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Oliver Buchannon
CJ Gustafson

Tech CFO | Writer behind Mostly metrics | Miller Lite Enthusiast


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!

How Wellhub Uses AI for Probabilistic Forecasting

Mar 24, 2026

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12 min read

How Wellhub Uses AI for Probabilistic Forecasting

The Ensemble Approach to Forecasting

Where Were YOU When the Revenue Multiples Died?

Mar 22, 2026

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15 min read

Where Were YOU When the Revenue Multiples Died?

Benchmarks for Operators 3/22/26

New Report: Finance & Accounting Tools - Adoption by Company Revenue Size

Mar 19, 2026

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6 min read

New Report: Finance & Accounting Tools - Adoption by Company Revenue Size

Download the annual tech benchmarking report

Presenting: The 2026 CFO Tech Guide

Mar 17, 2026

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4 min read

Presenting: The 2026 CFO Tech Guide

Download the annual tech benchmarking report

Who IPOs First (My 5 Team Parlay)

Mar 15, 2026

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14 min read

Who IPOs First (My 5 Team Parlay)

Benchmarks for Operators 3/15/26

How to Build a Net Retention Cohort Model Using Claude + Excel

Mar 12, 2026

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11 min read

How to Build a Net Retention Cohort Model Using Claude + Excel

From messy revenue export to board-ready segment analysis. Every step, every prompt, every mistake.

Launch Lessons from Disney+ CFO

Mar 10, 2026

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9 min read

Launch Lessons from Disney+ CFO

Five lessons on forecasting something that's never been done before

A CFO Explains: The History of Marketplaces

Mar 8, 2026

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46 min read

A CFO Explains: The History of Marketplaces

Benchmarks for Operators 3/8/26

An Early Look: 2026 CFO Tech Guide Results

Mar 5, 2026

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4 min read

An Early Look: 2026 CFO Tech Guide Results

What tools do finance leaders use to get the job done

How Intercom Reaccelerated Growth with Outcome-Based Pricing

Mar 3, 2026

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21 min read

How Intercom Reaccelerated Growth with Outcome-Based Pricing

Inside Intercom's bet on outcome-based pricing, and the P&L math behind it

Will AI Actually Lower R&D as a % of Revenue?

Mar 1, 2026

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13 min read

Will AI Actually Lower R&D as a % of Revenue?

Benchmarks for Operators 3/1/26

The State of Finance and Accounting Talent

Feb 26, 2026

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11 min read

The State of Finance and Accounting Talent

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

How to Shut Down a Company

Feb 24, 2026

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15 min read

How to Shut Down a Company

And the Cost of Quitting

The Era of Capital Intensive IPOs (and the $14B IPO You Probably Forgot About)

Feb 22, 2026

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14 min read

The Era of Capital Intensive IPOs (and the $14B IPO You Probably Forgot About)

Benchmarks for Operators 2/22/26

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