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Oliver Buchannon
CJ Gustafson

Tech CFO | Writer behind Mostly metrics | Miller Lite Enthusiast


NEW REPORT: Finance in the Real World

Jul 30, 2026

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3 min read

NEW REPORT: Finance in the Real World

How CFOs at the World's Most Capital-Intensive Companies Operate

How to Tell a Demanding Founder They're Wrong

Jul 28, 2026

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8 min read

How to Tell a Demanding Founder They're Wrong

Navigating the CEO - CFO relationship

Domo? The Post Operating SPAC?

Jul 26, 2026

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9 min read

Domo? The Post Operating SPAC?

Benchmarks for Operators 7/26/26

How to Audit Your AI Bill for Savings
LockSimple

Jul 23, 2026

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5 min read

How to Audit Your AI Bill for Savings

Video walkthrough with concrete changes you can make to save money

The Tax Mechanic That Showed the Whole Company My Comp

Jul 21, 2026

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8 min read

The Tax Mechanic That Showed the Whole Company My Comp

What is a 280G Gross Up?

Cumberland Farms IPO: S1 Breakdown

Jul 19, 2026

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21 min read

Cumberland Farms IPO: S1 Breakdown

Benchmarks for Operators 7/19/26

Closer to the Metal: The Rise of the “Director” Level IC

Jul 16, 2026

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5 min read

Closer to the Metal: The Rise of the “Director” Level IC

The State of Finance and Accounting Talent (July)

How Databricks Pays Reps to Drive Consumption

Jul 14, 2026

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12 min read

How Databricks Pays Reps to Drive Consumption

Analyzing their commitment model, from $1 million to $5 billion in revenue

Jersey Mikes IPO: S1 Breakdown

Jul 12, 2026

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15 min read

Jersey Mikes IPO: S1 Breakdown

Benchmarks for Operators 7/12/26

How to Classify Your LLM Costs on the P&L

Jul 9, 2026

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4 min read

How to Classify Your LLM Costs on the P&L

Plus, reporting usage based ARR, and adjusting metrics post RIF, all in this week's CFO Mailbag!

Tactics for Budgeting at Hyperscale

Jul 7, 2026

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8 min read

Tactics for Budgeting at Hyperscale

What Vercel's CFO taught me about running multiple plans at once

Mini Doc: The History of Stock Exchanges

Jul 5, 2026

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23 min read

Mini Doc: The History of Stock Exchanges

Benchmarks for Operators 7/5/26

How to Build a Rolling 13 Week Cash Flow Forecast Using Claude + Excel

Jul 2, 2026

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7 min read

How to Build a Rolling 13 Week Cash Flow Forecast Using Claude + Excel

"Net 30 is a lie" - Rick Ross Voice

Mostly Controllers: Why We Get Excited About Deferred Revenue (a Liability)

Jun 30, 2026

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6 min read

Mostly Controllers: Why We Get Excited About Deferred Revenue (a Liability)

Your Biggest Liability Is Your Best Story

Exclusive Takeaways from our Q1 Private Company Benchmark Report

Jun 25, 2026

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2 min read

Exclusive Takeaways from our Q1 Private Company Benchmark Report

Download our Q1 Startup Benchmarks

Lime Scooters IPO: S1 Breakdown

Jun 23, 2026

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18 min read

Lime Scooters IPO: S1 Breakdown

Your favorite micromobility brand rides from the ashes (to pay back it's debt)

Net Dollar Retention Benchmarks: Where'd All the 130s Go?

Jun 21, 2026

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8 min read

Net Dollar Retention Benchmarks: Where'd All the 130s Go?

Benchmarks for Operators 6/21/26

How to Build a Sales Capacity Model Using Claude + Excel

Jun 18, 2026

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8 min read

How to Build a Sales Capacity Model Using Claude + Excel

The bottoms-up build of your company’s revenue potential. Rep by rep.

How Rivian Plans for Stuff That Doesn't Exist Yet

Jun 16, 2026

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6 min read

How Rivian Plans for Stuff That Doesn't Exist Yet

Sweating the capacity you have

How Much Did the Bankers Actually Make on the SpaceX IPO?

Jun 14, 2026

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7 min read

How Much Did the Bankers Actually Make on the SpaceX IPO?

Benchmarks for Operators 6/14/26

Bending Spoons IPO: S1 Breakdown

Jun 11, 2026

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14 min read

Bending Spoons IPO: S1 Breakdown

The owner of AOL, Evernote, Vimeo, and Eventbrite goes public

Will FP&A Eat IR?

Jun 9, 2026

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10 min read

Will FP&A Eat IR?

What's the future of the IR role? And where does it sit on the org chart?

Google is raising $80 billion, and you're bearish?

Jun 7, 2026

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9 min read

Google is raising $80 billion, and you're bearish?

Benchmarks for Operators 6/7/26

How to talk about ARR for Consumption Based Businesses

Jun 4, 2026

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7 min read

How to talk about ARR for Consumption Based Businesses

Plus, hard pivots to AI, rising CAC, and what to include in Gross Margin, all in this week's CFO Mailbag!

How Fanatics Thinks About LTV to CAC Across Multiple Product Lines

Jun 2, 2026

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7 min read

How Fanatics Thinks About LTV to CAC Across Multiple Product Lines

Getting to a Single View of the Fan

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