The Backbone: a journey inside finance at a startup
The Backbone explores the journey inside finance at high-growth technology startups. Our host Shubham Datta interviews finance leaders at various stages of emerging technology companies to find out their story, key financial and operating metrics they track, how they measure them and what their bigg
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Ep. 67: Scaling for rapid growth & hiring for decision-making vs execution w/ Julian Rowlands, VP Finance at Spruce
Julian Rowlands, VP Finance at Spruce
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Aug 11 2021 25m
Ep. 66: Finding the right path to go public for your company (IPOs, Direct Listings or SPACs) w/ Jeff Epstein, Oper...
Jeff Epstein, Operating Partner at Bessemer Venture ...
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May 12 2021 33m
Ep. 65: The right time for SMB SaaS companies to move upmarket featuring Ivan Makarov, VP Finance at Webflow
Ivan Makarov, VP Finance at Webflow
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Apr 28 2021 26m
Ep. 64: Building a financially feasible business by aligning with customer incentives feat. Sruthi Lanka, CFO at Pu...
Sruthi Lanka, CFO at Public
As CFO, Sruthi over...
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Apr 14 2021 26m
Ep. 63: What it means to be a finance exec for a publicly-traded software company with Blaine Fitzgerald, EVP Finan...
Joining me on this episode of the Backbone is Blaine...
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Mar 24 2021 26m
Ep. 62: Taking care of your people, company, & customers while navigating through a crisis with Naeem Ishaq, CFO at...
Joining me on this episode of the Backbone is Naeem ...
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Mar 10 2021 38m
Ep. 61: The role of momentum and velocity in propelling Blackberry's epic run from $2M to $20B in sales with Dennis...
Dennis Kavelman, Partner at Inovia Capital (Former C...
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Feb 17 2021 42m
Ep. 60: IPO readiness and what it truly means to take a company public today with Curt Sigfstead, CFO at Clearbanc
Curt Sigfstead, CFO at Clearbanc
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Jan 27 2021 31m
Ep. 59: Determining the core competencies of the finance function with Etienne St-Martin, Director of Finance at Ro...
Etienne St-Martin, Director of Finance at Roadm...
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Jan 13 2021 24m
Ep. 58: The makings of a well-rounded finance leader with Brian Montminy, CFO at Lessonly
Brian Montminy, CFO at Lessonly
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Dec 9 2020 27m
Ep. 57: Lessons learned from hyper-growth & scaling to $100M+ ARR, 100k customers and raising $100M with Tim Compto...
Tim Compton, SVP of Finance at ActiveCampaign
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Nov 25 2020 32m
Ep. 56: Lessons from raising $50M during a global pandemic with Aly Khan Musani, CFO at Symend
Aly Khan Musani, CFO at Symend
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Oct 28 2020 30m
Ep. 55: The most important SaaS metric for a high-growth software company with Rob Froment, CFO at Clio
Rob Froment, CFO at Clio
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Oct 14 2020 33m
Ep. 54: Getting the most out of a finance function with Srikant Nayak, CFO at GroupBy
Srikant Nayak, CFO at GroupBy
I chat with Srika...
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Sep 30 2020 23m
Ep. 53: Every finance leader must become a great storyteller with Darrell Cox, CFO at Vena
Darrell Cox, CFO at Vena
I chat with Darrell a...
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Apr 22 2020 40m
Ep. 52: Why the tradeoff of balancing profitability and sustainability is a false dichotomy with David Reid, CFO & ...
David Reid, CFO & COO of Boll & Branch
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Apr 1 2020 32m
Ep. 51: The art of value-based pricing models with Karthik Srinivasan, Director of Finance at Chargebee
Karthik Srinivasan, Director of Finance at Chargebee...
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Mar 18 2020 19m
Ep. 50: Behind the 7-year journey of scaling WIND Mobile to $500M in revenue and $1.6B sale w/ Brice Scheschuk, Man...
Brice Scheschuk, Managing Partner at Globalive Capit...
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Mar 4 2020 41m
Ep. 49: Fiscally responsible growth vs growth at all costs with Johnathan Mirian, VP Finance at Justworks
Johnathan Mirian, VP Finance at Justworks
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Feb 19 2020 24m
Ep. 48: Setting the right foundation in the first 100 days to scale the finance function for hyper growth with Khoi...
Khoi Le, VP Finance at Hopper
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Feb 5 2020 33m
Ep. 47: A framework for managing M&A as a CFO with Saeideh Fard, Chief Financial Officer at Tulip
Saeideh Fard, Chief Financial Officer at Tulip
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Jan 22 2020 31m
Ep. 46: Pushing company-wide transformation of a craft brewer through technology with Trevor Young, Chief Financial...
Trevor Young, Chief Financial Officer at Steam Whist...
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Jan 8 2020 25m
Ep. 45: Driving growth through an omnichannel approach at an established wellness brand with Michelle Armstrong, Ch...
Michelle Armstrong, Chief Operating Officer at Saje ...
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Nov 27 2019 24m
Ep. 44: Striking the balance of growth and profitability as a bootstrapped company with Jessica Katz, Director of F...
Jessica Katz, Director of Finance at Format
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Nov 12 2019 22m
Ep. 43: A framework for growing and scaling finance functions with Mustafa Nafar, VP Finance at Modsy
Mustafa Nafar, VP Finance at Modsy
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Oct 30 2019 25m