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Your weekly FP&A newsletter where seasoned finance professionals share real tales of tackling financial challenges.

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The finance budget nobody pressure-tests

May 30, 2026

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

The finance budget nobody pressure-tests

May 30, 2026

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

How to Run a Reforecast That Surfaces Real Strategy

May 17, 2026

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

How to Run a Reforecast That Surfaces Real Strategy

May 17, 2026

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Julio Martínez

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Why Most Reforecasts Produce a Number, Not a Decision

May 10, 2026

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

Why Most Reforecasts Produce a Number, Not a Decision

May 10, 2026

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

Better data, same meetings

Apr 24, 2026

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

Better data, same meetings

Apr 24, 2026

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

You can't prompt your way to clarity

Apr 19, 2026

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

You can't prompt your way to clarity

Apr 19, 2026

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

The finance bottleneck nobody talks about

Apr 9, 2026

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

The finance bottleneck nobody talks about

Apr 9, 2026

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

The four phases of AI in finance (where are you?)

Mar 28, 2026

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

The four phases of AI in finance (where are you?)

Mar 28, 2026

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

FP&A has changed.

Mar 13, 2026

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

FP&A has changed.

Mar 13, 2026

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

Planning Orchestration (Herding the Cats)

Mar 5, 2026

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10x CFO

Planning Orchestration (Herding the Cats)

Mar 5, 2026

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10x CFO

Predicting the Future Without Breaking the Model

Feb 27, 2026

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

Predicting the Future Without Breaking the Model

Feb 27, 2026

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

Narrative Intelligence (Telling the Story with AI)

Feb 19, 2026

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

Narrative Intelligence (Telling the Story with AI)

Feb 19, 2026

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

Drowning in reports (Modeling intelligence)

Feb 12, 2026

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Abacum team

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10x CFO

Drowning in reports (Modeling intelligence)

Feb 12, 2026

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10x CFO

The five circles of data integrity hell (and modern escapes)

Feb 6, 2026

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

The five circles of data integrity hell

The five circles of data integrity hell (and modern escapes)

Feb 6, 2026

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

The five circles of data integrity hell

100-Day Value Creation Playbook

Feb 2, 2026

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

100-Day Value Creation Playbook

100-Day Value Creation Playbook

Feb 2, 2026

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

100-Day Value Creation Playbook

Debt and capital structure

Jan 27, 2026

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

debt and capital

Debt and capital structure

Jan 27, 2026

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

debt and capital

Players and pressures

Jan 18, 2026

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

players and pressures

Players and pressures

Jan 18, 2026

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

players and pressures

AI will supercharge PE

Jan 11, 2026

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Julio Martínez

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AI

AI will supercharge PE

AI will supercharge PE

Jan 11, 2026

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Julio Martínez

AI

AI will supercharge PE

How to use the gift of a raise. Happy Holidays!

Dec 21, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Fundraising

How to use the gift of a raise

How to use the gift of a raise. Happy Holidays!

Dec 21, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Fundraising

How to use the gift of a raise

Top FP&A from the Trenches Articles from 2025

Dec 7, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

Top FP&A from the Trenches Articles from 2025

Top FP&A from the Trenches Articles from 2025

Dec 7, 2025

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

Top FP&A from the Trenches Articles from 2025

Hiring in the World of FP&A Change

Nov 30, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Building a Finance Team

Hiring in the world of FP&A change

Hiring in the World of FP&A Change

Nov 30, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Building a Finance Team

Hiring in the world of FP&A change

Controlling Cash and Earnings when Revenue Misses

Nov 23, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Reporting

Controlling cash and earnings when revenue misses

Controlling Cash and Earnings when Revenue Misses

Nov 23, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Financial Reporting

Controlling cash and earnings when revenue misses

Second-Order Risks and Opportunities in FP&A

Nov 16, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

Second-Order Risks and Opportunities in FP&A

Second-Order Risks and Opportunities in FP&A

Nov 16, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

Second-Order Risks and Opportunities in FP&A

Mastering the Predictable Surprise: The Rules of 2026 Forecasting

Nov 9, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

Mastering the Predictable Surprise: The Rules of 2026 Forecasting

Mastering the Predictable Surprise: The Rules of 2026 Forecasting

Nov 9, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

Mastering the Predictable Surprise: The Rules of 2026 Forecasting

Unmasking the Term Sheet

Nov 2, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Fundraising

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Unmasking the Term Sheet

Nov 2, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Fundraising

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The CFO drives the raise

Oct 26, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Fundraising

The CFO drives the raise

The CFO drives the raise

Oct 26, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Fundraising

The CFO drives the raise

The devil’s in the material prep for a raise

Oct 19, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Fundraising

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The devil’s in the material prep for a raise

Oct 19, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Fundraising

The devil’s in the material prep for a raise representation

Key macroeconomic assumptions for CFOs to review for 2026

Oct 12, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

Key macroeconomic assumptions for CFOs to review for 2026

Key macroeconomic assumptions for CFOs to review for 2026

Oct 12, 2025

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

Key macroeconomic assumptions for CFOs to review for 2026

Focus on reporting while budgeting to improve

Oct 5, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Reporting

Focus on reporting while budgeting to improve

Focus on reporting while budgeting to improve

Oct 5, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Financial Reporting

Focus on reporting while budgeting to improve

Budget the balance sheet to improve your operations

Sep 28, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

Budget the balance sheet to improve your operations

Budget the balance sheet to improve your operations

Sep 28, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

Budget the balance sheet to improve your operations

Keep expectations in check to use AI successfully for budgeting

Sep 21, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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AI

Keep expectations in check to use AI successfully for budgeting

Keep expectations in check to use AI successfully for budgeting

Sep 21, 2025

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Julio Martínez

AI

Keep expectations in check to use AI successfully for budgeting

Mix and match budget philosophies for the best results

Sep 14, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

Mix and match budget philosophies for the best results

Mix and match budget philosophies for the best results

Sep 14, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

Mix and match budget philosophies for the best results

Take charge of your budget to deal with uncertainty

Sep 7, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

Take charge of your budget to deal with uncertainty

Take charge of your budget to deal with uncertainty

Sep 7, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

Take charge of your budget to deal with uncertainty

Raising a round starts far before reaching out

Aug 31, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Fundraising

Raising a round

Raising a round starts far before reaching out

Aug 31, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Fundraising

Raising a round

AI isn’t ready yet. You still need to upgrade.

Aug 24, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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AI

FP&A AI readiness

AI isn’t ready yet. You still need to upgrade.

Aug 24, 2025

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Julio Martínez

AI

FP&A AI readiness

All hail AI (but we still need to budget)

Aug 17, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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AI

All hail AI (but we still need to budget)

All hail AI (but we still need to budget)

Aug 17, 2025

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Julio Martínez

AI

All hail AI (but we still need to budget)

AI regulations and risk. Fun times.

Aug 10, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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AI

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AI regulations and risk. Fun times.

Aug 10, 2025

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Julio Martínez

AI

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The rollout is 10% of the battle

Aug 3, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

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The rollout is 10% of the battle

Aug 3, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

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Finance should run with AI implementation

Jul 27, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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AI

finance should run AI implementations

Finance should run with AI implementation

Jul 27, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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finance should run AI implementations

Good companies do AI right, and they are increasing their lead

Jul 20, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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AI

good companies do ai right

Good companies do AI right, and they are increasing their lead

Jul 20, 2025

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Julio Martínez

AI

good companies do ai right

The FP&A AI dream…

Jul 13, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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AI

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The FP&A AI dream…

Jul 13, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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fp&a AI dream

Clarity makes the business go ‘round

Jul 6, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Building a Finance Team

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Clarity makes the business go ‘round

Jul 6, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Building a Finance Team

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Using AI doesn’t mean you aren’t responsible for the outcome…

Jun 29, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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AI

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Using AI doesn’t mean you aren’t responsible for the outcome…

Jun 29, 2025

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Julio Martínez

AI

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If done well… Every manager's personal CFO

Jun 22, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

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If done well… Every manager's personal CFO

Jun 22, 2025

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

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Projects, not repetitive role responsibilities

Jun 15, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Building a Finance Team

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Projects, not repetitive role responsibilities

Jun 15, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Building a Finance Team

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Create a culture, Coach

Jun 8, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Building a Finance Team

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Create a culture, Coach

Jun 8, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Building a Finance Team

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Build your FP&A team in the world of automated agents

Jun 1, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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AI

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Build your FP&A team in the world of automated agents

Jun 1, 2025

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Julio Martínez

AI

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Where to start…

May 25, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

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Where to start…

May 25, 2025

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

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Why do CFOs forget there is no company without the people?

May 18, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Building a Finance Team

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Why do CFOs forget there is no company without the people?

May 18, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Building a Finance Team

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Sometimes it’s hard to remember… you are selling a product

May 11, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

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Sometimes it’s hard to remember… you are selling a product

May 11, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

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It’s not Customer Success’s fault

May 4, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Building a Finance Team

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It’s not Customer Success’s fault

May 4, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Building a Finance Team

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Don’t stay high-level when it comes to the sales

Apr 27, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

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Don’t stay high-level when it comes to the sales

Apr 27, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

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How much cash will we have in three months? Know within 1%.

Apr 20, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Reporting

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How much cash will we have in three months? Know within 1%.

Apr 20, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Financial Reporting

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The art of the right tools at the right time

Apr 13, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Tech Stack

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The art of the right tools at the right time

Apr 13, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Tech Stack

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Finance... The Storyteller

Apr 6, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Reporting

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Finance... The Storyteller

Apr 6, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Financial Reporting

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The dirty truth of SaaS metric definitions. Choose wisely to avoid serious pain.

Mar 30, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Reporting

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The dirty truth of SaaS metric definitions. Choose wisely to avoid serious pain.

Mar 30, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Financial Reporting

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Is it an operational model if only finance uses it?

Mar 23, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

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Is it an operational model if only finance uses it?

Mar 23, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

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Leaving a legacy: It's time to make your spreadsheet modeling more effective

Mar 16, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

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Leaving a legacy: It's time to make your spreadsheet modeling more effective

Mar 16, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

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How to avoid having critical FP&A misses

Mar 9, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

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How to avoid having critical FP&A misses

Mar 9, 2025

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

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Off-target already? Use scenarios to see how much it matters.

Mar 4, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

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Off-target already? Use scenarios to see how much it matters.

Mar 4, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

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RevOps and Data Teams Under the CFO: The Obvious Upgrade

Mar 2, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

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RevOps and Data Teams Under the CFO: The Obvious Upgrade

Mar 2, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

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Increase Control Quickly. The Line By Line CEO Review

Feb 23, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

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Increase Control Quickly. The Line By Line CEO Review

Feb 23, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Wait, is this the CFO's job?

Feb 16, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

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Wait, is this the CFO's job?

Feb 16, 2025

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

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What does your CFO expect from you?

Feb 9, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Building a Finance Team

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What does your CFO expect from you?

Feb 9, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Building a Finance Team

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Herding Cats: How CFOs can lead an effective Management Review Meeting

Feb 2, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Reporting

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Herding Cats: How CFOs can lead an effective Management Review Meeting

Feb 2, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Financial Reporting

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You closed the budget and now need to adjust all your reporting structure

Jan 28, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Reporting

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You closed the budget and now need to adjust all your reporting structure

Jan 28, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Financial Reporting

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Done with the business budget? Now comes the work.

Jan 26, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Reporting

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Done with the business budget? Now comes the work.

Jan 26, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Financial Reporting

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Fast-Growing Companies Must Use Rolling Budgets

Jan 19, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

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Fast-Growing Companies Must Use Rolling Budgets

Jan 19, 2025

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

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The 10x Finance Leader: Actually Being a “Strategic CFO”

Jan 12, 2025

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

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The 10x Finance Leader: Actually Being a “Strategic CFO”

Jan 12, 2025

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

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