What is The New F*Word's substance score?

The New F*Word scores 64.8 out of 100 for substance and ranks #535 on The B2B Podcast Index. That puts it ahead of 51% of the B2B podcasts we rank and #100 of 165 in Finance. The score reflects insight density, originality, guest caliber, specificity and conversational craft across recent episodes - not downloads.

Is The New F*Word worth listening to?

Yes - The New F*Word outscores 51% of the B2B finance podcasts and shows we rank on substance, so a finance operator is likely to come away with something useful.

Who hosts The New F*Word?

The New F*Word is hosted by Colin Hewitt.

How often does The New F*Word publish?

The New F*Word publishes fortnightly, has 43 episodes, released its most recent episode on 2026-03-19.

Which The New F*Word episode should I start with?

Our highest-scoring recent episode is "Greatest Hits: Cash, Clients, and the Secrets Behind Growing Businesses" (82/100) - a good place to start.

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The New F*Word

Hosted by Colin Hewitt

Listed under Business › Entrepreneurship, Business › Management

Welcome to The New F*word - the podcast exploring the rise of Fractional CFOs (yes, that F-word ) and how they’re reshaping cash flow, financial strategy, and business growth.* We challenge outdated financial reporting and focus on forward-thinking, modern finance strategies that drive real results.

43 episodes · publishes fortnightly · latest 2026-03-19 · ~36 min/episode

Rank

#535

Substance

64.8

/ 100

Breakdown

Scored 2026-08
Updated monthly

Finance rank

#100 of 165

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Across the index

#535 of 1083

Substance

Top 49%

outscores 51% of the index

Why it scores where it does

The New F*Word ranks #535 on The B2B Podcast Index with a substance score of 64.8 out of 100, scored across 5 recent episodes. It scores highest on guest caliber and conversational craft. Michael co-founded Receipt Bank/Dext (a business scaled across eight entities) and now runs Translucent, a strong operator; the fractional CFO and the accountancy marketing author are real practitioners though of lesser scale.

The five-dimension breakdown

Averaged across 5 recently scored episodes, with cited evidence.

Insight Density

12.6 / 20

There are several genuinely useful ideas - the 13-week cash flow forecast rationale, the Xero-to-NetSuite gap, and the Rippling buffet model - but they're interspersed with generic advice about listening to clients and 'cash is king' platitudes.

“there's so much focus on profit, whether it be net or ebitda. Uh, but cash is king”

“I became very aware then of what I call the 0netsuite gap”

Originality

11.8 / 20

The Rippling 'buffet vs Michelin menu' framing and the 0-to-NetSuite gap thesis are genuinely fresh, but much of the accountancy-marketing and cash-flow content recycles familiar takes.

“let's give it to them as a buffet so they can just buy the bit they want when they need it”

“People will pay higher fees when they get a result that they maybe didn't know was possible”

Guest Caliber

15.8 / 20

Michael co-founded Receipt Bank/Dext (a business scaled across eight entities) and now runs Translucent, a strong operator; the fractional CFO and the accountancy marketing author are real practitioners though of lesser scale.

“In building receipt bank, now Dext. We are eight entities around the world”

“we were in the middle of the Series B process”

Specificity & Evidence

11.4 / 20

There are concrete figures (fees rising from £230 to £450/month, 90-120 day payment terms, $100M revenue thresholds, eight entities, Series B in 2017) but many claims stay at the anecdotal or hand-waving level.

“they would have in the old days charged 230amonth and they increased it to 450amonth”

“customers stretching cash flow to 90 to 120 days”

Conversational Craft

13.2 / 20

The host asks relevant, well-targeted questions and occasionally digs in (e.g. on cash flow mitigation and the NetSuite migration), but rarely challenges claims and mostly facilitates rather than pushes.

“Is that where you needed the credit or what were you able to do to mitigate against some of that”

“what's the typical way you're coming in?”

Standout episodes

Greatest Hits: Cash, Clients, and the Secrets Behind Growing Businesses
2026-02-05
82
How Laura Taylor Built a £1M+ Firm That Won The Advisory Game
2026-01-22
72
What Fractional CFOs Really Do For Growing Businesses with Alison Bolt
2026-03-19
58

Rank over time

3 periods tracked.

Episodes

43 scored on substance.

Frequently asked

What is The New F*Word's substance score?: The New F*Word scores 64.8 out of 100 for substance and ranks #535 on The B2B Podcast Index. That puts it ahead of 51% of the B2B podcasts we rank and #100 of 165 in Finance. The score reflects insight density, originality, guest caliber, specificity and conversational craft across recent episodes - not downloads.
Is The New F*Word worth listening to?: Yes - The New F*Word outscores 51% of the B2B finance podcasts and shows we rank on substance, so a finance operator is likely to come away with something useful.
Who hosts The New F*Word?: The New F*Word is hosted by Colin Hewitt.
How often does The New F*Word publish?: The New F*Word publishes fortnightly, has 43 episodes, released its most recent episode on 2026-03-19.
Which The New F*Word episode should I start with?: Our highest-scoring recent episode is "Greatest Hits: Cash, Clients, and the Secrets Behind Growing Businesses" (82/100) - a good place to start.

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Frequently discusses

Companies, products and tools that come up most across this show's episodes.

Float · 34Xero · 30QuickBooks · 23Float Cash Flow Management · 8NetSuite · 7LinkedIn · 5Fathom · 4Translucent · 4Dext · 4HMRC · 4Power BI · 3Mayday · 3ChatGPT · 3PwC · 2SAP · 2KPMG · 2Companies House · 2Experian · 2

Guests who've appeared

Speaker B · 2 Speaker C · 2 Alison Bolt Alastair Manson Jonathan Rosenzweig Speaker A Laura Taylor Frank Overtum Siân Grinter Marianne Stewart Kevin Pauline Healy Clayton Coke Peter Turner Elliott Gaspar Madelyn Reeves Joe Wood Michael Wood

Topics this show covers

The themes that come up most across this show's episodes.

Xero · 16 Cash Flow Forecasting · 13 Fractional CFO services · 9 Fractional CFO · 8 Cash Flow Management · 8 Fractional CFO model · 7 QuickBooks · 7 NetSuite · 4 LinkedIn marketing · 4 Float Cash Flow Management · 4 Management accounting · 3 Dext · 3 LinkedIn · 3 Power BI · 2 KPI reporting · 2 Working capital management · 2 Xero accounting software · 2 Experian · 2

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