The CFO - The CEO's Trusted Partner with Bart Thielen

Bart Thielen, the CFO/COO of Blue Microphones, a Westlake, CA company sat with host Mark Sylvester to talk about their phenomenal products and the role of the CFO in business. This enlightening discussion gave a new point of view of how important the CFO is and at what point in the lifecycle of the business you bring one on. "It's all about getting closer to the customer" Topics covered include: - Blue Microphones and how it is that they are located in Westlake, CA - 805conversations use the Yeti Pro microphone once we learned that they are a local company. - Mentoring at California Lutheran University - How the CFO helps the CEO strategize across all aspects of the business - not just counting the numbers - The importance of the CFO doing the forecasting and not the sales team - interesting - The technology behind these amazing microphones - Why Gamers love them as well as Podcasters - How the CFO plays along with the branding discussions - Why the Retro style of the design works so well - What's the Holy Grail in advanced audio recording? Buzzword Bingo - Reshoring