Podcast Episodes

697: A SPAC Puts Leafy Greens on the Menu | Guy Blanchard, CFO, AeroFarms

Back in 2014—when Guy Blanchard first entered the CFO office at AeroFarms—the indoor vertical farming company had roughly 20 employees and a commerci…

4 years, 11 months ago

696: Ascending the Funnel | Darrell Cox, CFO, Vena Solutions

When marketing campaigns get old, they’re like polyester leisure suits that seem to fit okay but look awful, explains finance chief Darrell Cox of Ve…

4 years, 11 months ago

Trust & the Individual - A Workplace Champions Episode

Featuring the Workplace Champions

CFO Arleen Paladino of Crum & Forster

CFO Guy Blanchard of Aerofarms

CFO Mike Rasic of Synapse

CFO Ross Tennenbaum …

4 years, 11 months ago

695: As Public Perception Changes, Opportunity Advances | Louie Reformina, CFO, Turning Point Brands

Chances are that CFO Louie Reformina never expected to be in the rolling papers business.

Having advanced down a career track populated with differen…

4 years, 11 months ago

694: Specific and Time-bound, Aggressive yet Realistic | Ana Sirbu, CFO, Nitro

Not unlike other finance leaders, Nitro CFO Ana Sirbu wants you to know that she’s a “prioritizer.” Both personally and professionally, Sirbu has cre…

4 years, 11 months ago

693: Building Individual Trust | Mike Rasic, CFO, Synapse

Looking back, Mike Rasic says that his entry into the world of tech start-ups got kicked off with a phone call that he almost didn’t answer.

“I have …

4 years, 11 months ago

692: Betting on Your Future | Tim Murphy, CFO, REPAY

In 2008, as the subprime mortgage crisis began turning the Street’s brash dealmakers into a squeamish clan of risk-averse bankers, Tim Murphy, an ass…

4 years, 11 months ago

691: Get Out of the Weeds | Rob Krolik, Partner, Burst Capital (CFO emeritus)

When Rob Krolik agreed to join us for a CFO (emeritus) episode, we expected to hear about the successful business turnaround chapter that he added to…

4 years, 11 months ago

690: The Next 100 Years | Arleen Paladino, CFO, Crum & Forster

In the early 1980s, when Arleen Paladino joined Crum & Forster as a 21-year-old internal audit trainee, she was frequently sent to remote office loca…

4 years, 11 months ago

689: Be the Bridge | Terry Coelho, CFO, BioDelivery Sciences International (BDSI)

Within 4 months of her 2019 arrival inside BDSI’s CFO office, Terry Coelho had spearheaded a product acquisition and managed a successful equity rais…

5 years ago