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Finance Team & Career

Building teams and hiring people.


21 Interview Questions to Hire a Great Controller

Aug 20, 2026

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3 min read

21 Interview Questions to Hire a Great Controller

Get the case study

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
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

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
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?

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
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?

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
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

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
The Life of a Professional Number Two: Communication Tips

Jan 27, 2026

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10 min read

The Life of a Professional Number Two: Communication Tips

CFOs + COOs rely on these communication tricks

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
How to Fire Someone

Jan 22, 2026

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8 min read

How to Fire Someone

Plus, reviewing term sheets, and rolling off a fractional accounting firm, all in this week's CFO Mailbag!

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
It's Time to Help You Hire (and get Hired)

Jan 15, 2026

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3 min read

It's Time to Help You Hire (and get Hired)

Mostly Talent is coming to a town near you

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
Frankenstein Roles Rarely Survive

Dec 30, 2025

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10 min read

Frankenstein Roles Rarely Survive

Critical hiring mistakes I've seen (and made) as CFO

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
CFOs are Taking over the Analytics Department

Oct 23, 2025

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10 min read

CFOs are Taking over the Analytics Department

Here's a guide to not screwing it up

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
Are Fractional CFOs a Grift?

Aug 19, 2025

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13 min read

Are Fractional CFOs a Grift?

Everyone wants one. No one seems happy with theirs.

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
How to Say No, Gracefully

Aug 5, 2025

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14 min read

How to Say No, Gracefully

Tips and scripts to saying no to your colleagues

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
The Future of Finance is Modular

May 20, 2025

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10 min read

The Future of Finance is Modular

Why Best-of-Breed Partnerships are Winning, and What It Means for Finance Teams

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
My Favorite FP&A Interview Questions

Apr 3, 2025

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8 min read

My Favorite FP&A Interview Questions

What to ask, what to listen for, and why your Aunt Linda is part of the test.

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
Your Job as CFO: Keep the Talent on the Field

Mar 4, 2025

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9 min read

Your Job as CFO: Keep the Talent on the Field

Eliminating friction so star players can do their jobs

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
Aligning Finance and Product for Success

Feb 25, 2025

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8 min read

Aligning Finance and Product for Success

And the Four Product Manager Archetypes

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
Warning: No Brown M&Ms

Feb 18, 2025

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6 min read

Warning: No Brown M&Ms

What Van Halen can teach us about running a great finance function

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
How we make money here

Jan 21, 2025

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4 min read

How we make money here

Most employees don't actually understand your business model

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
Just in time for your annual compensation review
LockSimple

Dec 5, 2024

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2 min read

Just in time for your annual compensation review

Benchmark your specific comp

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
How to Make Your New Boss Successful

Nov 21, 2024

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3 min read

How to Make Your New Boss Successful

How to build a Quick Start Guide for your boss so you can win (together) from the first inning.

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
How to make an impact in your first 90 days

Oct 31, 2024

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5 min read

How to make an impact in your first 90 days

A framework for getting results quickly as a new finance leader

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
Hiring Your Finance Team: A Blueprint for Getting the Order Right

Sep 19, 2024

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5 min read

Hiring Your Finance Team: A Blueprint for Getting the Order Right

In What Order Should You Hire Key Finance Roles?

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
What the Big 4 Taught Me

Jun 25, 2024

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3 min read

What the Big 4 Taught Me

Lessons they don't teach in college

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
Your Complete Guide to Single and Double Trigger Vesting

Jun 13, 2024

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5 min read

Your Complete Guide to Single and Double Trigger Vesting

June's four part series on M&A negotiations at tech startups

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
Maximize Your Returns: A Tech Worker's Guide to Exercising Equity & Optimizing Taxes

May 9, 2024

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8 min read

Maximize Your Returns: A Tech Worker's Guide to Exercising Equity & Optimizing Taxes

Part 2 of 3 in our month long series on Employee Equity

CJ Gustafson
CJ Gustafson
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none of this is intended to be financial or legal advice. do your own homework. call your mom once a week. and make sure to hydrate.