When’s the last time you asked, “Who are we?”

When meetings go off-track, smart CFOs reorganize.

You can’t scale innovation without scaling visibility. When Lisa Cummins Dulchinos joined Ayar Labs, the company had 17 employees—and no finance infrastructure. Her first job was making sure the company didn’t run out of cash.

You can’t AI-proof your job with theory alone. As AI changes the rules of finance, applied skills are now table stakes.

AI is the third lens you need. ClickUp CFO Dan Zhang explains how AI has become a new lens for financial performance—one as critical as growth and cash.

She won “Sales MVP” without being in sales. Dan Zhang’s moment proves finance leaders earn influence by showing up where it counts.

You’re not just automating tasks—you're redesigning decisions.

You can’t choose between growth and profitability anymore. CFO Andrew Casey of Amplitude is leading a SaaS company with $320M ARR toward billion-dollar ambitions—but his focus isn’t just growth.

The CFO Rule That Transforms Business Growth

Cutting headcount won’t save you from failure. Bonterra CFO Matthew Hardy explains why the smarter move is identifying and eliminating “fake work units” — tasks that drain time but don’t drive growth.

At Bonterra, growth starts with changing the P&L. Early in his career, CFO Matthew Hardy uncovered how finance could reshape an entire company’s value creation playbook—insights he now applies to Bonterra’s mission-driven SaaS growth.

What if AI could cut a $1M expense overnight?

How does a $550M firm acquire a $1.1B company—and then accelerate AI adoption at record speed?

Could you turn -40% margins into +30%?

What happens when R&D starts paying off?

What would you do if costs surged 15x?

Would you let AI guide your next deal?

You underestimate how relationships impact enterprise value

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