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A Deep Dive: The Data as a Service Business Model

Investor Relations as a Strategic Weapon: A Masterclass

Niches are Larger than You'd Think

Riding the Wave of Innovation: Lessons From Surfline’s 40-Year Business Evolution

Employee Secondaries

State of the Private Markets - April

State of the Private Markets

Surprising Takeaways from our Private Company Benchmarking Report

Financial Storytelling Can Move Markets As Much as Results – Morgan Stanley Exec Explains

On Taking Feedback from Investors

CFO, COO, or Hybrid? Choose Your Own C-Suite Adventure! (Also: How To Master Channel Sales)

KYVC: Know Your VC

Straight Talk on the Economy - What it Means for Tech

The Finance Tech Stack

The Benchmarks Have Arrived

The $7 Million Wake-Up Call: Mastering Rebates for Profitability with Enable’s Nick Rose

Is Product Market Fit Getting Harder to KEEP?

The Billionaire Rolodex: Building a DaaS Business to Target the 0.001%

WTF is a Market Dislocation?

Is Product-Market Fit Getting Harder to Keep?

The Benchmarking Club is Open (But Not for Everyone)

Not All Revenue Is Good Revenue: Rob Paterson of Employment Hero Explains

When Churn Is the Model

Inside the "Triangle of Doom”: How Great CFOs Navigate CEO and Board Dynamics

What Investing at 100x ARR Really Means

How I Lost $209,640 (and Found My Own PMF)

Cash is King, But Who’s Guarding the Throne?

“I Lost Money – It Was Beautiful” – Brad Channer on Why You Should Fail at a Startup at Least Twice

Announcing “Looking for Leverage”: A Newsletter for PE-Backed Leaders

Scaling Google Ads: Lessons from an $80B Journey with Sanjay Datta

Did we just experience a "Before, and After" day?

Stubhub IPO: S1 Breakdown

My Favorite FP&A Interview Questions

The High-Stakes World of Consumer Marketplaces: John Connolly on Trends, Metrics, & Myths

I Hate How Great IRL Is

Joining a Startup Valued at 60x Revenue: Smart Move or Sucker’s Bet?

Stripe rips, Plaid falls, and Wiz gets PAID... State of the Private Markets (March)

State of the Private Markets

How to Build a Net Dollar Retention Bridge

The Startup Shutdown Playbook: How to Succeed in Closing a Company

The Importance of "Sales Rep Math"

The Art of Stacking S-Curves: Olo’s Winning Vertical SaaS Strategy with CFO Peter Benevides

Stubhub IPO: S1 Breakdown

Klarna IPO: S1 Breakdown

The Wild West of EBITDA Adjustments

Red Flags & Big Wins: Lucas Swisher on What Makes Coatue Say Yes (or No) to an Investment

10 Predictions for the Future of the Finance Tech Stack

21 Million Customers: The Two Keys to Long-Term Tech Success with GoDaddy CFO Mark McCaffrey

Klarna IPO: S1 Breakdown

The Business of Mostly Metrics. Part I.

How PayPal Budgets and Forecasts Revenue

Taking Criticism Like a Pro: Airtable's Ambereen Toubassy on Investor Feedback and Curiosity

Presenting: The 2025 Tech Stack Report

Uncovering Blind Spots and Other Lessons from High-Growth Companies with Five-Time CFO David Lapter

CoreWeave IPO: S1 Breakdown

CoreWeave IPO: A Future Giant or Just WeWork with GPUs?

I’m going all in

Eliminating Operational Inefficiencies with Hanan Aharoni of Operative

Your Job as CFO: Keep the Talent on the Field

From Massive Corporate to Tiny Startup: Foodics CFO Abdullah Tahboub on Making the Leap

The Largest Software IPO Ever

State of the Private Tech Markets (February)

State of the Private Markets

The Era of “I Need a COO and a CFO” Is Over: Jim Cook on the Next Evolution of the CFO

Aligning Finance and Product for Success

Investors vs Operators: Aidoc’s Arvind Kadaba on the “Grass Is Greener” Trap and How to Escape It

Stripe, Klarna, & the Fintech Resurgence—What’s Driving Valuations?

Stripe, Klarna, & the Fintech Resurgence—What’s Driving Valuations?

The Top Metrics for Fintech Companies

Inside Grab: How a Super App Transformed Southeast Asia — with CFO Peter Oey

Warning: No Brown M&Ms

Scoring Big: The Playbook for Nonprofit Financial Success with USA Hockey CFO Kelly Mahncke

How Much Revenue Do You Need to IPO in 2025?

How much revenue do you need to IPO in 2025?

Uber’s Playbook: The Strategy Behind Take Rates and Discounts

From CF-No to CF-Go: Serial CFO Michael Bayer’s Guide to Hypergrowth

Build vs. Buy Tools

How Upwork CFO Erica Gessert Drove 20 Points of EBITDA Growth in Just 3 Quarters

Revenue per Employee: SaaS vs VC

Profits vs. Growth: What X, Deel & Clay Are Teaching Us

Your Complete Guide to Sales Territory Planning

A CFO’s Guide to Raising Take Rates and Increasing Gross Margins, with Kapil Agrawal

Sneak Peak: Finance Tech Stack Survey Results

Getting "In the Way of the Money"

You Can Securitize Anything! — Art as an Asset Class with Nigel Glenday of Masterworks

The Risk (and Reward) of Standing Out: Why Your Story Shouldn't Fit a Mold

State of the Private Markets: January 2025

State of the Private Markets

How to Measure R&D Efficiency on your P&L

“What’s in It for Me?” The Art of Storytelling in an IPO - with Monday.com CFO Eliran Glazer

Sailpoint IPO: S1 Breakdown

The Top Metrics for Vertical SaaS Companies

The Analytics Escalator: Unlocking Value in Finance with Mambu CFO Jesper Sorensen

How we make money here

"Be Interesting" and Other Unconventional Finance Career Advice from CFO Jeff Cassidy

NASDAQ vs NYSE: What's the Diff?

The Role of Boards

“Your budget is counter-productive” — Michiel Boere, CFO of Remote

Is your retention "too good”?

A Masterclass with the Michael Jordan of B2C Subscription, Reid DeRamus

What metrics do Marketplace companies report on?

🚨 Announcing: The “2025 Finance Tech Stack” Survey

Board Materials: The Metrics that MATTER

“Most Decisions Are Reversible” – A Masterclass in Decision Making with Zapier’s Ryan Roccon

Mindshare > Supply

The Best Ever Answer to Build Versus Buy, and Other Wisdom from Matt Hudson of Coda

Which Balance Sheet Do I Back?

Mastering Board Materials: Part I - The Art of the Pre-Read

So You’re Looking for a “Strategic” CFO? Bloomerang’s Steve Isom on What That Really Means