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You either die a newsletter, or live long enough to see yourself become a podcast. - OnlyCFO

The insider baseball you didn’t ask for: I recorded the first episode of Run the Numbers from a haunted hotel in Cape May, New Jersey. I left the beach during a family vacation to interview a CFO of a major tech company using a suitcase as a desk. To make things even more professional, I was interrupted by the cleaners exactly twice.

A lot has changed since then. Well, not really; I still record in sandals most of the time. But now some of the best technology companies are paying to sponsor my ramblings (LOL), and more than 15,000 of you tune in each month. That’s neat.

I was scared shitless at the jump. First off, I hate the sound of my own voice (something you never really get over) and I was so worried I’d forget my next question that I blacked out whenever guests spoke (hopefully that didn’t show).

I was also terrified that the production company would drop me if we didn’t hit our month 1 targets, so I played the podcast on a loop while I slept the first night (as if those eight extra plays would push us over the edge 😂). Luckily they were wicked cool and stuck with me (shoutout Producer Nancy, you’s a Gangster).

Since then my life has changed. Not in like a hokey, “aw shucks” kinda way, but in a “I can’t believe these people pick up my phone call” kinda way. Having a podcast is an underrated superpower.

I really mean it. Shit, Tony Kim, the Head of Technology Investments at Blackrock came on RTN… Rich Gotham, the President and CEO of the Boston Celtics stopped by… Jim Cook, a founding member of Netflix and former CFO of Mozilla is a frequent guest…

And we’ve got some more heavy hitters on deck for April…

A special thanks to these stellar brands for believing in me this part quarter:

So if you’re just starting to listen to the number five business podcast in Cambodia, here are ten of my favorite quotes and takeaways from CFOs so far.

And one more quote to live by, courtesy of the show’s Patron Saint, Fat Joe:

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