Upside/Downside - Grow Your Profits and Cash Flow
Poor profits and cash flow got you down?
My name is Matt Cooley and value creation has always been central to my career, from start-ups to multi-billion-dollar product lines. As a finance executive at successful companies, I've noticed a thing or two about what creates versus destroys value. In this podcast, we explore value creation and share a few laughs on the way to higher profits and cash flow.
Need customized help in the form of a brief consulting engagement? Contact me on LinkedIn or at mattcooley650@gmail.com.
I wish you the best on your value creation journey!
Matt Cooley
Episodes
43 episodes
Memoryboard Product Launch - Mastering the Early Levers of Value Creation
Welcome! Upside/Downside is a podcast about value creation, and how finance business partners, managers and business owners like you can grow your profits and cash flow. I'm your host,
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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28:12
Family startup myAgeTechlab, episode 6 - Finally! Our First Lab Experience
Upside/Downside is a podcast about value creation and the strategies finance and business leaders can use to grow profits and cash flow. I'm your host, Matt Cooley.
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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9:21
Rise in AgeTech Meets Tectonic Shift in Demographics - meet Keren Etkin, "The Gerontechnologist"
According to my guest Keren Etkin - founder, author, podcast host, known as The Gerontechnologist - never ha...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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20:21
Teaser - State of AgeTech 2025 Webinar coming Jan 21
AgeTech leader Keren Etkin, The Gerontechnologist, invites you to learn and grow in this information packed webinar:- The most significant age tech developments and deals of 2024 - How...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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0:42
Family startup myAgeTechlab.com, episode 5 - Attracting Supply & Demand
Upside/Downside is a podcast about value creation and the strategies finance and business leaders can use to grow profits and cash flow. I'm your host, Matt Cooley.
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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6:43
Family startup myAgeTechlab.com, episode 4 - The Lab Experience
Upside/Downside is a podcast about value creation and the strategies finance and business leaders can use to grow profits and cash flow. I'm your host, Matt Cooley.
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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18:05
Family startup myAgeTechlab.com, episode 3 - Product & Market Fit
Upside/Downside is a podcast about value creation and the strategies finance and business leaders can use to grow profits and cash flow. I'm your host, Matt Cooley. In ou...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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8:45
Family startup myAgeTechlab.com, episode 2 - Business Model
Upside/Downside is a podcast about value creation and the strategies finance and business leaders can use to grow profits and cash flow. I'm your host, Matt Cooley. In th...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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10:57
Family startup myAgeTechlab.com, episode 1 - Inspiration
Upside/Downside is a podcast about value creation and the strategies finance and business leaders can use to grow profits and cash flow. I'm your host, Matt Cooley.
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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7:39
Cybersecurity Strategies That Drive Profits and Cash Flow
Upside/Downside is a podcast about value creation and the strategies finance and business leaders can use to grow profits and cash flow. I'm your host, Matt Cooley.
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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20:57
Are You Ready for AI in 2024? Our Predictions
Welcome! Upside/Downside is a podcast about value creation, and how finance business partners, managers and business owners like you can grow your profits and cash flow. I'm your host,
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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22:23
The Democratization of AI for Small & Medium Businesses
Upside/Downside is a podcast about value creation, and how the actions we take affect profits and cash flow. I'm your host, Matt Cooley. In this episode,
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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17:06
Track This Indicator for Coming CFO Turnover
Upside/Downside is a podcast about value creation, and how the actions we take affect profits and cash flow. I'm your host, Matt Cooley. Executive recruiter, coach,...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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19:44
This episode: Mammoth meatballs + Consumer prices in US vs Europe
Upside/Downside is a podcast for finance and business geeks about the hard work of value creation with a dose of humor thrown in for good measure. I'm your host, Matt Cooley.&nbs...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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21:53
This episode: When your bank implodes + Tipping gone mad!
Upside/Downside is a podcast for finance and business geeks about the hard work of value creation with a dose of humor thrown in for good measure. I'm your host, Matt Cooley.&nbs...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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23:04
This episode: Variable Pricing & Conversational AI
Upside/Downside is a podcast for finance and business geeks about the hard work of value creation with a dose of humor thrown in for good measure. I'm your host, Matt Cooley.&nbs...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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23:41
This episode: Autonomous Restaurants, Buy-Now-Pay-Later
Upside/Downside is a podcast for finance and business geeks about the hard work of value creation with a dose of humor thrown in for good measure. I'm your host,
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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21:43
This espisode: Amazon Fresh & Trouble in Streaming Land?
Upside/Downside is a podcast for finance and business geeks about the hard work of value creation with a dose of humor thrown in. In this episode, panelists Dana Price and
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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19:11
This episode: transparency in healthcare costs, and venture capital firms take a pause
Upside/Downside is a podcast about the hard work of value creation with a dose of humor thrown in. Panelists Dana Price and Sami Akbay<...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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22:23
Less Sriracha and more Oracle? The panel talks value creation.
Panelists Dana Price and Sami Akbay join me in a discussion of value creation upsides and downsides of two recent news events. Firs...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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16:06
The Last Acceptable Bias in the Workplace?
We've covered early stage career strategies in previous episodes of Upside/Downside. This time, George Pastidis, Head of Sales Enablement Programs at Ericsson, joins me to talk about age bias in the workplace and strategies for thriving l...
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14:25
Fixing the Broken Links in Your Supply Chain
Supply chain professional, Marc Rancourt, joins me in this episode to share key lessons learned from the last year and a half, and the role Finance Business Partners play in buil...
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12:33
How Hot is the Market for CFOs? Really Hot.
Almost like a long, rolling earthquake, bedrock changes are underway in the job market and it's no different for the CFO role. Everyone seems to be looking. Samuel Dergel of Dergel Executive Search joins me to discuss ...
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18:42
Ensuring Your Advice is Solid When Using Self-Service Data Analytics
Data analytics has moved quickly into the realm of self-service. How do Finance Business Partners know the models, dashboards and advice they are providing are reliable? Assistant Professor Gregory Kogan returns to Upside/Downside t...
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16:20
"Should I work at a start-up or an existing company?"
Finance Business Partners face this question early on and throughout our careers. Nick Mitrakis, Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller at WSP USA joins me to explore the pros and cons of these two supposedly dichotomous paths, and h...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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20:36