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"Run the Numbers" with CJ Gustafson

Run the Numbers is a weekly podcast about financial metrics and business models, designed for ambitious people operating tech startups. It's a collection of things host CJ Gustafson (CFO at Partstech and writer of Mostly Metrics) has learned and thought about in the trenches as a tech CFO.

This show is meant to serve as a playbook of sorts for the stuff CJ wish he knew earlier in his career, both from experience and from copying people smarter than himself.

Topics frequently touch upon Startup SaaS Metrics, Annual Budgeting, Financial Forecasting, Headcount, Equity, Dilution, and Fundraising – and how all of these drive business performance and growth.

Recent Episodes

E4: The Unexpected Qualities of Great CFOs with Public.com’s Sruthi Lanka

Sept. 18, 2023

On episode four of Run The Numbers, Sruthi Lanka (CFO of Public.com) joins host CJ Gustafson to discuss the unexpected qualities of great CFOs, how to manage your team well and achieve great retention, how to build relations…

E3: Netflix Co-Founder Jim Cook Shares the Secrets to Being a Great CFO

Sept. 11, 2023

This week on Run The Numbers, host CJ Gustafson is joined by an all-time great: Jim Cook, one of the six original co-founders of Netflix, ex CFO of Mozilla (2009 - 2018), and one of the first 100 employees at Intuit.

E2: Webflow VP Finance Ivan Makarov on Understanding Startup Equity

Sept. 4, 2023

Webflow’s VP of Finance, Ivan Makarov, joins host CJ Gustafson on the second episode of Run The Numbers, where they chat about what kept Ivan up at night in the early days at Webflow, the most misunderstood elements of start…

Introducing: Run the Numbers with CJ Gustafson

Aug. 25, 2023

Run the Numbers with CJ Gustafson is a weekly podcast about financial metrics and business models, designed for ambitious people operating tech startups.