Former Twilio CFO Lee Kirkpatrick discusses the IPO journey, strategic pricing, navigating the IPO process, qualities of a great CFO, lessons in ego management, and amusing anecdotes on company expense culture in this insightful podcast.

Lee Kirkpatrick, former CFO of Twilio, shares his experience leading Twilio through its IPO. He discusses the preparations, roadshows, and decisions made during the process. Topics include selecting bankers, determining the offering price, optimizing IPO price, choosing lead bankers, first earnings call as a public CFO, the importance of forecasting, and a funny expense report mishap.