Best Jason Chen Podcasts (2026)

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Operational Finance and How CFOs Drive Performance with Devin Weil, CFO at ShipMonk 21:46

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In this episode of CFO Weekly, Devin Weil, Chief Financial Officer at ShipMonk, joins Megan Weis to explore how modern CFOs are revolutionizing operational finance by becoming true partners to warehouse and logistics operations. Devin brings extensive experience as a finance leader across organizations like XPO and Carrier, where he built his caree…

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The high-growth handbook: Molly Graham’s frameworks for leading through chaos, change, and scale 1:31:56

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Molly Graham has worked for some of tech’s most effective leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, Chamath Palihapitiya, and Bret Taylor. Today she leads Glue Club, a community for leaders navigating rapid scale, growth, and change. She’s best known for her “Give away your Legos” framework and her collection of practical mental models f…

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Episode 137 - Holiday Catch-Up [The Running Man, Sentimental Value, Jay Kelly, Knives Out 3] 1:21:42

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In the 137th episode of the Extra Buttery podcast, Jason and Robert open with a long discussion about the pros and cons of the Oscars moving to YouTube. We then discuss why THE RUNNING MAN (15:13) was a flop (that maybe didn't deserve to flop). We then focus on the understated family drama from Joachim Trier in SENTIMENTAL VALUE (30:27), the George…

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We replaced our sales team with 20 AI agents—here’s what happened | Jason Lemkin (SaaStr) 1:42:11

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Jason Lemkin is the founder of SaaStr, the world’s largest community for software founders, and a veteran SaaS investor who has deployed over $200 million into B2B startups. After his last salesperson quit, Jason made a radical decision: replace his entire go-to-market team with AI agents. What started as an experiment has transformed into a new op…

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The Future of Finance for CFOs to Automate Accounting with AI-First General Ledgers - Sasha Orloff 35:07

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In this episode of Future Finance, hosts Paul Barnhurst and Glenn Hopper sit down with Sasha Orloff, CEO of Puzzle, to discuss the future of accounting and how AI is poised to transform the finance industry. Sasha Orloff shares his journey from founding LendUp and Mission Lane to building Puzzle, an innovative accounting software platform designed …

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Why CFOs are the Chief Everything Officers with Claire Bramley, CFO at Xero 32:44

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In this episode of CFO Weekly, Claire Bramley, former Chief Financial Officer at Teradata, joins Megan Weis to discuss the modern CFO, how technology and AI are reshaping the CFO's responsibility, and defining what a successful executive looks like. Claire also dives into career growth, leadership strategies, and the underestimated power of storyte…

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10 contrarian leadership truths every leader needs to hear | Matt MacInnis (Rippling) 1:36:17

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Matt MacInnis is the chief product officer and former longtime COO at Rippling, a unified workforce management platform valued at over $16 billion. We discuss: 1. Why “extraordinary results demand extraordinary efforts” 2. Why you should deliberately understaff projects, and how to know when you’ve gone too far 3. Matt’s transition from COO to CPO …

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How Finance Teams Can Solve the Monday Morning Problem with Real-Time AI - Ian Wong 13:56

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In this episode of Future Finance, hosts Glenn Hopper and Paul Barnhurst are joined by Ian Wong, co-founder and CEO of Summation, a cutting-edge AI platform designed to help enterprise leaders navigate complex data and make smarter business decisions. Ian shares his journey from CTO at Opendoor to founding Summation, inspired by his frustration wit…

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What CFOs Need to Know for 2025 with Jim Benson, CFO at Dynatrace 33:34

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In this episode of CFO Weekly, Jim Benson, Chief Financial Officer at Dynatrace, joins Megan Weis to share insights about modernizing the finance function, developing succession strategies, and what CFOs should focus on as we enter 2025. Jim brings over three decades of leadership experience in market-leading technology companies. Before joining Dy…

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The coming AI security crisis (and what to do about it) | Sander Schulhoff 1:32:41

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Sander Schulhoff is an AI researcher specializing in AI security, prompt injection, and red teaming. He wrote the first comprehensive guide on prompt engineering and ran the first-ever prompt injection competition, working with top AI labs and companies. His dataset is now used by Fortune 500 companies to benchmark their AI systems security, he’s s…

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The new AI growth playbook for 2026: How Lovable hit $200M ARR in one year | Elena Verna (Head of Growth) 1:31:55

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Elena Verna is the head of growth at Lovable, the leading AI-powered app builder that hit $200 million in annual recurring revenue in under a year with just 100 employees. In this record fourth appearance on the podcast, Elena shares how the traditional growth playbook has been completely rewritten for AI companies. She explains why Lovable focuses…

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How Finance Pros Can Fix Broken Reporting and End the Monday Morning Problem with Ian Wong 37:22

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In this episode of Future Finance, hosts Paul Barnhurst and Glenn Hopper sit down with Ian Wong, co-founder and CEO of Summation, to talk about one of the most frustrating challenges in finance and analytics: getting timely, trustworthy answers to basic business questions. Ian shares the story behind what he calls the “Monday Morning Problem” and e…

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The Chameleon CFO: Adapting for Growth with John Glasgow, CEO & CFO at Campfire 29:45

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In this episode of CFO Weekly, John Glasgow, CEO & CFO at Campfire, joins Megan Weis to explore how modern CFOs can balance financial discipline with product innovation while operating in dual leadership roles. John brings unique insights from his distinguished career holding finance leadership positions at prominent companies like Bill.com and Ado…

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Robert Subbaraman, Nomura Global Head of Macro Research, on Japan's return to the investor spotlight 9:55

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Fresh from the Japan SEA Market Forum last November, we managed to have a quick chat with Robert Subbaraman, Managing Director and Global Head of Macro Research on Nomura, about the rest of the world's views on the Japan opportunity, especially in AI, their role in an increasingly multipolar world, and how the Japan "revival" ties to the Southeast …

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S5E5 Coping with Pet Loss with Sarah Bernardi Part 1 34:44

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In part one of this two part episode, Sarah Bernardi, RSW, MSW, shares her journey as a veterinary social worker, exploring the emotional complexities faced by pet parents and veterinary teams and the vital role of compassionate support. We also highlight the new Pet Trust digital resource, a special guide designed to help people navigate grief and…

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Why humans are AI’s biggest bottleneck (and what’s coming in 2026) | Alexander Embiricos (OpenAI Codex Product Lead) 1:25:13

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Alexander Embiricos leads product on Codex, OpenAI’s powerful coding agent, which has grown 20x since August and now serves trillions of tokens weekly. Before joining OpenAI, Alexander spent five years building a pair programming product for engineers. He now works at the frontier of AI-led software development, building what he describes as a soft…

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ERP and AI Failures Finance Pros Face Without Data and Process Governance with Cindy Vindasius 16:55

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In this episode of The Future Finance Show, hosts Paul Barnhurst and Glenn Hopper sit down with Cindy Vindasius, an expert in accounting and process transformation with over 30 years of experience in the Silicon Valley ecosystem. Cindy, the founder and CEO of her advisory practice, shares her expertise on ERP implementations, system transformations…

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From Japan's public markets to a Singapore venture capital firm with Rei Murakami (Insignia Ventures Academy Cohort 3 Alum, Kadan Capital Founding Partner) 22:04

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After several years working at Mistubishi and then for her family office foundation investing in the public markets, Rei Murakami found a new goal while she was working out of Singapore: to get into venture capital investing. She joined our Certificate in Venture Capital for its third cohort in 2022 and a year later founded Kadan Capital, an early …

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The Strategic Evolution of Finance Operations with Dan Wheadon, Partner at Cherry Bekaert 27:59

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In this episode of CFO Weekly, Dan Wheadon, Partner and Advisory Leader at Cherry Bekaert and leader of their CFO Advisory Practice, joins Megan Weis to explore how modernizing finance operations can unlock a company's potential, transforming the function from a back office support role into a true driver of performance, insight, and innovation. Da…

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The 100-person AI lab that became Anthropic and Google's secret weapon | Edwin Chen (Surge AI) 1:10:31

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Edwin Chen is the founder and CEO of Surge AI, the company that teaches AI what’s good vs. what’s bad, powering frontier labs with elite data, environments, and evaluations. Surge surpassed $1 billion in revenue with under 100 employees last year, completely bootstrapped—the fastest company in history to reach this milestone. Before founding Surge,…

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Why LinkedIn is turning PMs into AI-powered "full stack builders” | Tomer Cohen (LinkedIn CPO) 1:07:32

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Tomer Cohen is the longtime chief product officer at LinkedIn, where he’s pioneering the Full Stack Builder program, a radical new approach to product development that fully embraces what AI makes possible. Under his leadership, LinkedIn has scrapped its traditional Associate Product Manager program and replaced it with an Associate Product Builder…

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What Finance Professionals Must Fix Before AI and ERP Transformations Fail with Cindy Vindasius 34:00

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In this episode of Future Finance, hosts Paul Barnhurst and Glenn Hopper are joined by systems and finance transformation expert Cindy Vindasius to explore why so many ERP implementations fail, and what companies can do to fix that. They discuss the often-overlooked groundwork needed before selecting a system or deploying AI tools, and why jumping …

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How Akhil Nigam, Finmo CPO and co-founder, is Redefining Treasury Management with AI and Strategic Partnerships | Call 199 30:29

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Finmo CPO and co-founder Akhil Nigam joins Paulo for a chat live from the 10th Singapore Fintech Festival 2025 to talk about Finmo's journey creating a truly connected intelligence platform for finance teams and treasury management able to serve businesses from SMEs to larger multi-market enterprises. A lot of it has to do with Akhil's partnership-…

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Designing Smarter Finance Models with Siqi Chen at Runway 34:07

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In this episode of CFO Weekly, Siqi Chen, CEO & CFO at Runway, joins Megan Weis to explore how modern CFOs are transforming their finance operations by moving from manual spreadsheet-based processes to real-time, AI-powered forecasting systems. Siqi brings unique insights as a serial entrepreneur and former CEO at Sandbox VR, where, during COVID-19…

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The Shenandoah Park Murders | BONUS Episode 14:19

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In this bonus episode, Sara and Andrea return to the story of Julie Williams and Lollie Winans to reflect on the questions that still remain — the ones that linger long after the DNA match and the headlines. Drawing from listener messages, they revisit the cyclist attack that first brought Darrell David Rice to investigators' attention, the terrain…

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What it takes to drive AI agent adoption for SMEs in Southeast Asia with Fluid CEO Trasy Lou Walsh 11:26

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Live from Singapore Fintech Festival, we sat down with Fluid CEO and co-founder Trasy Lou Walsh on the future of B2B payments and finance they are building with AI agents on their platform. This interview was recorded live at Media Lounge in Singapore Fintech Festival 2025. Timestamps (00:00) Catching up with Trasy on Fluid since our last call in 2…

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What world-class GTM looks like in 2026 | Jeanne DeWitt Grosser (Vercel, Stripe, Google) 1:26:02

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Jeanne DeWitt Grosser built world-class GTM teams at Stripe, Google, and, most recently, Vercel, where she serves as COO and oversees marketing, sales, customer success, revenue operations, and field engineering. She transformed Stripe’s early sales organization from the ground up and advises founders on GTM strategy. We discuss: 1. Why GTM is beco…

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The ERP Problem for Finance Teams to Replace Consultant Lock-In with AI - Santiago Nestares 19:51

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In this episode of The Future Finance Show, hosts Glenn Hopper and Paul Barnhurst speak with Santiago Nestares, co-founder and CEO of DualEntry, about the urgent need for modern ERP systems built from the ground up. Santiago shares the origin story behind DualEntry, born from his frustrations with legacy finance systems while scaling a $100M+ globa…

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Designing Customer-Centric Finance with Jacob Moelter, COO & CFO at SupportNinja 22:50

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In this episode of CFO Weekly, Jacob Moelter, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at SupportNinja, joins Megan Weis to explore how modern CFOs are transforming customer experience from a cost center into a strategic growth lever. Jacob brings extensive experience in finance and operations across public and private companies, with a …

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S5E4 Dentistry Curriculum at OVC with Dr. Kate Wycherley 26:11

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In this episode of Vet Sessions, Dr. Omar Khan sits down with Dr. Kate Wycherley, who is an Assistant Professor in Small Animal Primary Health Care and Experiential Learning in the Department of Clinical Studies at the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC). Dr. Wycherley explores the inner workings of OVC’s dental program and shares how students are tra…

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A guide to difficult conversations, building high-trust teams, and designing a life you love | Rachel Lockett 1:45:19

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Rachel Lockett is a sought-after executive coach and former HR leader at Stripe and Pinterest who now works with CEOs, founders, and tech leaders on emotional intelligence, resilience, and leadership skills. In this episode, Rachel shares powerful frameworks for coaching reports, having difficult conversations, avoiding burnout, and strengthening c…

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The real reason Japan is investing in Southeast Asia innovation with Takeo Nakajima 7:38

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15% of the total trade volume of Japan with the world comes from Southeast Asia, the country's third largest trading bloc. More than 15,000 Japanese firms are active in the region. Cash-rich Japanese firms looking to scale up growth globally. Local governments are looking for innovative solutions to societal issues like depopulation. We discuss the…

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Slack founder: Mental models for building products people love ft. Stewart Butterfield 1:30:35

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Stewart Butterfield is the co-founder of Slack and Flickr, two of the most influential products in internet history. After selling Slack to Salesforce in one of tech’s biggest acquisitions, he’s been focused on family, philanthropy, and creative projects. In this rare podcast appearance, Stewart shares the product frameworks and leadership principl…

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DualEntry's Co-founder Santiago Nestares shares why Mid-Market CFO are ditching Legacy ERPs 36:34

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In this episode of Future Finance, hosts Paul Barnhurst and Glenn Hopper talk with Santiago Nestares, co-founder and CEO of DualEntry, about the reinvention of ERP systems through AI-native design. After scaling a global e-commerce business to over $100 million in revenue, Santiago experienced the frustrations of legacy finance systems firsthand. T…

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Inside the CFO–CISO Partnership with Tony Jarjoura, CFO at Gigamon 29:21

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In this episode of CFO Weekly, Tony Jarjoura, Chief Financial Officer at Gigamon, joins Megan Weis to explore how modern CFOs and CISOs are collaborating to balance innovation with security in the age of AI. Tony brings extensive experience from his career at Ernst & Young and his progression through multiple leadership roles at Gigamon, where he w…

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The Godmother of AI on jobs, robots & why world models are next | Dr. Fei-Fei Li 1:19:34

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Dr. Fei-Fei Li is known as the “godmother of AI.” She’s been at the center of AI’s biggest breakthroughs for over two decades. She spearheaded ImageNet, the dataset that sparked the deep-learning revolution we’re living right now, served as Google Cloud’s Chief AI Scientist, directed Stanford’s Artificial Intelligence Lab, and co-founded Stanford’s…

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“Dumbest idea I’ve heard” to $100M ARR: Inside the rise of Gamma | Grant Lee (CEO) 1:53:54

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Grant Lee is the co-founder of Gamma, the AI-powered presentation tool that’s one of the hottest and most interesting AI startups in the world right now. They’re valued at over $2 billion, and they hit $100 million ARR in just over two years, with a lean team of just around 30 people. Unlike many fast-growing AI startups, Gamma has been profitable …

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Tonik's Greg Krasnov gets the tea on IPOs from Tokyo Stock Exchange APAC Deputy Head Beomsu Son 11:58

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We brought together Philippine digital bank Tonik CEO and founder Greg Krasnov and Tokyo Stock Exchange APAC Deputy Head and IPO Specialist Beomsu Son for a conversation on the Philippines digital banking opportunity (from a Japan POV), opening up Japan's public markets to more issuers internationally, the first Philippine company in TSE's Asia Sta…

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The NetSuite AI & MCP Connector Help Finance Teams Turn ERP into a System of Action with Ranga & Joe 21:39

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In this episode of Future Finance, Glenn Hopper and Paul Barnhurst sit down with Joe Friedman and Ranga Bodla from Oracle NetSuite to explore how AI is transforming enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Amidst rising competition and a rapidly changing tech landscape, NetSuite is doubling down on intelligent automation, open platforms, and emb…

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Breaking Silos with Agentic AI with Jason Godley, CFO at Xactly Corp 24:00

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In this episode of CFO Weekly, Jason Godley, Chief Financial Officer at Xactly Corp, joins Megan Weis to explore how Agentic AI is revolutionizing the CFO's role from financial overseer to business architect. Jason brings over twenty years of experience spanning public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers, seven years on Wall Street, and a decade l…

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The Shenandoah Park Murders | Episode 5: The DNA Speaks 28:59

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Nearly three decades after the murders of Julie Williams and Lollie Winans, a new team inside the FBI's Richmond field office reopened the Shenandoah case. This time, the science had changed. With funding from the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), old evidence was retested using technology that hadn't existed in 1996. What they found would brea…

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"Sell the alpha, not the feature": The enterprise sales playbook for $1M to $10M ARR | Jen Abel 1:21:35

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Jen Abel is GM of Enterprise at State Affairs and co-founded Jellyfish, a consultancy that helps founders learn zero-to-one enterprise sales. She’s one of the smartest people I’ve ever met on learning enterprise sales, and in this follow-up to our first chat two years ago (covering the zero to $1 million ARR founder-led sales phase), we focus on th…

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Episode 136 - "It's still probably my top film of the year." [TIFF and VIFF 2025, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER] 1:21:31

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In the 136th episode of the Extra Buttery podcast, Jason and Robert open the episode with their thoughts on AI-generated actors and movies, recap their highlights and lowlights at TIFF (10:52) and VIFF (37:31), and do a deep dive into the hilarious and magnificent ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (49:05). Original theme music, intro and outro composed and …

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How NetSuite uses AI and how the NetSuite Connector is a Game Changer for accountants with Joe and Ranga 44:17

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In this episode of Future Finance, hosts Paul Barnhurst and Glenn Hopper sit down with NetSuite’s Joe Friedman and Ranga Bodla to explore how AI is transforming enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. With decades of combined experience in enterprise software, Joe and Ranga discuss how NetSuite is innovating ERP through AI-native capabilities, …

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CFO's Role in Crafting a Financial Narrative That Drives Growth with Matt Collis, CFO at PairSoft 27:39

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In this episode of CFO Weekly, Matt Collis, Chief Financial Officer at PairSoft, joins Megan Weis to explore how modern CFOs are evolving from traditional financial oversight to strategic leadership partners who craft compelling financial narratives that drive business growth. Matt brings extensive experience scaling companies across different indu…

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The Shenandoah Park Murders | Episode 4: The Case Unravels 23:50

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Six years after the murders of Julie Williams and Lollie Winans, the U.S. Department of Justice announced an indictment against Darrell David Rice - the man they believed was responsible for the killings in Shenandoah National Park. It was a landmark case, to be prosecuted under new federal hate-crime laws, and for a moment it seemed justice was fi…

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The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins 1:06:10

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Melanie Perkins is CEO and co-founder of Canva, currently valued at over $42 billion, generating over $3 billion in annual revenue, with more than 240 million monthly active users and, incredibly, eight consecutive years of profitability. But the journey was far from smooth. Melanie was rejected by over 100 investors during her first fundraising ro…

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POPMART Head of Southeast Asia & Middle East Jeremy Lee faces spicy questions on AI, IP Protection, Blind Box Questions and more 13:06

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POPMART Head of Southeast Asia & Middle East Jeremy Lee hops on a quick but jam packed conversation with On Call host Paulo on the role of Southeast Asia in POPMART's Global Business, the opportunities for creators and storytellers in the age of generative AI and new innovations in IP protection, and his learnings on leadership across several years…

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The AI Paradox for Finance Leaders to Solve with Data Clarity & Smarter Decisions - Khaled Chowdhury 15:04

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In this episode, Paul sits down with renowned data strategist Khaled Chowdhury to unpack what it means to bring clarity to data in the age of AI. With a background in FP&A and a track record as an early Power BI adopter, Khaled brings a rare blend of financial and technical expertise. The conversation explores the concept of "data clarity," the cha…

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The Boons and Banes of Tomorrow's Storytelling Technology with Smobler CEO and founder Dr Loretta Chen 16:06

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Dr Loretta Chen, PhD, a mulitihyphenate figure in the media, education, publishing, performing arts & cultural scene for over two decades, hops on a quick but jam packed conversation with On Call host Paulo on the future of storytelling, finding its value in leadership, and sifting through the noise to tell stories that matter. This On Call with In…