Getting closer to the customer
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.
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
