In this episode, Jack is joined by Sam Monti, CFO of SolarWinds. Monti challenges a familiar assumption about the evolution of the CFO role: that finance leaders have only recently become strategic partners to their CEOs. He argues that earlier generations of financial executives often held significant strategic influence and that technology is helping the […]
1228: The New Economics of SolarWinds | Samuel Monti, CFO, SolarWinds
Sam Monti was working in finance at Rockwell Automation when a conversation about charging customers for technical support took an unexpected turn. A salesman suggested collecting a fee for access to the company's engineers. Monti had another idea: Why not make it a membership, like a country club? The resulting subscription business generated $150 million…
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1186: Keeping the Applause in Check | Adam Goldbruch, CFO, DoorLoop
Adam Goldbruch still remembers the celebration. In 2017, he stood inside a Tel Aviv startup office while employees cheered a milestone: a Disney princess quiz had generated “2.8 million page views,” he tells us. Champagne circulated as the founder delivered a visionary speech about changing communication through content. At the time, Goldbruch was young enough…
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