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The 10x Finance Podcast features sharp, 15-minute conversations with finance leaders from high-growth startups and the investment world. We dive into the real challenges of scaling — from managing cash flow and fundraising to building agile FP&A functions and aligning finance with strategy. Each episode delivers real-world insights and actionable takeaways to help finance professionals stay sharp and ahead of the curve — brought to you by Aleph, the FP&A platform built for modern finance teams.
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May 13, 2026
<p>Finance roles are changing drastically, and the teams that aren't adapting are about to feel it.</p><p>In this episode of The 10x Finance Podcast, Albert Gozzi sits down with Gabriella Marasco, Director of FP&A at Applause, to dig into what's actually different about running finance in 2025. The short version: finance is moving from buyer to builder. Spreadsheets aren't going anywhere (70% of businesses, including some $100B ARR ones, still live in them), but the layer on top is being rebuilt by finance teams themselves.</p><p>Gabby walks through what that looks like in practice: running 20+ pricing scenarios in six hours instead of a month, querying the product database in natural language, and becoming the connective tissue between the ERP, CRM, and product data. She also makes the case that the traditional FP&A profile (task-oriented, historicals-first) is going to struggle. The people who thrive will be curious, creative, and willing to get into the weeds with messy data.</p><p>If you're scaling a finance team right now, her advice is blunt: don't. Or at least, rethink what "scaling" means before you write the next job description.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Chapters</strong></p><ul><li>00:00 — Intro</li><li>00:33 — Hot Take: Finance roles are changing drastically</li><li>01:20 — What finance teams will build vs. buy</li><li>02:44 — The "finance engineer" profile</li><li>04:04 — How to get started if you're a curious finance person</li><li>05:30 — The AI tools changing the day-to-day</li><li>06:53 — 20 pricing models in 6 hours</li><li>09:53 — Pushing the new mindset across the org</li><li>11:42 — Rapid fire: The biggest mistake finance teams make</li><li>12:32 — Advice for scaling finance teams</li><li>13:12 — The trend that will define the next 5 years</li></ul>
April 30, 2026
<p>Most finance teams treat alignment as the finish line. Taylor Otstot, VP of Finance at Dashlane, argues it's the wrong goal entirely. In this episode, Taylor unpacks why "getting everyone to nod" is one of the most expensive mistakes finance teams make, how buried dissent surfaces right after the budget locks, and a simple technique he learned from a former CEO to force honest signal out of any room: the "no sevens allowed" confidence poll.</p><p>Albert and Taylor dig into when to let a six stand, when to push for an eight, how finance leaders train stakeholders to speak up earlier, and why AI's biggest shift isn't the cost to produce analysis, it's the cost to consume it. If you run planning cycles, own a budget, or sit between execs and operators, this one is for you.</p><p><br></p><p>Chapters: </p><ul><li>00:00 — Cold open: "Alignment is overrated"</li><li>00:58 — Show intro</li><li>01:07 — Welcome + guest intro: Taylor Otstot, VP Finance at Dashlane</li><li>01:29 — The Hot Take: alignment vs. surfacing dissent</li><li>03:17 — The "no sevens allowed" confidence poll</li><li>05:40 — Do it blind or in the open? Training your stakeholders</li><li>07:00 — When to accept a six, and when to push for an eight</li><li>09:20 — Operationalizing: tracking confidence scores over time</li><li>10:20 — Numbers over words: the HBR study on "never" and "always"</li><li>11:20 — Rapid fire: the most common finance team mistake</li><li>12:00 — Rapid fire: advice for finance leaders scaling their team</li><li>13:10 — Rapid fire: the next five years in finance (AI and the cost to consume)</li><li>14:10 — The power of subtraction</li><li>14:30 — Close</li></ul>
April 23, 2026
<p>Every venture-backed startup burns cash. The question is whether that burn is an investment or a slow walk toward bankruptcy.</p><p>In this episode of The 10x Finance Podcast, Albert Gozzi sits down with Diya Sagar, CFO at AWA Studios, to break down one of the most misunderstood concepts in startup finance: the difference between good cash burn and bad cash burn.</p><p>Diya shares the framework she uses to evaluate spend, how to tell the two apart on a cash flow statement (spoiler: you can't, fully), where most teams go wrong on marketing budget, and how to coach non-finance budget owners on thinking in costs versus benefits without turning every conversation into a spreadsheet.</p><p>If you're a finance leader, founder, or budget owner at a high-growth company, this one is 15 minutes well spent.</p><p><br></p><p>Chapters</p><ul><li>00:00 — Cold open: Not all cash burn is created equal</li><li>00:49 — Welcome to The 10x Finance Podcast</li><li>01:07 — Introducing Diya Sagar, CFO at AWA Studios</li><li>01:36 — The Hot Take: Good burn vs. bad burn</li><li>02:54 — How to tell the good from the bad</li><li>04:33 — Why cash flow statements don't give you the whole picture</li><li>05:53 — The marketing spend trap: brand vs. growth</li><li>07:39 — Brand spend vs. growth spend at different stages</li><li>08:37 — Risk, reward, and long-term contracts</li><li>10:48 — Coaching non-finance budget owners</li><li>12:42 — Rapid fire: the one mistake finance teams repeat</li><li>13:25 — Rapid fire: advice for scaling finance teams</li><li>13:54 — Rapid fire: the trend that will shape the next five years</li><li>14:21 — Wrap</li></ul>
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The 10x Finance Podcast features sharp, 15-minute conversations with finance leaders from high-growth startups and the investment world. We dive into the real challenges of scaling — from managing cash flow and fundraising to building agile FP&A functions and aligning finance with strategy.
Each episode delivers real-world insights and actionable takeaways to help finance professionals stay sharp and ahead of the curve — brought to you by Aleph, the FP&A platform built for modern finance teams.
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