Siqi Chen, CEO of Runway, shares the 3-year journey of redesigning the finance platform to make finance fun. He discusses the importance of storytelling, centralized data, and creating a culture of fun. The podcast explores challenges in finance, product iteration, and the evolution of financial modeling tools.

Razzak Jallow, CFO at FloQast, discusses building trust with the CEO, responsible product innovation, and turning down a financing round that could have doubled FloQast's valuation. He shares advice for aspiring CFOs on evaluating roles, precision Q&A skills, and hiring top talent.

Serial entrepreneur Chris Bakke shares insights on negotiating a deal with Elon Musk, transitioning from founder to building X's job platform, and the power of content-driven growth strategies. The conversation also touches on setting up M&A from day one, strategic partnerships, and reflects on a humorous social media account.

Former Instacart CFO, Sagar Sanghvi, talks about adapting to Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods, scaling during COVID, balancing growth vs. unit economics, transitioning to Accel, and more. They delve into financial challenges, industry resilience, and Excel's unique investing approach, highlighting the transition from CFO to venture capitalist and the vision for impactful ventures.

Former WeWork Strategic CFO Casey Woo discusses the value of being a business-first CFO, lessons from WeWork's pressure-cooker setting, evaluating CFOs and frameworks for being a career 'specialist generalist'. Topics include transitioning from investment banking to startups, navigating CFO-founder dynamics, multi-disciplinary skills for business building, the role of 'fog' in customer and talent focus, and unleashing CFOs' full potential in Silicon Valley.