Run the Numbers

CJ Gustafson

cj@mostlymetrics.com

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Booking Overview

Run the Numbers is a CFO-focused business show translating financial metrics and operating frameworks into decisions that drive SaaS performance, forecasting, budgeting, and growth. For PR bookings, it’s a strong fit for finance leaders who can explain the “why” behind operating numbers in a tech startup context.

Metrics

Episodes: 296

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 3.1k subscribers

Contact Information

cj@mostlymetrics.com

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Host

CJ Gustafson - CJ Gustafson is the host, a CFO and writer of Mostly Metrics. The show shares lessons, frameworks, and operator insights from the trenches as a tech exec, focusing on SaaS metrics, budgeting, forec...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
C-suite finance leadership (CFO/CFO-level) at hypergrowth tech/SaaS or other financially complex tech companies; strong command of metrics (rev rec, KPIs, forecasting, budgeting) and operating systems behind financial performance
Required Achievements:  
leading finance transformation at a high-growth tech company, publishing/communicating finance frameworks internally or publicly (implied by pod’s emphasis on frameworks), driving revenue recognition/forecasting/operating KPI improvements for scale

Recent Guest Discussions

Marten Abrahamsen - AI Use Cases In Finance, Revenue Recognition, Forecasting, KPI Dashboards, PLG, Consumption Pricing, And Operating Finance In Hypergrowth

Recent Topics

Cfo, Finance, Financial Modeling, Forecasting, Budgeting

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Run the Numbers
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SoundCloud CFO Dan Bettes on Marketplace Liquidity, Music, and Forecasting

June 15, 2026

In this episode of Run the Numbers, CJ sits down with Dan Bettes, CFO of SoundCloud, at the New York Stock Exchange. Dan breaks down how SoundCloud operates as a two-sided music marketplace, how he thinks about liquidity between fans and creators, and why great finance leaders need to make forecasting feel owned by the business—SPONSORS:Aleph is a modern FP&A platform built for teams that want more than another planning tool. By connecting your ERP, CRM, and other systems into one trusted...

Bending Spoons S1: How Italy's Software Acquirer Built a $20B Empire From the Discount Rack

June 11, 2026

In this episode of Run the Numbers, CJ breaks down Bending Spoons’ F-1 filing and the acquisition machine behind AOL, Evernote, Vimeo, Eventbrite, and more. He unpacks the company’s playbook: buy under-optimized digital businesses, transform operations, raise prices, reinvest earnings, and repeat — while asking the core question: how much was built, and how much was bought?—SPONSORS:RightRev is an automated revenue recognition platform that lets your product team ship new pricing without aski...

Vercel's CFO Marten Abrahamsen: Move Fast or Fall Behind

June 08, 2026

CJ Gustafson sits down with Marten Abrahamsen, CFO of Vercel, at the NYSE to talk about running finance inside a hypergrowth AI company. They cover AI use cases in finance, rev rec, forecasting, KPI dashboards, PLG, consumption pricing, and Marten’s “speeding tickets vs. parking tickets” framework for moving fast without losing control.—SPONSORS:Brex is an intelligent finance platform with AI-powered agents that capture expenses automatically, enforce policy before the spend happens, and clos...

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