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The Modern CFO: Scott Engler on How To Master the Most Important Role in the Company
In many companies, the CFO is more important than the CEO. And the majority of private equity-backed CFOs are actually not up to par. In this episode…
1 year, 2 months ago
I sold a company, and then fired myself immediately
The number one thing listeners of the pod ask me for is to flip the script and let someone interview me. I’ve historically been reluctant to do it be…
1 year, 2 months ago
Inside the CFO Tech Stack (and the Failure Museum): Insights From Norwest’s Sean Jacobsohn
The CFO software ecosystem is highly fragmented and ripe for disruption. Sean Jacobsohn, partner at Norwest, has a front-row seat to the action: He’s…
1 year, 2 months ago
Big Systems Thinking for Building a Finance Org: Advice From a Zoom Hypergrowth Survivor
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, Zoom went from steady growth to hyperscale almost overnight, even generating a backlog of a million tic…
1 year, 2 months ago
Preparing for Google Zero
We’re heading towards a world where Google not only stops sending us traffic, but uses our own content against us.
In today’s podcast we discuss how G…
1 year, 2 months ago
a16z’s Alex Immerman on the Evolving Role of the CFO in the Age of AI
In this episode, Alex Immerman, partner at Andreessen Horowitz, joins CJ to discuss the CFO role and how it's changing in the era of AI. He explains …
1 year, 2 months ago
The CFO As the Culture Leader: KPIs, OKRs, and Embracing Failure To Achieve Success
If you work for a software company, odds are that people make up 80-90% of your business’s costs. Today’s guest argues that in order to effectively m…
1 year, 2 months ago
Saying the quiet part out loud
This one’s for anyone who’s ever mistaken SaaS metrics for gospel. I sit down (ok, dine out) with two CFOs—one from a dating app, the other from an H…
1 year, 2 months ago
Customer-First Finance: PagerDuty's Secret to “Small” Public Company Success
When PagerDuty went public in 2019, it was generating just $100 million in annual revenue which made it relatively small for a SaaS IPO. One of the m…
1 year, 2 months ago
From $30M to Almost $1B: A Guide to Hypergrowth, IPO Prep, and Navigating the Public Market
How do you know when a company is ready to go public? And what do you do to prepare for this? Chirag Shah, CFO of Motive and former CFO of Kong and C…
1 year, 3 months ago