Weekly conversations for personal and professional growth and what it takes to get there. We start by working with business founders and helping them learn what it takes to grow their by reviewing the simple numbers and unlocking growth that already resides in their business. We also work with those founders and discuss what has helped them personally to grow.
Building the Plane While You Fly It: Action, Scaling, and the Power of Strategic Partners
In this episode of Growth by the Numbers, Tyler Briggs challenges founders to move past overthinking and into deliberate action—building the plane while it’s flying instead of waiting for everything to be perfect on the ground. He walks through the real stages of growth: going from idea to first scrappy customers, refining your offer through feedback, dialing in your marketing hook and booking process, and then tightening operations, pricing, vendor terms, and financing as revenue grows.
Tyler explains why so many owners stall at $5M, $10M, or $20M: fear of investing in leadership, systems, and strategic help. He breaks down the difference between CPAs and FP&A/CFO partners, and how the right strategic partner can help you track the right KPIs, understand cash flow, structure acquisitions, add new revenue verticals, and ultimately scale toward generational wealth or a future exit. The core message: inaction kills companies—growth lives in discomfort, and with the right partners and numbers, $5M to $20M (and beyond) is closer than most founders think.
8 Dec 2025
From Idea to 9 Figures Pricing, Cash Flow & the Strategic Partner You’re Missing
Most founders don’t have a revenue problem — they have a pricing and cash flow problem. In this episode of Growth by the Numbers, I break down how to price correctly, build a simple cash flow, and use a strategic finance partner to scale from “idea stage” toward 9 figures. 🎯📈
4 Nov 2025
The Operations Pillar — Connecting Efficiency, Service, and Margin Control
In this episode of Growth by the Numbers, Tyler Briggs continues his series on the core pillars of a business — focusing this time on operations and delivery.
Once marketing brings in leads, operations is where promises are fulfilled — and where profitability is either earned or lost. Tyler breaks down how FP&A plays a vital role in connecting efficiency, service quality, and margin control to ensure sustainable, profitable growth.
By partnering with operations, FP&A leaders can translate job performance, labor utilization, and service quality metrics into actionable insights that help leadership make better, faster decisions.
This episode explores how operational insight transforms busy companies into profitable, scalable ones — and why efficiency is the new engine of growth.
✅ Why operations is the heart of execution — where strategy meets reality
✅ How FP&A helps measure efficiency, service quality, and margin control
✅ The financial metrics that reveal operational health
✅ How to connect operational KPIs to forecasting and capacity planning
✅ Why operational insight is essential to scaling profitably
“Operational insight isn’t just nice to have — it’s the foundation of sustainable growth. When finance and operations work together, the company moves as one — aligned, informed, and capable of scaling profitably.”
Visit www.growthbythenumbers.com to learn how FP&A helps companies grow with clarity and control.
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You’ll Learn:
✅ Why operations is the heart of execution — where strategy meets reality
✅ How FP&A helps measure efficiency, service quality, and margin control
✅ The financial metrics that reveal operational health
✅ How to connect operational KPIs to forecasting and capacity planning
✅ Why operational insight is essential to scaling profitably
Key Takeaway:
“Operational insight isn’t just nice to have — it’s the foundation of sustainable growth. When finance and operations work together, the company moves as one — aligned, informed, and capable of scaling profitably.”
Resources Mentioned:
Visit www.growthbythenumbers.com to learn how FP&A helps companies grow with clarity and control.
Subscribe to Growth by the Numbers wherever you get your podcasts.
27 Oct 2025
The Pillars of a Business — and How FP&A Brings Them to Life
In Episode 2 of Growth by the Numbers, host Tyler Briggs builds on last week’s discussion about the importance of budgeting and forecasting — taking listeners deeper into how those financial frameworks connect to a company’s core pillars.
Every business stands on a few simple pillars — sales, operations, marketing, service, and finance — that stem from the original vision of its founder. As the business grows, these pillars evolve into departments and processes that define the company’s identity.
Tyler explores how finance and FP&A leaders can help quantify those pillars, ensuring that each one receives the proper investment and attention through the budgeting process.
He then zooms into the first pillar — marketing and lead generation — and explains how FP&A brings data discipline to one of the company’s largest expenses. By analyzing metrics like ROAS, CPL, CPC, and booking rate, finance teams can help marketing leaders make smarter spending decisions and drive efficient, sustainable growth.
You’ll Learn:
✅ How every company’s budget reflects its foundational business pillars ✅ The FP&A role in translating a founder’s vision into measurable, trackable outcomes ✅ How to evaluate marketing spend through financial metrics ✅ Why lead generation is often the first and most crucial pillar for growth ✅ How scenario-based analysis and cash flow planning fuel long-term sustainability
Key Takeaway:
“Our job in FP&A is to identify a company’s pillars — the core functions that make it thrive — and quantify them through the budget and forecast. That’s how we keep the founder’s vision alive and ensure sustainable growth.”
Resources Mentioned:
Visit www.growthbythenumbers.com (http://www.growthbythenumbers.com) to learn more about how FP&A supports growth-stage businesses.
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20 Oct 2025
Why Every Business Needs an Annual Budget and Forecast
In this episode of Growth by the Numbers, Tyler Briggs breaks down why an annual budget and forecast are non-negotiable for every business serious about growth.
He explores how budgeting and forecasting transform from financial exercises into strategic roadmaps that align teams, anticipate challenges, and turn data into direction.
You’ll Learn:
✅ Why your annual budget is a leadership tool — not just a financial document ✅ How to bring key managers into the process to create alignment and accountability ✅ The importance of building multiple forecast scenarios for different economic outcomes ✅ How to use historical performance to forecast the future with accuracy ✅ Tips to create monthly review rhythms that turn insights into action
Key Takeaway:
“Growth isn’t luck — it’s planned, measured, and managed. That’s what budgeting and forecasting empower you to do.”
If you’re ready to turn your financial planning into a growth strategy, visit www.growthbythenumbers.com (http://www.growthbythenumbers.com) to learn how we help founders and operators unlock the next level of their business through FP&A.
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