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This week.
Every article published in the last seven days, grouped by day. Articles where we couldn't confirm a publish date appear at the bottom.
Thursday 4 June
- Musings on Markets: Revisiting the SpaceX Valuation: A Post-Prospectus Update · Aswath Damodaran · Comparable Company Analysis · Corporate Life Cycle · DCF Valuation
- Why I'm Joining the Board of Dreamdata · AI in Finance · Data-Driven Decision Making · Finance Data & Analytics
Wednesday 3 June
- Intelligence Per Dollar: The End of AI Subsidies and Token-Maxing · Tomasz Tunguz · AI in Finance · Capital Allocation · Cost Optimization
Tuesday 2 June
- Tomasz Tunguz's Blog: AI, SaaS, and Startup Strategy Posts · AI in Finance · Pricing Strategy · Strategic Planning
Tuesday 2 June
- How to Build an Outcome-Based Pricing Plan - The SaaS CFO · Ben Murray · Business Model Analysis · Pricing Strategy · Revenue Recognition
Monday 1 June
- How Do You Become a CFO? 5 Practical Career Lessons from a CFO · Dr. Veronika von Heise-Rotenburg · CFO Leadership · Executive Communication · Finance Team Building
- Investing in Endra: Automating MEP Design Engineering · Business Model Analysis · GTM Strategy · Product-Market Fit
Sunday 31 May
- Entrata S-1 | An Actual Software IPO?! · OnlyCFO · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · M&A and Due Diligence · Public Company Readiness
Friday 29 May
- Skill Distillation: Building Institutional Knowledge Through AI Model Hierarchies · Tomasz Tunguz · AI in Finance · Data-Driven Decision Making · Finance Operations
- From Workflow Automation to Agent Harnesses: Building Reliable AI Systems for Finance · Accounting Operations · AI in Finance · FP&A
Undated
- CFO Salary Benchmark Report 2026 · AI in Finance · CFO Leadership · Compensation & Equity
- CFO Connect Pro Membership: Professional Development and Peer Community for Finance Leaders · CFO Leadership · Executive Communication · Leadership Development
- Tech Valuations in 2024: Key Insights from Stifel's Tom Roderick · High Alpha · AI in Finance · Cost of Capital · Market Analysis
- Events and Programming | High Alpha · CFO Leadership · Financial Planning & Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- Navigating the AI Landscape: Insights from Google's Vertex AI Platform Lead · AI in Finance · Cost Optimization · Enterprise AI Adoption
- 4 Key Takeaways From Finance Flight School 2019 | High Alpha · CFO Leadership · Compensation & Equity · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- Master Class Summary: The Secrets to Successful Event and Field Marketing · Brand Positioning · Customer Acquisition Economics · Customer Development
- Woven Raises $2.5M Seed Round to Scale Remote Engineering Teams · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · Sales Efficiency
- Workforce Logiq Acquires ENGAGE Talent to Enhance AI-Driven Talent Acquisition and Retention Analytics · AI in Finance · Capital Allocation · Headcount Planning
- Why Zylo's Series B Matters | High Alpha · Not specified · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · Growth-Stage Finance
- Why Mandolin's $12M Series A Matters | High Alpha · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · Go-to-Market Strategy
- Introducing High Alpha III: The Venture Studio Model Is Here to Stay · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · GTM Strategy
- The Next Chapter for High Alpha Studio · AI in Finance · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- Terminus Acquires GrowFlare, Transforming How Companies Leverage Data to Define Addressable Markets and Identify Ideal Customers · AI in Finance · Customer Segmentation · GTM Strategy
- Sigstr Secures $4 Million Growth Investment from Edison Partners to Accelerate AI-Powered Email Intelligence Platform · AI in Finance · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- Rheaply Raises $20 Million to Drive Revolutionary Shift in Enterprise Resource Management · Business Model Analysis · Enterprise AI Adoption · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- Putting the band back together: ExactTarget execs reunite to launch MetaCX · Business Model Analysis · Customer Success & Retention · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- Podcast Database Startup Podchaser Raises $4M Series Funding · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · GTM Strategy
- Podchaser raises $1.65M to expand database, launch Podchaser Connect · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · GTM Strategy
- Payments Startup Dwolla Raises $6.85M More, Debuts Access API · Ingrid Lunden · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · GTM Strategy
- Nacelle Raises $18M in Series A Funding to Grow Headless Commerce Platform that Boosts eCommerce Speed and Conversions
- McCorkle Joins High Alpha as Executive in Residence Following Salesforce Departure · Jared Council · Business Model Analysis · CFO Leadership · Finance Team Building
- Malomo Turns Shipment Tracking into a Powerful Marketing Channel for Ecommerce Brands · Business Model Analysis · Customer Acquisition Economics · Customer Success & Retention
- Kevala Raises $12.1 Million Series A to Modernize Healthcare Staffing Amid Worker Shortage · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · Market Analysis
- Introducing Trava: Integrated Cyber Risk Management for Small and Midsize Businesses · Jim Goldman · Business Model Analysis · GTM Strategy · Pricing Strategy
- High Alpha Raises Over $100 Million for Enterprise Software Venture Studio in Indianapolis · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · M&A and Due Diligence
- Texas Tech Firm Acquiring High Alpha's ClearScholar · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · M&A and Due Diligence
- Hourly Employee Scheduling Startup When I Work Secures $15MM Series B | High Alpha · Jay Donovan · Business Model Analysis · Finance Team Building · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- High Alpha Venture Studio Launches Worker-Safety Software Firm Anvl · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · SaaS Metrics
- High Alpha Studio Launches Zylo, a SaaS Management Platform for Enterprise Software Spend · Jared Council · Business Model Analysis · Cost Optimization · Finance Operations
- High Alpha Invests in TINYpulse: Employee Engagement Platform Raises $6M, Hits 100% YoY Growth · Customer Success & Retention · Finance Team Building · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- High Alpha, Appirio Partner to Grow Startups Faster · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · M&A and Due Diligence
- G2 Crowd Raises $55M Series C to Scale Enterprise Software Marketplace · Pete Wilkins · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · Growth-Stage Finance
- Fuzic Secures $3.52M in Seed Funding Led by High Alpha · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · Go-to-Market Strategy · Product-Market Fit
- Former Salesforce Marketing Cloud Executive Bryan Wade Joins Sigstr as CEO · Business Model Analysis · CFO Leadership · Go-to-Market Strategy
- Former Salesforce Marketing Cloud Boss Scott McCorkle's New Startup MetaCX Raises $14 Million in Series A · Alex Konrad · Business Model Analysis · Customer Success & Retention · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- Executives, Networking Helped Make 2015 a Watershed Year for VC Funding | High Alpha · Business Model Analysis · CFO Leadership · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- Docket Secures $1.25M Series A Funding from Sequoia, Emergence Capital to Expand Meeting Productivity Platform · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · Go-to-Market Strategy
- Demandwell and The Juice Recognized as Emerging GTM Tech Vendors · Go-to-Market Strategy · GTM Strategy · SaaS Metrics
- Boardable Secures $1 Million in Seed Funding From High Alpha Capital · Finance Team Building · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · GTM Strategy
- AudiencePlus Raises $7M Series Seed to Build AI-Powered Audience Marketing Platform · Anthony Kennada · AI in Finance · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- Your First Startup Budget: How Much Should You Burn? · Budgeting · Cash Runway · Product-Market Fit
- XO Summit 2025: Reconnecting and Recharging in the Mountains · CFO Leadership · GTM Strategy · M&A and Due Diligence
- Why We're Investing in Verisoul: The Defense Layer for an Internet Under Attack · High Alpha · Business Model Analysis · CFO Leadership · Enterprise AI Adoption
- Why We Invested in Datalinx: Turning Enterprise Data Into AI Fuel · AI in Finance · Cost Optimization · Enterprise AI Adoption
- Why We Invested in AskElephant | High Alpha · Enterprise AI Adoption · GTM Strategy · Product-Market Fit
- Why Venture Studios Are the Future of Company Building · High Alpha · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · SaaS Metrics
- The Perfect Time to Start a Company Is Now · High Alpha · Enterprise AI Adoption · Founder Decision-Making · Market Analysis
- Why In-Person Events Are Still Your Most Powerful SaaS GTM Channel in 2026 · Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) · Go-to-Market Strategy · GTM Strategy
- Why High Alpha Invested in Superside and the Future of Work · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · Go-to-Market Strategy
- Why High Alpha Invested in Smartwyre: Vertical SaaS Opportunity in Agriculture · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · GTM Strategy
- Why High Alpha Invested in SmartSuite: Redefining Work Management for the Modern Enterprise · High Alpha · AI in Finance · Business Model Analysis · Enterprise Scaling
- Why High Alpha Invested in Podchaser · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · Market Analysis
- Why High Alpha Invested in Paccurate: Transforming Parcel Shipping with Packing Optimization and Intelligence · Business Model Analysis · Cost Optimization · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- Why High Alpha Invested in Encamp · Business Model Analysis · Market Analysis · Risk Management
- Why High Alpha Invested in Craft | High Alpha · AI in Finance · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- Why Financial Transparency Matters to Startups · High Alpha · Board Reporting · Budgeting · CFO Leadership
- Why Every Founder Should Sell Before They Have a Product · Egan Montgomery · Customer Development · Go-to-Market Strategy · Pricing Strategy
- Why Building for Scale and Creating Benchmarks Matters · Business Model Analysis · Competitive Positioning · Market Analysis
- What the 2025 IPO and M&A Rebound Means for Early-Stage B2B SaaS Founders · High Alpha · AI in Finance · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · M&A and Due Diligence
- What Comes First, The Customer Or The Product? · Customer Development · Go-to-Market Strategy · Pricing Strategy
- Want To Raise A Seed or Series A? Here's A Tip: Don't Have Impossible Financial Projections. · Financial Modeling · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · GTM Strategy
- Want A Map To $1M ARR? Build A Financial Model · Cash Flow Management · Financial Modeling · FP&A
- Walking The Tightrope Of An Early-Stage Startup · High Alpha · Cash Runway · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · Headcount Planning
- VCs Move Fast When They Want To · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · Product-Market Fit · SaaS Growth Benchmarks
- Up-front Payments: Fueling SaaS Growth Without Dilution · High Alpha · Capital Allocation · Cash Flow Management · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- Top 20 Things SaaS Founders Should Know About Finance · Board Reporting · Capital Allocation · Cash Flow Management
- Top 10 Lessons From Season One of Speaker Series Rewind | High Alpha · CFO Leadership · Founder Decision-Making · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- Things to Think About Before an Acquisition | High Alpha · Business Model Analysis · Financial Modeling · M&A and Due Diligence
- The (Second) Greatest Sales Deck and Pitch I've Ever Seen · Drew Beechler · Competitive Positioning · Executive Communication · GTM Strategy
- The Importance of a Competitor · Competitive Positioning · Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) · Go-to-Market Strategy
- The Changing Standard of the MVP Part 2: Build or Sell First · Business Model Analysis · Capital Allocation · Go-to-Market Strategy
- The Bottom Line Isn't the Bottom Line: Why SaaS Companies Optimize for Revenue Growth Over Profitability · Business Model Analysis · Rule of 40 · SaaS Valuation Multiples
- The Best VCs are Listeners: Why Deep Market Listening Drives Better Investment Decisions · Business Model Strategy · Customer Development · Data-Driven Decision Making
- The Art of Storytelling: Crafting Compelling Narratives for Sales and Marketing Leadership · Ryan (Director of Operations, High Alpha) · Board Reporting · Competitive Positioning · Executive Communication
- Stewarding the Future of OpenView's Iconic SaaS Benchmarks Report · Kristian Andersen · Comparable Company Analysis · Market Analysis · SaaS Growth Benchmarks
- Startup Operators: Improve Decision-Making by Using an Opportunity Cost Framework · Capital Allocation · Cash Runway · Cost Optimization
- Startup Incubator vs. Venture Studio: What's the Difference? · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · Early-Stage Finance
- Startup Forecasting: 5 Actionable Tactics for Responsible Financial Management · Budgeting · Cash Flow Management · Financial Modeling
- Startup Flight Instruments Vol. 2: Total Market Opportunity · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · Go-to-Market Strategy · Market Analysis
- Startup Flight Instruments Vol. 1: The Nautilus · Business Model Analysis · Go-to-Market Strategy · Headcount Planning
- Sprint Week: A Forcing Function for Innovation · Go-to-Market Strategy · Organizational Design · Organizational Speed and Prioritization
- The Ultimate Conference Sponsorship Guide for Startups · Budget Planning & Allocation · GTM Strategy · Pipeline Management
- So You Want to Host a User Conference: A Guide for Startups · Brand Building · Budget Planning · Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)
- SaaS is Transforming IT from a Cost Center to a Value Center & Other SaaS Trends · Business Model Analysis · Enterprise AI Adoption · Market Analysis
- SaaS Fundraising in 2026: What Data Tells Us About the Process · High Alpha · Cash Runway · Financial Modeling · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- Reflections on Lessonly: High Alpha Studio's Acquisition by Seismic · High Alpha (presumed) · Business Model Analysis · M&A and Due Diligence · Organizational Culture
- Raising Your Next Funding Round? Here's Advice From Successful CEOs · Maddy Cutler · CFO Leadership · Founder Decision-Making · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- Raising Your Next Funding Round? Here's Advice From 3 Successful High Alpha CEOs · Maddy Cutler · Executive Communication · Financial Modeling · Founder Decision-Making
- Product-Market Fit Investigation: The Verdict Is In · High Alpha · Customer Segmentation · Founder Decision-Making · Product-Market Fit
- Introducing Project Horizon: High Alpha's Product-Market Fit Report · Churn Analysis · Net Revenue Retention (NRR) · Product-Market Fit Validation
- Board Meetings: One of the Most Crucial Duties as a Founder · Board Reporting · CFO Leadership · Executive Communication
- Our Investment in Kadence: A Workplace Operating System for the Future of Hybrid Work · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · GTM Strategy
- Unveiling the New Ventures Team's Approach to Crafting Scalable Software Businesses · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · Go-to-Market Strategy
- Net Revenue Retention: Why It's Crucial for SaaS Growth in 2025 · Customer Success & Retention · Net Revenue Retention (NRR) · Pricing Strategy
- Navigating SaaS Spending in 2025: Insights from Zylo's SaaS Management Index · AI in Finance · Cost Optimization · FP&A
- Navigating SaaS Partnerships as a Startup · Business Model Strategy · Customer Development · GTM Strategy
- Meet High Alpha's Tim Page: Our Finance Strategist · Board Reporting · Cash Runway · CFO Leadership
- Meet High Alpha's Cameron McAllister: Our ICP Discovery Expert · Customer Development · Go-to-Market Strategy · Product-Market Fit
- Mastering the SaaS Tightrope Between Growth, Efficiency, and AI Costs in 2026 · AI in Finance · GTM Strategy · Rule of 40
- Mastering Founder-Led Sales: Advice We Give to Our Founders · Customer Development · Founder Decision-Making · Go-to-Market Strategy
- Leveraging Your Board Members: Advice from CEO Michael Burton · High Alpha · Board Reporting · CFO Leadership · Executive Communication
- Key Learnings From VeeCon 2023: How To Build A Modern Tech Company · High Alpha · CFO Leadership · Finance Team Building · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- Key Learnings from SaaStr Annual 2023: Marketing Efficiency, Market Proximity, and Launch Speed · High Alpha · CFO Leadership · Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) · Executive Communication
- Is Your Team Overstaffed for the AI Era? · AI in Finance · Finance Data & Analytics · Headcount Planning
- Investing in Opendate: Founder-Market Fit in Its Purest Form · High Alpha · Business Model Analysis · Founder Decision-Making · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- Internal AI Adoption Is a Strategic Imperative. But Measuring It Is Just a Vibe. · AI in Finance · Cost Optimization · FP&A
- Inside High Alpha: Strategic Financial Guidance for Founders · CFO Leadership · Finance Team Building · Financial Modeling
- Inside High Alpha: Our Blueprint for Building and Retaining World-Class Teams · Compensation & Equity · Finance Team Building · Headcount Planning
- Salary Isn't Everything: How to Develop a Compensation Strategy That Attracts and Retains Great Talent · High Alpha · Cash Runway · Compensation & Equity · Finance Team Building
- How SaaS Companies Are Monetizing AI, and 5 Predictions for 2025 · High Alpha · AI in Finance · Business Model Analysis · GTM Strategy
- How SaaS Companies Are Monetizing AI, and 5 Predictions for 2026 · High Alpha · AI in Finance · GTM Strategy · SaaS Pricing Strategy
- How Early Stage Founders Build Winning GTM Teams · High Alpha · Finance Team Building · GTM Strategy · Organizational Scaling
- High Alpha Studio: From Idea to Exit with Embedded Resources and Capital · Finance Team Building · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · Go-to-Market Strategy
- Introducing High Alpha Navigators · Business Model Analysis · Customer Development · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- High Alpha CEO Spotlight: Mitch Causey, Co-Founder and CEO of Demandwell · High Alpha · Business Model Analysis · CFO Leadership · Growth-Stage Finance
- High Alpha CEO Spotlight: David Weissman, Co-Founder and CEO of Humankind · AI in Finance · Business Model Analysis · CFO Leadership
- High Alpha CEO Spotlight: Christopher Shutts, Co-Founder and CEO of Logik.io · High Alpha · Business Model Analysis · CFO Leadership · Finance Team Building
- Go-to-Market Experimentation: a Game of Hot or Cold · Customer Development and Understanding · Go-to-Market Strategy · Pricing Strategy
- From Startup to Acquisition: Max Yoder's Journey with High Alpha Studio · High Alpha · Business Model Analysis · CFO Leadership · Leadership Development
- Freemium Pricing: Examples, Models, and Strategies | High Alpha · Business Model Analysis · Go-to-Market Strategy · Pricing Strategy
- Founder Stories: Zylo, a SaaS Management Platform | High Alpha · Competitive Differentiation · Finance Team Building · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- Founder Stories: Pattern89, a Creative Performance Solution | High Alpha · Founder Decision-Making · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · M&A and Due Diligence
- Founder Stories: Base, the First Software for Executive Assistants | High Alpha · Business Model Analysis · Finance Team Building · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- Founder Stories: Castiron, a Platform for Independent Food Artisans | High Alpha · Business Model Analysis · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · GTM Strategy
- Founder Stories: Bolster, an On-Demand Executive Talent Network | High Alpha · Business Model Analysis · Finance Operations · Finance Team Building
- Founder Stories: Why The CEO of Airwave Chose High Alpha Studio · Cost Optimization · Finance Team Building · Organizational Design
- How to Fill Your Investor Funnel | Raising Venture Capital · Business Development · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · Investor Relations
- Does It Pay to Be AI-Native? Our Data Says Yes · High Alpha · AI in Finance · Gross Margin · Rule of 40
- Do More With Less: How Early-Stage SaaS Companies Crush ARR per Employee Benchmarks · AI in Finance · Capital Allocation · Headcount Planning
- Demand Generation Strategy: A Simple Framework for Your Startup · High Alpha · CAC Payback Period · GTM Strategy · Sales Efficiency
- High Alpha IV: $125M Fund Close and Evolution of Venture Studio Strategy · Business Model Analysis · CFO Leadership · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- CEOs: It's Okay to Be Vulnerable · CFO Leadership · Executive Communication · Finance Team Building
- High Alpha CEO Spotlight: Paige McPheely of Base · Business Model Analysis · CFO Leadership · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- High Alpha CEO Spotlight: Andrew Sawyer of Cured | Building Enterprise Healthcare Technology · Business Model Analysis · CFO Leadership · Customer Development
- Business Design: Focusing on the Customer's Job to be Done · Amna Sohail · Business Model Analysis · Competitive Differentiation · Customer Development
- Building the Muscle: Why Early Stage Startups Should Focus on Retention · High Alpha · Churn Analysis · Customer Success & Retention · Net Revenue Retention (NRR)
- Bolster CEO Matt Blumberg on Board Structure, Management, and the Power of Independent Directors · High Alpha · Board Reporting · CFO Leadership · Compensation & Equity
- How Indiana's Biggest Tech Acquisition Created The Venture Studio Model | High Alpha · Business Model Analysis · CFO Leadership · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- Raising Your Next Funding Round? Here's Advice From 3 Successful High Alpha CEOs (Part 2) · Maddy Cutler · CFO Leadership · Executive Communication · Fundraising & Capital Strategy
- 5 Traits of Successful Product-Led Growth Companies · Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) · Customer Development and Understanding · Go-to-Market Strategy
- 5 Signs It's Time to Raise Venture Capital For Your B2B SaaS Company · High Alpha · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · M&A and Due Diligence · SaaS Metrics
- 5 Marketing Lessons from Aaron Levie and the Early Box Marketing Team · Business Model Analysis · Customer Success & Retention · GTM Strategy
- 4 Tips for Effective Founder Selling (Before You Have a Product) · Egan Montgomery · Customer Development · Go-to-Market Strategy · Pricing Strategy
- 4 Key Trends Impacting the Midwest Venture Landscape · Competitive Positioning · Fundraising & Capital Strategy · Market Analysis
- Build With Us | High Alpha · CFO Leadership · Compensation & Equity · Founder Decision-Making