined by Matt Gallatin, CFO of Stack Overflow, the largest online community for developers and one of the most popular websites in the world.

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Feb. 22, 2024

E41: The Seven Frameworks CFOs Need to Know: Jim Cook Round 2

Today CJ welcomes back Jim Cook, a renowned coach to chief financial officers throughout Silicon Valley through his company BenchBoard Advisory -- and a co-founder of Netflix. Jim takes us through a number of frameworks for decision making and communication.

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Feb. 19, 2024

E40: G2 CFO Chad Gold on Building a Durable Career as a Venture Backe…

On today’s episode, CJ welcomes Chad Gold, the CFO of G2 and the former CFO of Salesloft.

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Feb. 16, 2024

E39: Understanding the AI Roadmap for Finance, Strategy, and Ops with…

In this episode, CJ welcomes Andre Retterath, investing partner at Earlybird Venture Capital. This is a masterclass on AI where they cover the different levels of the AI tech stack and how to implement AI across tech organizations in the …

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Feb. 12, 2024

E38: ClickUp CFO Dan Zhang on Frameworks to Level Up Your Decisionmak…

In this episode, CJ welcomes Dan Zhang, the CFO of ClickUp for a highly tactical and transparent conversation about getting–and staying– in the CFO seat.

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Feb. 8, 2024

E37: Climbing the FP&A Ladder to CFO: IPOs and M&A with Philip Watson…

In this episode, CJ dives into the complexities of IPOs and acquisitions with Philip Watson, the CFO of Paddle.

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Feb. 5, 2024

E36: The IPO Playbook: Expert Advice from Lee Kirkpatrick, Twilio’s F…

In this episode, CJ is joined by Lee Kirkpatrick, the former CFO of Twilio who led them through their 2016 IPO. This is inside baseball to taking your company public - a must listen.

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