Cash & Working Capital

Bank accounts, cash forecasting, and debt management.

The Growing Importance of Order to Cash in the Age of AI

Apr 21, 2026

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9 min read

The Growing Importance of Order to Cash in the Age of AI

How to turn order to cash into a growth engine

CJ Gustafson

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.

CJ Gustafson

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

Apr 10, 2025

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5 min read

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

How startups evolve their cash controls—and what good looks like at each stage before the scammers get there first.

CJ Gustafson

How to Optimize your Cash Conversion Cycle

Sep 5, 2024

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5 min read

How to Optimize your Cash Conversion Cycle

Tactics I used to improve my CCC by more than 30%

CJ Gustafson

Aug 25, 2024

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8 min read

Sprint When You See It

8/25/24 Benchmarks for Operators

CJ Gustafson

Your Complete Guide to Cash Management (Part 3): 13 Week Rolling Cash Forecast

Feb 15, 2024

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5 min read

Your Complete Guide to Cash Management (Part 3): 13 Week Rolling Cash Forecast

February's three part series on cash management for tech startups

CJ Gustafson

Your Complete Guide to Cash Management (Part 2): How to Negotiate Your Venture Debt

Feb 8, 2024

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9 min read

Your Complete Guide to Cash Management (Part 2): How to Negotiate Your Venture Debt

February's three part series on cash management for tech startups

CJ Gustafson

Your Complete Guide to Cash Management (Part 1): Bank Accounts

Feb 1, 2024

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10 min read

Your Complete Guide to Cash Management (Part 1): Bank Accounts

February's three part series on cash management for tech startups

CJ Gustafson

Mar 14, 2023

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11 min read

A CFOs SVB Post Mortem

Assessing the hurricane's damage, and what we learned

CJ Gustafson

Mar 12, 2023

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9 min read

SVB and the Looming Bank Run Contagion

Assessing the hurricane's aftermath, and realizing "it's just business"

CJ Gustafson

Sep 6, 2022

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7 min read

🔥Burning bad

The art of burning cash & valuations

CJ Gustafson

Aug 23, 2022

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7 min read

Cash is King

Unlocking magic in the cash conversion cycle

CJ Gustafson

May 10, 2022

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6 min read

Can you take the heat?

Getting comfortable with cash burn

CJ Gustafson

Cash & Working Capital

The Growing Importance of Order to Cash in the Age of AI

Attack the Float: The Power of Payment Terms

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

How to Optimize your Cash Conversion Cycle

Sprint When You See It

Your Complete Guide to Cash Management (Part 3): 13 Week Rolling Cash Forecast

Your Complete Guide to Cash Management (Part 2): How to Negotiate Your Venture Debt

Your Complete Guide to Cash Management (Part 1): Bank Accounts

A CFOs SVB Post Mortem

SVB and the Looming Bank Run Contagion

🔥Burning bad

Cash is King

Can you take the heat?

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