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Aug 9: The 75/25 enterprise territory split

Good morning. Top performers are mathematically isolating their failure points and strictly auditing their calendar allocation.

Aug 9: The 75/25 enterprise territory split

Enterprise Account Executive Dean Wiener attributes 20 years of consistent quota attainment to a strict calendar split. He dedicates exactly 75 percent of his working hours to seven-figure whale accounts tied to funded corporate initiatives, leaving just 25 percent for the mid-sized deals that provide his baseline safety net.

Today's Sales Plays (20)

Tactical moves operators are running right now, with verbatim source.

negotiation

The four-lever discount framework

When a buyer asks for a discount, offer to "pay them" for concessions on volume, payment terms, contract length, or timing.

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outbound

Email-Directed Cold Call Voicemail

Use your voicemail to drive attention to a cold email rather than asking for a callback.

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comp_and_quota

Tiered outbound pipeline targets

Scale the self-sourced pipeline requirement based on the AE's market segment to build their outbound muscle progressively.

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outbound

Hyper-specific personal subject lines

Use a subject line that makes zero sense to anyone except the recipient to prove you did your research.

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outbound

30-Day Phased Outbound Sequence

Break a 14-touch sequence into three distinct phases to test different problems without fatiguing the prospect.

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discovery

The five-minute transparency close

End discovery calls by asking if the problem is worth solving right now to avoid bloating your pipeline with fake deals.

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comp_and_quota

Platform-exclusive compensation restructuring

Disincentivize single-product sales in the comp plan to force reps to sell the full platform.

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icp_and_segment

ICP pivot to compliance-driven sectors

Interview bi-weekly feedback champions to find where your tool is legally required, then cut general demand gen to focus exclusively on that vertical.

Snehal Nimje · CEO & Co-Founder · Outdo · Topline

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outbound

Authentic cold call permission opener

Open with a casual greeting, immediately admit it is a cold call, and give them explicit permission to hang up.

Alex Murphy · Founding AE · 30 Minutes to President's Club · Outbound Squad

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ai_in_sales

Automated executive ghost notes

Route rep ghost note requests through an AI agent that drafts the email and stages it in your inbox for a one-click review.

Amanda Kahlow · Founder & CEO · 1mind · Topline

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discovery

The transparent discovery opener

Lead your discovery calls by explicitly stating what your product is bad at to build immediate trust and qualify out bad-fit deals faster.

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outbound

Post-booking agenda question

Ask the prospect what they need to get out of the meeting, then put their answer in the invite title.

Alex Murphy · Founding AE · 30 Minutes to President's Club · Outbound Squad

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team_and_org

Sequential annual planning

Force Product and GTM to complete their planning first to define the 'what' and 'who' before other departments plan.

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team_and_org

Cross-functional crisis communication pods

Put legal, product, and sales on every customer call during a major crisis to control messaging and maintain trust.

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enablement

First-Time Appointment Diagnostic

Track first-time appointments as a primary leading indicator to isolate and coach specific rep failure points.

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icp_and_segment

Enterprise Territory Time Allocation

Split your territory time strictly, dedicating 75 percent to seven-figure whales and 25 percent to mid-sized deals for safety.

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outbound

30-Day Leave-Behind Breakup Email

End a sequence by providing a one-sentence summary and asking for permission to follow up in 30 days.

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demo

The Low-Demo Enterprise Cycle

Delay the product demo until the end of the cycle, using only one or two backdrop slides to drive a business conversation first.

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discovery

Cold Meeting Disqualification Prompt

Ask cold outbound prospects why they took the meeting to immediately test for a value bridge, disqualifying them if one doesn't exist.

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team_and_org

First 90 days process reflection

Drive process improvements in your first 90 days simply by asking process owners to explain their workflows out loud.

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From the Conversations

30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales

Email-Directed Cold Call Voicemail

#594 - The Perfect Outbound Sequence: Scripts, Templates, Messaging

Jul 28, 2026 · 30m · 3 quotes pulled

“there's no need to call me back. I'm literally about to hit send on an email to you. Just so we don't play phone tag, would you mind taking a look and letting me know if what I sent over is even remotely interesting?”

Host / 30 Minutes to President's Club · Host · 30 Minutes to President's Club
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Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount

The four-lever discount framework

Drop the Poker Face, Sell With Transparency

Aug 7, 2026 · 31m · 2 quotes pulled

“Commit to more stuff. Pay us faster. Commit longer. Help us forecast. Those are the four things we're willing to pay you for in the form of a discount.”

Todd Caponi · CRO · PowerReviews
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Revenue Builders

Platform-exclusive compensation restructuring

The Hard Moments That Build a CEO with Mark Thurmond

Aug 6, 2026 · 1h 0m · 2 quotes pulled

“You obviously modify your comp plans to drive that behavior... you disincentivize other type things that aren't the right thing for the company long term, like selling an individual product.”

Mark Thurmond · co-CEO · Tenable
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Sources

  • 30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales

    #594 - The Perfect Outbound Sequence: Scripts, Templates, Messaging

    Most sellers burn great accounts by spamming the exact same pitch 14 times. In this episode, Nick Cegelski and Armand Farrokh break down their exact playbook, including:  🔥The 10-to-14 touch multi-channel sequence that drives double-digit reply rates 🎯How to write 4-sentence cold emails using a single piece of research 📞The cold call opener and voicemail script that triples email reply rates -- You're one step closer to President's Club! 📦 Outbound Care Package: https://hubs.li/Q04qYFdF0 🏋 30MPC Training: https://www.30mpc.com/course/team-training 🛠 Weekly Newsletter: https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0  📚 Things you can steal and use today: https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube

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  • Outbound Squad

    CRO of Orum on AI, cold calling, and the future of SaaS

    In this episode, Jason and John Eitel from Orum, talk about why top sales teams admit they haven't cracked AI, how to centralize AI through RevOps without hurting rep productivity, why skill still beats tool stack, and the pipegen mix by segment that holds up from high velocity to enterprise. Check out more free content and get help with outbound at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://outboundsquad.com.⁠

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  • 30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales

    #596 - This Cold Email Formula Gets +20% Replies (Exact Templates)

    Stop sending generic cold emails that rot in your prospect's spam folder. In this episode, Sam McKenna breaks down their exact playbook, including: ✉️ Engineering "Show Me You Know Me" subject lines that guarantee opens 🎯 Preempting objections inside the body copy to sell the meeting 📅 Executing weekend follow-up emails and soft LinkedIn touches that convert – You’re one step closer to President’s Club!: 📧 Cold Email Course:https://hubs.ly/Q04rMw790 🏋 30MPC Training: https://www.30mpc.com/course/team-training 🛠 Weekly Newsletter: https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0  📚 Things you can steal and use today: https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube

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  • 30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales

    #595 - 6 Ways You're Killing Your Own Discovery Calls

    You're losing deals before minute 10 because your discovery call feels like an interrogation or a demo. In this episode, Jen Allen-Knuth breaks down her exact playbook, including: 📉 The 6 lethal discovery mistakes that make buyers lose respect for you—and how to fix them. 🎯 How to anchor your discovery to top-down CEO objectives instead of low-level pain points. 📋 The 7-step discovery flow that gets buyers to realize their status quo is too expensive to maintain. You’re one step closer to President’s Club!: 📝 The Ultimate Multi-Threading and Selling to the C-Suite Report: https://hubs.ly/Q04rbRjx0 🏋 30MPC Training: https://www.30mpc.com/course/team-training 🛠 Weekly Newsletter: https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0  📚 Things you can steal and use today: https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube

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  • Revenue Builders

    The Hard Moments That Build a CEO with Mark Thurmond

    Mark Thurmond’s path from sales rep to co-CEO of Tenable was built through consistent execution, difficult operating assignments, and crises that demanded calm before certainty. He explains what the RSA breach taught him about transparency and customer trust, how he and Steve Vintz kept Tenable moving after the death of CEO Amit Yoran, and why the strongest leaders build followership before they need it.

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  • Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount

    Drop the Poker Face, Sell With Transparency

    <p>You&#39;ve been taught to keep a poker face with prospects, and it&#39;s costing you their trust. Todd Caponi has spent his career learning the history of sales, and he found that sales started as a service profession. Somewhere in the last several decades, that service mindset was traded for pressure tactics and feature dumps. Todd joins Jeb Blount Jr. to break down what it takes to rebuild that trust, drawing on his newest book, The Four Levers of Negotiating, to explain why stiff, perfect pitches repel buyers and why sharing your flaws upfront wins them over instead.</p><p><br></p><p>📖 Purchase Jeb Blount&#39;s book, <a href="https://a.co/d/0hneYtLq" rel="nofollow">90 Days to Level Up Your Sales Skills</a></p><p>👉 Download our <a href="https://salesgravy.com/resource/dial-sheet/" rel="nofollow">Free Fanatical Prospecting Dial Tracking Sheet</a></p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/salesgravy/" rel="nofollow">Follow us on LinkedIn!</a></p><br/><br/>Our Sponsors:<br/>* Go to https://OmahaSteaks.com and use promo code BEEF at checkout for $35 off. Minimum purchase may apply.<br/><br/><br/>Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a><br/><br/>Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

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  • Topline

    SPOTLIGHT: He Said No to Bad-Fit Customers. Growth Got Better. | Snehal Nimje, CEO & Co-Founder @ Outdoo

    <p>In this episode of Topline Spotlight, Sam Jacobs sits down with Snehal Nimje, co-founder and CEO of Outdoo, to talk about one of the hardest calls an early-stage founder can make: narrowing focus when leads are coming in.</p> <p>Snehal breaks down how Outdoo went from trying to serve every mid-market and enterprise buyer to getting much more specific about where the product was truly essential. They get into why usage dropped, what customer conversations revealed, how the team handled the internal shift, and what changed once they focused on insurance and finance use cases where compliance and ramp speed mattered most.</p> <p>They also talk about:<br /> why enterprise readiness starts with architecture, compliance, and security<br /> how to tell the difference between interest and real traction<br /> what founders miss when they chase every lead<br /> where defensibility really comes from in AI</p> <p>Chapters:<br /> 00:00 Intro<br /> 00:46 Meet Snehal Nimje and Outdoo<br /> 04:55 Why selling to everyone nearly derailed the business<br /> 06:51 Finding the customers who truly need your product<br /> 08:54 The hard decision to narrow their ICP<br /> 11:00 How focus accelerated enterprise growth<br /> 13:09 Advice for founders struggling to find product-market fit<br /> 15:36 What creates a moat in the AI era?<br /> 17:13 Why workflow, not AI models, is the real competitive advantage<br /> 18:51 Snehal's biggest business inspiration<br /> 19:38 Where to find Snehal and Outdoo<br /> Try Outdoo: outdoo.ai</p> <p>If you're building an early-stage company and trying to find traction without turning your product into a Frankenstein, this one's worth your time.</p> <p>Subscribe for more founder stories, operator lessons, and go-to-market conversations from Topline.</p>

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  • Outbound Squad

    Founding AE at 30 Minutes To President’s Club, Alex Murphy

    In this episode, Jason and Alex Murphy from 30 Minutes to President's Club, talk about cold calling without the telemarketer feel, the offering mindset that keeps your self-worth out of the outcome, and his 3-question discovery checklist for first calls. Check out more free content and get help with outbound at&nbsp;⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://outboundsquad.com.⁠

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  • Topline

    Meet The World's Most Advanced AI Sales Team | Amanda Kahlow, Founder & CEO @ 1mind

    <p>Amanda Kahlow, Founder & CEO of 1mind, joins Sam Jacobs, AJ Bruno, and Asad Zaman to break down how an AI-powered solutions engineer named Nigel took 33% of the talk time in a two and a half hour enterprise meeting and produced a $278,000 deal. Topics include why AI aimed at efficiency gains misses real revenue impact, Amanda's prediction that marketing, sales, and customer success collapse into one function within 12 months, and why AI adoption has to be top-down instead of bottoms-up. Plus, the 15 agents running behind every superhuman, a 98% accuracy bar measured by live evals, whether agents will negotiate with other agents on the buy side, and a bulls versus bears round on Salesforce, sales dinners, and the health of the average go-to-market team.</p> <p>Key Takeaways:</p> <p>- Most go-to-market teams are pointing AI at the wrong layer. Better forecasting, faster research, and cleaner dashboards make the people you already have marginally more productive, which is not where the revenue is. As Amanda Kahlow, Founder & CEO at 1mind, framed it: "My thesis is that buying and selling happens in the conversation." Everything built around the conversation to enable a seller is, in her words, yesterday's workflow.</p> <p>- Trust, not novelty, is what moves an enterprise deal. Amanda flew a red-eye to Austin for a second meeting with a CPO and CMO, brought a superhuman named Nigel on screen, and watched the room turn to the AI for depth even she could not provide. As she told it, "the CPO was like, Amanda, shut up, basically. I wanna talk to Nigel." The meeting scheduled for an hour ran two and a half, and produced "a $278,000 deal from one in-person meeting going through procurement in one week". Her read on why it worked: "People say people buy from people. You buy when you trust."</p> <p>- The human face on an AI agent is a click-through device, not the value. Amanda's verdict after a year of selling them: "The face is a novelty." 1mind drops the face entirely on live calls because the movement distracts. The important part is the conversational AI, where "each superhuman has roughly 15 agents working behind the scenes." One handles small talk, another loads the live demo, another builds the perspective slide a human seller would normally take a week to produce.</p> <p>- Bottom-up AI adoption is where the value leaks out. Amanda's pushback on the idea that people who use AI will simply eat the people who do not: telling every individual to go be more efficient produces slop and no measurable gain, while the real impact, in her words, "is going to come at the top down when we think about restructuring the org".</p> <p>Connect with the Hosts & Guests:</p> <p>Host: Sam Jacobs, CEO at Pavilion - https://www.linkedin.com/in/samfjacobs/<br /> Host: AJ Bruno, CEO at QuotaPath - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajbruno3/<br /> Host: Asad Zaman, CEO at STA - https://www.linkedin.com/in/azaman1/<br /> Guest: Amanda Kahlow, Founder & CEO at 1mind - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandakahlow/</p> <p>Topline is more than a YouTube Channel:</p> <p>Subscribe to Topline Newsletter: https://toplinemedia.substack.com/<br /> Tune into Topline Podcast, the #1 podcast for founders, operators, and investors in B2B tech: https://www.joinpavilion.com/topline-podcast<br /> Join the free Topline Slack channel to connect with 600+ revenue leaders to keep the conversation going beyond the podcast: https://www.joinpavilion.com/topline-slack</p> <p>Chapters: <br /> 00:00 Introducing Amanda Kahlow<br /> 00:59 Building Superhumans At 1mind<br /> 03:24 Why Efficiency Gains Miss The Point<br /> 06:04 GTM Functions Collapse In 12 Months<br /> 08:48 The Ghost Note Debate<br /> 15:20 Nigel Takes 33% Of Talk Time<br /> 20:41 The Face Is Just Novelty<br /> 22:27 Fifteen Agents Behind One Superhuman<br /> 38:46 Compute Costs And AI Margins<br /> 41:19 How Accurate Are AI Agents?<br /> 47:08 Positioning An AI Company<br /> 52:13 When Agents Negotiate With Agents<br /> 53:54 Will CSM Jobs Survive?<br /> 57:56 Bulls and Bears<br /> 1:06:15 Boards, 6sense, And Burnout</p>

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  • Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount

    Mark Hunter on Shattering Your Limited Sales Beliefs

    <p>Most reps aren&#39;t losing deals because they&#39;re lazy. They&#39;re losing deals because they&#39;re busy with the wrong ones. Mark Hunter joins Jeb Blount Jr. to call out the habits wrecking pipelines everywhere, and hands over the one move that flips a stalled deal into a closed one.</p><p>Mark also talks about the OutBound Conference, where he’s been a speaker since the very first event in 2018. He explains why he still shows up every year to challenge his own limiting beliefs alongside other top performers. </p><p><br></p><p>🎟️ Grab your tickets for <a href="https://outboundconference.com/" rel="nofollow">OutBound Conference</a></p><p>📝 Download the <a href="https://salesgravy.com/resource/aced-buyer-style-playbook/" rel="nofollow">FREE A.C.E.D. Buyer Style Playbook for Sales Professionals</a></p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/salesgravy/" rel="nofollow">Follow us on LinkedIn!</a></p><br/><br/>Our Sponsors:<br/>* Go to https://OmahaSteaks.com and use promo code BEEF at checkout for $35 off. Minimum purchase may apply.<br/><br/><br/>Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a><br/><br/>Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

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  • Run the Numbers

    Building an AI-Native Finance Team with Plaid CFO Seun Sodipo

    <p>On this episode of Run the Numbers, CJ sits down with Plaid CFO Seun Sodipo. Seun explains how her team is using AI to improve speed, accuracy, and ambition; why finance leaders need both bottom-up experimentation and top-down direction; and how she approaches planning, network effects, and building a durable company.</p><p>—</p><p>SPONSORS:</p><p>RightRev is a revenue recognition platform built for the AI economy, helping finance support usage-based pricing, credits, hybrid contracts, seats plus consumption, and whatever commercial model comes next. It gives product teams the freedom to keep innovating without outdated revenue systems slowing them down. Learn how RightRev can help at <a href="https://rightrev.com/cj"><u>https://rightrev.com/cj</u></a></p><p>Pulley is an equity management platform that lets you issue options, model dilution, and complete 409As without your cap table turning into a spreadsheet disaster. Founders raising, hiring, and scaling use Pulley to keep equity clean and stay focused on building. Learn more or request a demo at <a href="https://pulley.com/mostlymetrics"><u>https://pulley.com/mostlymetrics</u></a></p><p>Rillet is an AI-native ERP built for modern finance teams that want to replace NetSuite and close faster. With revenue recognition, close management, multi-entity support, and native Stripe and Salesforce integrations, Rillet helps scaling companies run their finance stack in one place. Hundreds of teams, including Windsurf and Mercor, use Rillet to make the zero-day close real. Book a demo at<a href="https://www.rillet.com/cj"> <u>https://www.rillet.com/cj</u></a></p><p>Maximor is an autonomous finance platform that runs order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, the close, cash management, and reporting on self-learning agents instead of a dozen disconnected tools. One PE-backed customer posts 98% of transactions directly to its ERP, with the remaining 2% routed to a human for review. You pay for outcomes, not seats. See it at <a href="https://www.maximor.ai/"><u>https://www.maximor.ai/</u></a></p><p>Brex is an intelligent finance platform with AI-powered workflows that enforce expense policies at the point of sale, match receipts automatically, and reduce month-end close from weeks to hours. Thousands of companies, including Anthropic, Coinbase, and DoorDash, already run on Brex. Stop asking A-level finance talent to do B-level admin work. Learn more at <a href="https://www.brex.com/metrics"><u>https://www.brex.com/metrics</u></a></p><p>Anrok is the sales tax platform that watches your exposure everywhere, automates compliance, and flags risk before it turns into a surprise back-tax letter from a state you&#39;ve never set foot in. Companies like Anthropic, Notion, and Vanta already trust Anrok to stay ahead of rules that move faster than any spreadsheet can. Talk to a sales tax expert for a personalized exposure estimate at <a href="https://www.anrok.com/rtn"><u>https://www.anrok.com/rtn</u></a><br></p><p>—</p><p>LINKS: </p><p>Mostly Talent: <a href="https://mostlymetrics.typeform.com/to/cLTxtAsN"><u>https://mostlymetrics.typeform.com/to/cLTxtAsN</u></a></p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/seun-sodipo-1498b580/"><u>https://www.linkedin.com/in/seun-sodipo-1498b580/</u></a></p><p>Company: <a href="https://plaid.com/"><u>https://plaid.com/</u></a></p><p>CJ: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cj-gustafson-13140948/"><u>https://www.linkedin.com/in/cj-gustafson-13140948/</u></a></p><p>Mostly metrics: <a href="https://www.mostlymetrics.com"><u>https://www.mostlymetrics.com</u></a></p><p>—</p><p>TIMESTAMPS:</p><p>0:00 Preview and Intro</p><p>2:12 What Plaid does</p><p>3:53 How Plaid makes money</p><p>7:04 Eight months in, not new anymore</p><p>8:57 Sponsors — RightRev | Pulley | Rillet</p><p>11:48 Career path: Stripe, Glossier, Plaid</p><p>14:32 Evaluating durability from the outside</p><p>15:36 Rising expectations and AI</p><p>17:23 Top-down vs. bottoms-up AI adoption</p><p>20:06 Sponsors — Maximor | Brex | Anrok</p><p>23:20 Coolest AI use case: sorting physical mail</p><p>25:21 How her questions have changed</p><p>27:11 AI should make you think deeper</p><p>27:51 Finance AI Day explained</p><p>31:23 A four-month journey to usable tools</p><p>32:22 How AI changed her leadership style</p><p>33:19 Skills that matter more now</p><p>36:22 The Objective, Strategy, Tactics framework</p><p>39:56 What planning reveals about an org</p><p>41:36 Sequential vs. parallel planning</p><p>45:38 Measuring the value of a network</p><p>47:33 What people underestimate about Plaid</p><p>48:56 Lightning round</p><p>48:56 Screwed up: the reversed page order</p><p>49:39 Advice to younger self</p><p>50:32 Finance software stack</p><p>51:43 Craziest expense: the photo shoots</p><p>52:20 Credits</p>

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  • Run the Numbers

    How to Tell a Demanding Founder They’re Wrong

    <p>On this special episode of Run the Numbers, CJ Gustafson revisits standout moments from past conversations with Alex Immerman, Curt Sigfstead, Daniel Kang, Adam Ante, and David Laptor. Together, their advice reveals how great CFOs earn trust, challenge founders, speak up when the data says something is wrong, and become true strategic partners without relying on the power of the purse strings.</p><p>—</p><p>SPONSORS:</p><p>Anrok is the sales tax platform that watches your exposure everywhere, automates compliance, and flags risk before it turns into a surprise back-tax letter from a state you&#39;ve never set foot in. Companies like Anthropic, Notion, and Vanta already trust Anrok to stay ahead of rules that move faster than any spreadsheet can. Talk to a sales tax expert for a personalized exposure estimate at <a href="https://www.anrok.com/rtn"><u>https://www.anrok.com/rtn</u></a></p><p>RightRev is an automated revenue recognition platform that lets your product team ship new pricing without asking finance for permission, and your sales team close deals without creating downstream chaos. Check out their free tool at <a href="http://calculator.rightrev.com"><u>calculator.rightrev.com</u></a> It scores your rev rec process, shows what&#39;s exposing you to risk, and tells you exactly where to focus before it bites you in the rear end. Check it out at <a href="https://calculator.rightrev.com"><u>https://calculator.rightrev.com</u></a></p><p>Pulley is an equity management platform that lets you issue options, model dilution, and complete 409As without your cap table turning into a spreadsheet disaster. Founders raising, hiring, and scaling use Pulley to keep equity clean and stay focused on building. Learn more or request a demo at <a href="https://pulley.com/mostlymetrics"><u>https://pulley.com/mostlymetrics</u></a></p><p>Rillet is an AI-native ERP built for modern finance teams that want to replace NetSuite and close faster. With revenue recognition, close management, multi-entity support, and native Stripe and Salesforce integrations, Rillet helps scaling companies run their finance stack in one place. Hundreds of teams, including Windsurf and Mercor, use Rillet to make the zero-day close real. Book a demo at<a href="https://www.rillet.com/cj"> <u>https://www.rillet.com/cj</u></a></p><p>Maximor is an autonomous finance platform that runs order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, the close, cash management, and reporting on self-learning agents instead of a dozen disconnected tools. One PE-backed customer cut their close in half, took audit findings from seven to zero, and cut back-office costs by 70% in six months. You pay for outcomes, not seats. See it at <a href="https://www.maximor.ai/"><u>https://www.maximor.ai/</u></a></p><p>Brex is an intelligent finance platform with AI-powered agents that capture expenses automatically, enforce policy before the spend happens, and close your books in minutes instead of weeks. 35,000+ companies like OpenAI, Coinbase, Anthropic, and DoorDash already run on Brex. It&#39;s time to get Brex AF. Learn more at <a href="https://www.brex.com/metrics"><u>https://www.brex.com/metrics</u></a></p><p>—</p><p>LINKS: </p><p>Mostly Talent: <a href="https://mostlymetrics.typeform.com/to/cLTxtAsN"><u>https://mostlymetrics.typeform.com/to/cLTxtAsN</u></a></p><p>CJ: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cj-gustafson-13140948/"><u>https://www.linkedin.com/in/cj-gustafson-13140948/</u></a></p><p>Mostly metrics: <a href="https://www.mostlymetrics.com"><u>https://www.mostlymetrics.com</u></a></p><p>—</p><p>TIMESTAMPS:</p><p>0:00 Preview and Intro</p><p>3:27 Alex Immerman&#39;s favorite CFO interview question</p><p>4:54 What a weak answer looks like</p><p>5:26 When the hard calls actually matter</p><p>6:37 Walt and Roy Disney</p><p>7:36 Liked even when making unpopular calls</p><p>8:43 Sponsors — Anrok | RightRev | Pulley</p><p>11:35 Curt from Clio: ego in the bottom drawer</p><p>13:52 CFO as supporting cast</p><p>15:10 Backbone vs. ego: when to use each</p><p>16:23 Daniel Kang: don&#39;t use the purse strings as power</p><p>17:36 Earn the seat, don&#39;t demand it</p><p>18:52 Money is one arrow, not the whole quiver</p><p>20:39 Sponsors — Rillet | Maximor | Brex</p><p>23:54 Adam Ante: finance people pigeonhole themselves</p><p>26:46 The CFO can sit in any meeting</p><p>27:30 First 90 days: listen before suggesting</p><p>28:46 David Laptor: listen, observe, think, speak</p><p>30:50 Build a culture where speaking up is welcomed</p><p>31:51 Curt from Clio: don&#39;t come in as a know-it-all</p><p>33:08 Earn trust through curiosity</p><p>33:46 Beware of all-green dashboards</p><p>35:28 What would CJ say to Ballmer?</p><p>37:14 Parting thoughts from Ben</p><p>38:00 Credits</p>

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  • The Best of the Brutal Truth about B2B Sales & Selling - The show focuses on the enterprise Sales Process

    THE SECRETS TO CLOSING ENTERPRISE DEALS

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