{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"This Week in NET","title":"My First Day at Cloudflare Was the Day After the IPO — Heather Orsi","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/4c659001\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":885,"description":"In this episode of This Week in NET, Heather Orsi, Director of Strategic Finance & Investor Relations at Cloudflare, shares her unusual career path across finance, startups, and tech, and what it means to communicate Cloudflare’s story to investors and analysts.\nHeather talks about her first days at Cloudflare just after the IPO, what it takes to explain a highly technical company to Wall Street, and how finance, strategy, and storytelling come together in investor relations.\nThis conversation is part of the Women of Cloudflare series for Women’s Empowerment Month.\nCheck the Cloudflare Blog:https://blog.cloudflare.com\n🎧 Subscribe for weekly conversations about the Internet and Cloudflare:https://ThisWeekinNET.com\n⸻\n⏱️ Timestamps00:38 — From banking and startups to Cloudflare02:21 — Joining Cloudflare right after the IPO04:16 — Explaining a deeply technical company to investors06:31 — Communicating Cloudflare’s story to analysts08:51 — The role of investor relations inside a tech company11:16 — Being a woman in finance and tech13:11 — Advice for people starting a career in finance","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/JEk1CAhFcWIBJOFKIzKfdvQ-zUX6aXTuOCJVJJHruOk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jYThl/MjA0YjY3NjRjMzE4/NTdlZTdjMzFjNjll/YTM1YS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}