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Feb. 1, 2024

E35: The Ultimate Guide to Vertical SaaS with Top Investor Dave Yuan …

Today CJ hosts Dave Yuan, the founder and partner at Tidemark — a legend in the world of vertical SaaS.

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Jan. 29, 2024

E34: BlackRock Managing Director Tony Kim on the Secrets of Durable C…

Tony Kim, Managing Director at Blackrock, joins CJ this week to touch on the secrets of durable businesses, why TAM is an unreliable measure of potential, competitive moats and 2nd/3rd acts as necessary means for sustainable growth, and more.

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Jan. 25, 2024

E33: The Ultimate Guide to Start-up Marketing, with CEO of Thrive Dig…

Jonathan Becker, CEO of Thrive Digital, breaks down learnings from his 12+ years of running data-led marketing campaigns for top startups like Uber, Asana, and Square.

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Jan. 22, 2024

E32: Everything You Need to Know About Competitive Moats with Lightsp…

Sebastian Duesterhoeft, partner at Lightspeed Ventures, returns to the pod to talk about anything and everything startup operators need to know about Competitive Moats aka the durable competitive advantage of a company.

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Jan. 18, 2024

E31: Hubspot's SVP RevOps Sid Kumar Goes DEEP on Revenue Operations

In this episode, Hubspot SVP of RevOps Sid Kumar discusses the most crucial aspects of revenue operations within an org, the importance of data strategy, perspectives on rep productivity and commission structures, discounting, and more.

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Jan. 15, 2024

E30: The Business of Basketball: Rich Gotham, President of the Boston…

CJ welcomes the president of the Boston Celtics, Rich Gotham.

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Jan. 12, 2024

E29: Building Sales Capacity: Bonfire VC’s Brett Queener on the Ratio…

In this episode, Bonfire VC partner Brett Queener, who was also the first sales ops and sales strategy person at Salesforce, shares insights on staffing ratios and building sales capacity.

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Jan. 8, 2024

E28: The Economics of Consumer Fintech Businesses with Matthew Newcom…

Matthew Newcomb, the CFO of Chime, joins host CJ Gustafson to delve into the complex world of the payments ecosystem. Matthew demystifies the business model of neobanks, different types of transactions, as well as how unit economics plays a key …

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Jan. 4, 2024

E27: Mailbag: CFOs relationship with Money, Biggest Fears, AI Predict…

Your most pressing questions are answered today by CJ Gustafson and Kurtis Hanni. They tackle Q's such as how best to scale the finance department for startups, what keeps them up at night, and predictions for how the CFO role …

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Dec. 28, 2023

E26: Breaking Down Annual Planning

Today we're flipping the script: CJ is the guest, and he's demystifying annual planning on The Role Forward podcast. CJ and host Joe Michalowski dive into the intricacies of annual planning, the practical steps of strategic planning (breaking down the …

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Dec. 21, 2023

E25: A Deep Dive on Marketplaces and Network Effects with James Curri…

In this episode James Currier the founder and General Partner at venture capitalist firm NFX, guides CJ on the inner workings of marketplace businesses and network effects. He shares insights on the importance of finding a 'white hot center' when …

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Dec. 18, 2023

E24: Kyla Scanlon Decodes Economic Policy Impacting Startups

In this episode, CJ Gustafson interviews creator and writer Kyla Scanlon about the role of the Federal Reserve and its impact on the economy.

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Dec. 14, 2023

E23: Everything You Need to Know About Sales Rep Comp and Commissions…

In this episode, CJ Gustafson interviews Ryan Wash the Founder and CEO of RepVue whose mission is to help sales pros find the best companies to work for and ensure they're paid fairly. Ryan gives CJ a data-driven inside look …

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Dec. 11, 2023

E22: A SaaS Metrics DEEP Dive with Alex Clayton of Meritech Capital

In this episode, CJ Gustafson interviews Alex Clayton of Meritech Capital who leads the firm’s enterprise software, infrastructure, and fintech practices.

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Dec. 7, 2023

E21: Building the Storytelling Muscle for CFOs with Andy Raskin

On the 21st episode of Run The Numbers, CJ sits down with Andy Raskin, a prominent Strategic Narrative consultant to venture-backed CEO and leadership teams.

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Dec. 4, 2023

E20: Headcount Planning in Hypergrowth: Gusto’s Head of Corporate Fin…

On the 20th episode of Run The Numbers, CJ sits down with Rohit Davite, Head of Corporate Finance at Gusto.

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Nov. 30, 2023

E19: Firing Execs: A Guide, with HR Heretics’ Kelli Dragovich and Nol…

At scaling companies. parting ways with an executive requires finesse, strategic insights, and insider experience.

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Nov. 27, 2023

E18: How a Public Company CFO Prepares for Earnings Calls

If you’re at a pre-IPO company, the' before, during, and after' of an earnings call can be a black box. That's why we brought on Sonalee Parekh, the Chief Financial Officer at RingCentral, for a masterclass about the best ways …

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Nov. 20, 2023

E17: Theory Ventures’ Tomasz Tunguz on What it takes To Be A Great CFO

On this episode on Run the Numbers CJ and Erik Torenberg welcome Tomasz Tunguz from Theory Ventures for an in-depth conversation about building businesses, how CFOs can evolve with realtime needs of venture-backed companies, and an investor’s lens on what …

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Nov. 17, 2023

E16: How High-Performing Marketing and Finance Teams Work Together

On this episode on Run the Numbers Ex-CMO turned founder, Jeff Yoshimura shares with us how high-performing marketing and finance teams should work together.

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Nov. 13, 2023

E15: CFO of FloQast on Why Finance Teams are Data Curators

On episode 15 of Run the Numbers, CFO of FloQast Razzak Jallow joins CJ to make the argument for why finance teams should think of themselves as data curators, why a great CFO is someone who will forge the path …

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Nov. 10, 2023

E14: Everything You Need to Know About Pricing Products

What's the right way to think about pricing your product? This is a difficult challenge for executives to nail down, and can make or break your company—that's why we brought on Kyle Poyar, Operating Partner at OpenView, to distill how …

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Nov. 6, 2023

E13: A Startup CFO's Guide to Board Meetings, with Dave Kellogg

Board meetings are hard to get right as a CFO—that's why we brought on Dave Kellogg, who's sat on both sides of the table, to give you the ultimate run-down of how to execute a great board meeting as a …

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Nov. 2, 2023

E12: The Ultimate Guide to FP&A Tools, with Paul Barnhurst

This Thursday, Paul Barnhurst, the renowned "FPandA Guy" on LinkedIn, joins CJ to crack down on all things FP&A tools to create the ultimate FP&A software guide.

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