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Oliver Buchannon
CJ Gustafson

Tech CFO | Writer behind Mostly metrics | Miller Lite Enthusiast


Revenue per Employee: Analyzing the top and bottom players

Oct 26, 2025

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12 min read

Revenue per Employee: Analyzing the top and bottom players

Benchmarks for Operators (10/26/25)

CFOs are Taking over the Analytics Department

Oct 23, 2025

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16 min read

CFOs are Taking over the Analytics Department

Here's a guide to not screwing it up

When NOT to Use AI in Finance

Oct 21, 2025

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16 min read

When NOT to Use AI in Finance

You Probably Don't Need AI For That

Startups Investing in Startups: Peak Bubble Behavior?

Oct 19, 2025

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14 min read

Startups Investing in Startups: Peak Bubble Behavior?

Benchmarks for Operators (10/19/25)

Download: The Annual Planning Bible

Oct 16, 2025

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3 min read

Download: The Annual Planning Bible

I wrote you an entire book (yes, a book) on conquering budget season

The Art of "Cowboy Forecasting"

Oct 14, 2025

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15 min read

The Art of "Cowboy Forecasting"

And how forecasting changes as you scale

The Evolution of Trading Platforms: Prediction Markets and Tokenization

Oct 12, 2025

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24 min read

The Evolution of Trading Platforms: Prediction Markets and Tokenization

Benchmarks for Operators (10/12/25)

How to Build (and Explain) Cohort Charts

Oct 9, 2025

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5 min read

How to Build (and Explain) Cohort Charts

Download templates to build your own cohort charts

Attack the Float: The Power of Payment Terms

Oct 7, 2025

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10 min read

Attack the Float: The Power of Payment Terms

Your cash flow model is your business model.

What a Soviet Era Pole Vaulter Can Teach Us About “Beating and Raising”

Oct 5, 2025

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13 min read

What a Soviet Era Pole Vaulter Can Teach Us About “Beating and Raising”

Benchmarks for Operators (10/5/25)

Wealthfront IPO: S1 Breakdown

Oct 2, 2025

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25 min read

Wealthfront IPO: S1 Breakdown

Small revenue, mighty EBITDA

It was the Summer of '25

Sep 30, 2025

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9 min read

It was the Summer of '25

A Q3 pulse check with Mostly Metrics readers

The Great AI “ARR” Illusion

Sep 28, 2025

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20 min read

The Great AI “ARR” Illusion

Benchmarks for Operators (9/28/25)

Annual Planning: How to Build a Sales Capacity Model

Sep 25, 2025

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3 min read

Annual Planning: How to Build a Sales Capacity Model

With excel templates to build your own

How Does Bankruptcy Work?

Sep 23, 2025

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9 min read

How Does Bankruptcy Work?

I'm not a lawyer, but here's how I'd explain it

Navan IPO: S1 Breakdown

Sep 21, 2025

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30 min read

Navan IPO: S1 Breakdown

Travel, Payments, and Expense Management Walk Into a Bar...

A Guide to Choosing Your Net Retention Formula

Sep 18, 2025

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4 min read

A Guide to Choosing Your Net Retention Formula

Looking at how public companies like MongoDB, Hubspot, and Snowflake do it, and how it impacts forecasting and valuation

Brex's Third Chapter: Building The Intelligent Finance Future

Sep 16, 2025

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27 min read

Brex's Third Chapter: Building The Intelligent Finance Future

An exclusive look into the company's transformation, and continued dominance in the age of agentic finance

How Much Revenue Do You Need to IPO in 2025?

Sep 14, 2025

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10 min read

How Much Revenue Do You Need to IPO in 2025?

Also, I launched a Recruiting service

The Top Metrics for Consumer Businesses

Sep 11, 2025

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6 min read

The Top Metrics for Consumer Businesses

With real examples from Airbnb, Netflix, Spotify, and more

Usage Based Models: Why They Suck as a Customer

Sep 9, 2025

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10 min read

Usage Based Models: Why They Suck as a Customer

A real story of unused credits, hostile renewals, and why NRR should come with an asterisk.

Oh, the Irony: SAFEs are Blowing Up Cap Tables

Sep 7, 2025

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16 min read

Oh, the Irony: SAFEs are Blowing Up Cap Tables

Benchmarks for Operators: September 7, 2025

Presenting: The Annual Planning Bible

Sep 4, 2025

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3 min read

Presenting: The Annual Planning Bible

I wrote you an entire book (yes, a book) on conquering budget season

Why Your New VP of Sales Might Be Set Up to Fail

Sep 2, 2025

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10 min read

Why Your New VP of Sales Might Be Set Up to Fail

Sales Leadership Is a Stage-Dependent Hire

The Earnings Call that Changed Meta's Strategy

Aug 31, 2025

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12 min read

The Earnings Call that Changed Meta's Strategy

Benchmarks for Operators 8/31/25

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