Between Two Founders
Between Two Founders
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An enlightening series of fireside chats, hosted by Jeff Seibert of Digits, featuring seasoned founders from VC-backed startups. Gain rare insights from their journeys, and first hand experience.
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Focuses on the journeys of seasoned founders from VC-backed startups, with episodes covering topics like business insurance innovation in Episode 005 with Travis Hedge, the cloud storage landscape in Episode 004 with Aaron Levie, fintech competition in Episode 003 with Immad Akhund, trust management strategies in Episode 002 with Christina Cacioppo, and product market fit discussions in Episode 001 with Kayvon Beykpour.
An enlightening series of fireside chats, hosted by Jeff Seibert of Digits, featuring seasoned founders from VC-backed startups. Gain rare insights from their journeys, and first hand experience.
Episode 010 of Between Two Founders: René Lacerte has spent nearly three decades building the financial infrastructure that powers millions of small businesses. As the founder and CEO of BILL, he has created a platform that now processes over 1% of US GDP, serving nearly half a million customers and 9,000 accounting firms.
In this epsiode with Jeff Seibert, René shares his journey as a fourth-generation entrepreneur. He introduces the concept of ”Owner Mode” as his alternative to the founder mode vs manager mode debate, and shares his contrarian view that SMBs don't want more AI, they want less work.
The episode also marks the launch of the Digits × BILL partnership, designed to simplify and automate financial operations in real time while reducing manual work and errors.
A masterclass in building financial infrastructure that works for small businesses.
Connect with us here:
1. René Lacerte-https://www.linkedin.com/in/renelacerte/
2. Jeff Seibert-https://www.linkedin.com/in/jseibert/
3. Digits- https://www.linkedin.com/company/digits-financial/
4. BILL-https://www.linkedin.com/company/bill/
00:00 Trailer
01:25 Introduction
03:02 René’s Entrepreneurial Roots
05:36 Innovations in Payroll and Financial Operations
07:44 The Genesis of Bill
22:59 The Evolution of Leadership
26:19 AI and the Future of SMBs
29:26 Building an AI Platform
34:10 Leadership Reflections and Advice
37:25 Advice for First-Time Founders
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