Run the Numbers

Run the Numbers is a twice-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 wishes 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.

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Episodes

Taking Criticism Like a Pro: Airtable's Ambereen Toubassy on Investor Feedback and Curiosity

Uncovering Blind Spots and Other Lessons from High-Growth Companies with Five-Time CFO David Lapter

CoreWeave IPO: A Future Giant or Just WeWork with GPUs?

Eliminating Operational Inefficiencies with Hanan Aharoni of Operative

From Massive Corporate to Tiny Startup: Foodics CFO Abdullah Tahboub on Making the Leap

State of the Private Tech Markets (February)

The Era of “I Need a COO and a CFO” Is Over: Jim Cook on the Next Evolution of the CFO

Investors vs Operators: Aidoc’s Arvind Kadaba on the “Grass Is Greener” Trap and How to Escape It

Stripe, Klarna, & the Fintech Resurgence—What’s Driving Valuations?

Inside Grab: How a Super App Transformed Southeast Asia — with CFO Peter Oey