#271 How to Scale Without Burning Cash with Manu Diwakar, Chief Financial Officer, Virta Health

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.entry-img img{ display:none !important; } .single .hentry .entry-img{ display:none !important; } Access to capital is no longer cheap or guaranteed. Companies that once grew by “buying” growth with aggressive spend are now being forced to prove they can scale in a way that’s sustainable, repeatable, and cash‑efficient. Kevin Appleby sits down with Manu Diwakar, Chief Financial Officer at Virta Health , to unpack how high‑growth companies can scale aggressively without setting fire to their cash reserves Manu draws on a career that spans Riot Games, the creator economy, AgTech, and now digital health, to show what disciplined, intelligent growth really looks like in practice. This isn’t theory; it’s the lived experience of a CFO who has repeatedly joined businesses in the steep part of the growth curve and helped them mature without losing their edge.