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Oliver Buchannon
CJ Gustafson

Tech CFO | Writer behind Mostly metrics | Miller Lite Enthusiast


SpaceX IPO: S1 Breakdown

May 21, 2026

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17 min read

SpaceX IPO: S1 Breakdown

The most-anticipated IPO of the decade, with a CEO comp plan tied to a colony on Mars

When Should You Start Allocating Overhead to Departments?

May 19, 2026

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8 min read

When Should You Start Allocating Overhead to Departments?

And which costs should get allocated?

Sector Refresh

May 17, 2026

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6 min read

Sector Refresh

Benchmarks for Operators 5/17/26

Download: The Q1 2026 Startup Benchmarks

May 14, 2026

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1 min read

Download: The Q1 2026 Startup Benchmarks

CAC is up, NDR is down.

Cerebras IPO: S1 Breakdown

May 12, 2026

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19 min read

Cerebras IPO: S1 Breakdown

Bigger is certainly bigger

The Thing About More Tokens

May 10, 2026

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12 min read

The Thing About More Tokens

Benchmarks for Operators 5/10/26

Private Company Benchmarks: Give to Get a Dope Mostly Metrics Hat

May 7, 2026

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1 min read

Private Company Benchmarks: Give to Get a Dope Mostly Metrics Hat

Contribute to the Q1 Private Company Benchmarks Report

How Samsara Matured it's Forecasting from Private to Public

May 5, 2026

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7 min read

How Samsara Matured it's Forecasting from Private to Public

A tactical lesson in capital allocation, budgeting, and reforecasting

Is it Cake? (Revenue Edition)

May 3, 2026

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10 min read

Is it Cake? (Revenue Edition)

Benchmarks for Operators 5/3/26

When should you switch from cash to accrual accounting?

Apr 30, 2026

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17 min read

When should you switch from cash to accrual accounting?

Plus, ERP implementation disasters, and running your first annual planning process... all in this week's CFO mailbag!

What a Disney Vacation Taught me About Pricing and Packaging

Apr 28, 2026

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8 min read

What a Disney Vacation Taught me About Pricing and Packaging

From Lightning Lanes to Magic Bands to Resident Pricing

Putting the Stock Based Comp Debate into Context for Private Companies

Apr 26, 2026

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9 min read

Putting the Stock Based Comp Debate into Context for Private Companies

Benchmarks for Operators 4/26/26

It's Time for the Q1 Private Company Benchmarks

Apr 23, 2026

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1 min read

It's Time for the Q1 Private Company Benchmarks

The best source for private company metrics

The Growing Importance of Order to Cash in the Age of AI

Apr 21, 2026

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9 min read

The Growing Importance of Order to Cash in the Age of AI

How to turn order to cash into a growth engine

The History of the Secondary Market

Apr 19, 2026

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23 min read

The History of the Secondary Market

Benchmarks for Operators 4/19/26

Board Meetings: Materials & Templates

Apr 16, 2026

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10 min read

Board Meetings: Materials & Templates

Sharing my personal slide loop for you to download

How Superhuman Structures Its Analytics Team

Apr 14, 2026

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18 min read

How Superhuman Structures Its Analytics Team

Where analytics should sit, plus breaking down the ‘hub and spoke’ partnering model

Checking in on Revenue Growth Endurance

Apr 12, 2026

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16 min read

Checking in on Revenue Growth Endurance

Benchmarks for Operators 4/12/26

How to Build a Headcount Model Using Claude + Excel

Apr 9, 2026

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11 min read

How to Build a Headcount Model Using Claude + Excel

From messy HRIS data dump to forecasted and fully burdened model

Distribution as the (Final) Moat

Apr 7, 2026

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15 min read

Distribution as the (Final) Moat

And what it looks like on the P&L

Why Customer Count Can Be a Misleading Metric

Apr 5, 2026

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14 min read

Why Customer Count Can Be a Misleading Metric

Benchmarks for Operators 4/5/26

The State of Finance and Accounting Talent (March)

Apr 2, 2026

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8 min read

The State of Finance and Accounting Talent (March)

Building in public, and hiring trends you need to know about

How Postscript Built a High Powered Deal Desk

Mar 31, 2026

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11 min read

How Postscript Built a High Powered Deal Desk

When to build a deal desk and how to mature it over time

What Happens to a CFO upon Acquisition?

Mar 29, 2026

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22 min read

What Happens to a CFO upon Acquisition?

Benchmarks for Operators 3/29/26

How Long Can You Realistically Put off Your First Audit for?

Mar 26, 2026

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10 min read

How Long Can You Realistically Put off Your First Audit for?

Plus, when to hire your head of FP&A, best business book you've read, and how to run a great weekly pipeline call. All in this month’s CFO mailbag!

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none of this is intended to be financial or legal advice. do your own homework. call your mom once a week. and make sure to hydrate.

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