{"podcast":{"title":"Run the Numbers","slug":"run-the-numbers-6739797","podcast_index_feed_id":6739797,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10e7a9a40/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://mostlymetrics.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45278832/8c50db432ea6824a.jpg","author":"CJ Gustafson","episode_count":306,"summary":"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. Hosted by CJ Gustafson, CFO and writer of Mostly Metrics, the show shares lessons, frameworks, and operator insights from the trenches as a tech exec. Think of it as a playbook for the things CJ wishes he knew earlier in his career, covering SaaS metrics, annual budgeting, forecasting, headcount, equity, dilution, fundraising, and the decisions that drive performance and growth.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T20:18:41.062910+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/run-the-numbers-6739797"},"episode":{"title":"Minted’s CFO: Half the Year Happens in One Month","slug":"minted-s-cfo-half-the-year-happens-in-one-month","published_at":"2026-02-23T10:02:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/run-the-numbers-6739797/minted-s-cfo-half-the-year-happens-in-one-month","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/run-the-numbers-6739797","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cjgustafson222/episodes/Minteds-CFO-Half-the-Year-Happens-in-One-Month-e3fcrd4","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10e7a9a40/podcast/play/115813220/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-21%2F418519154-44100-2-3f287b47e2671.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Run the Numbers, CJ sits down with Mateo Bryant, CFO of Minted. They break down Minted’s life-event flywheel and decades-long LTV, managing extreme seasonality when half the year happens in one month, and balancing long-term CAC with short-term monetization. Mateo also shares lessons from scaling Uber and Amazon globally, localization missteps, and making marketplaces work in emerging markets. — SPONSORS: Abacum is a modern FP&A platform built by former CFOs to replace slow, consultant-heavy planning tools. With self-service integrations and AI-powered workflows for forecasting, variance analysis, and scenario modeling, Abacum helps finance teams scale without becoming software admins. Trusted by teams at Strava, Replit, and JG Wentworth—learn more at https://www.abacum.ai Brex is an intelligent finance platform that combines corporate cards, built-in expense management, and AI agents to eliminate manual finance work. By automating expense reviews and reconciliations, Brex gives CFOs more time for the high-impact work that drives growth. Join 35,000+ companies like Anthropic, Coinbase, and DoorDash at https://www.brex.com/metrics Metronome is real-time billing built for modern software companies. Metronome turns raw usage events into accurate invoices, gives customers bills they actually understand, and keeps finance, product, and engineering perfectly in sync. That’s why category-defining companies like OpenAI and Anthropic trust Metronome to power usage-based pricing and enterprise contracts at scale. Focus on your product — not your billing. Learn more and get started at https://www.metronome.com RightRev is an automated revenue recognition platform built for modern pricing models like usage-based pricing, bundles, and mid-cycle upgrades. Righ…","meta_description":"In this episode of Run the Numbers, CJ sits down with Mateo Bryant, CFO of Minted. They break down Minted’s life-event flywheel and decades-long LTV, mana…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3688,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/run-the-numbers-6739797/episodes/minted-s-cfo-half-the-year-happens-in-one-month/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/run-the-numbers-6739797/minted-s-cfo-half-the-year-happens-in-one-month.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}