Built by Margin
Built by Margin
Podcast Description
Built by Margin is the financial strategy podcast that helps entrepreneurs demystify their finances, with practical strategies for cash flow, tax planning, and profitability — so you can keep more of what you earn. Hosted by Fractional CFO and Tax Strategist Laurie Chen, CPA, MBA, this podcast pulls back the curtain on the financial side of business, giving you the straight-talking guidance you need to grow smarter and scale with confidence.
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The podcast explores essential financial strategies tailored for entrepreneurs, focusing on cash flow management, tax planning, profitability, and sustainable growth, with episodes discussing startup capital, balancing growth with profitability, and optimizing tax strategies.
Built by Margin is the podcast at the intersection of risk × numbers × decisions — for founders who want profits and peace. Hosted by Laurie Chen, CPA, MBA (Fractional CFO + CPA + Author of Risk Worthy), you’ll get financial strategy, decision frameworks, and investor-ready thinking to scale without burning out. Build margin. Take better bets.
In episode 28 of Built By Margin, Laurie Chen shares key insights from her upcoming book Risk Worthy. — In this episode, Laurie breaks down one of the core ideas from Risk Worthy: Why Numbers Matter — numbers don’t drive the decision—but they absolutely protect it. If Risk Worthy is about qualitative ROI, purpose, alignment, and growth, why do numbers still matter?
Laurie walks through the four pillars—Best Self, Best Possible Future, Variance Engineering, and Start Small / Iterate Fast—to show where financial discipline, metrics, and constraints belong in values-led decision making. You’ll learn how numbers act as a dashboard (not a dictator): they prevent recklessness, reveal what’s compounding over time, help you cap downside risk, and improve the quality of your experiments when you’re testing a new direction.
The episode closes with a simple, practical “10-minute Risk Worthy Numbers Check” you can apply to any decision (career, relationships, business, or health): define your budget (money/time/energy), name an acceptable loss, and choose one metric that signals you’re compounding in the right direction over the next 30 days.
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[00:01:20] Qualitative ROI and financial discipline.
[00:03:06] Numbers in decision-making.
QUOTES
- ”Design the systems that make the numbers work for you, and make the measurement of your success consistent and the success of your outcomes more attainable, perhaps even inevitable.” – Laurie Chen
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Laurie Chen
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/lauriechencpamba/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauriechen/
WEBSITES
Risk Worthy:https://www.riskworthy.co/
Advanced CFO:https://www.advancedcfo.co/
Built By Margin:https://www.builtbymargin.com/
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