Run the Numbers Podcast Transcripts
CJ Gustafson · 329 episodes with transcripts
Run the Numbers is a business podcast about financial metrics and business models for CFOs, aspiring CFOs, finance leaders, and ambitious people operating tech startups.
Spoken has transcripts of 329 Run the Numbers episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 20, 2026.
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Latest Run the Numbers transcripts
Token Series Part 2 | How Much AI is Too Much?
October 20, 2026
CJ Gustafson (0:00)
We're talking about AI usage. It's supposed to make us all efficient. I have never been busier.
Ali Hussain (0:05)
CJ, I've never felt as busy myself. I actually think finance is the most AI forward after product and engineering.
CJ Gustafson (0:12)
It's a hot take, I like it.
- Token Series Part 2 | How Much AI is Too Much?
- Brex's CFO on the Weekend SVB Collapsed | Erica Dorfman
- Former Netflix CFO Breaks Down Return on Compute | Jim Cook
- Inside the Food52 Bankruptcy | Heidi Robinson
- Robinhood's CFO on Refounding & the Art of Capital Allocation | Shiv Verma
- Token Series Part 1 | How AI Created a New Budget
- Why Owning Your Data Is the New Moat | Primary Venture's Emily Man
- Zuora’s COFO On Going Private and Pricing AI | Todd McElhatton
- LiveRamp’s CFO Rebuilt Pricing From Scratch | Lauren Dillard
- The NScale IPO | A Neocloud S1 Breakdown
- How Media Actually Makes Money | Blake Saunders
- How to Sell Your Company: A Multi-Time CFO's Full Playbook | Rick Smith
- Masterwork’s CFO Runs 12 AI Agents at Once | Nigel Glenday
- How Oura Built a $1.4 Billion Business Around a Tiny Ring
- The Business of Saving Lives: Inside RapidSOS
- Building an AI-Native Finance Team with Plaid CFO Seun Sodipo
- How to Tell a Demanding Founder They’re Wrong
- The Four Stages of World-Class FP&A with Datadog’s AJ Ljubich
- Dave McClure and Aman Verjee on Angel Investing at Scale, 500 Startups, and Practical VC
- Cumberland Farms S-1 Breakdown: Fuel, Snacks, and Debt
- Token Economics, AI ROI, and the Future of Investment Banking with Rahul Rekhi
- Jersey Mike’s S-1 Breakdown: How a $4.2B Sandwich Machine Works
- The CFO Who Was “Ill Equipped” to Save Lehman Brothers
- How Finance Teams Are Actually Using AI | Opendoor, Datadog, PwC
- Lime’s S-1 Breakdown: The $1.8B Scooter IPO
- How Confluent’s CFO Runs Planning, Pricing, and Prioritization
- Salesforce Paid $2.1 Billion for His Company: Meet the CFO Who Made it Happen
- SoundCloud CFO Dan Bettes on Marketplace Liquidity, Music, and Forecasting
- Red Flags & Big Wins: Lucas Swisher on What Makes Coatue Say Yes (or No) to an Investment
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