Celebrating our new London office in 2016!
We’ve got an incredible team in London, and we’re so excited that it’s been ONE WHOLE YEAR since we landed across the pond!
2016 marked the official office opening, which quickly led to establishing a team of 10 to lead Continue Reading…
Once a month, Humans of Expensify will profile one of our team members, because behind every great expense report, there is an even greater human.
“My political philosophy is what I call ‘libertarian anarchism.’
It’s not an official title but I like that it captures the political philosophy of libertarianism and also aligns itself with the rockstar defiance of anarchism. It’s descriptive but gets a reaction, which I like. And I grew up in a family where coming out on top of an argument was a primary virtue.
I think words are extremely powerful and just by choosing a particular label it can set people off to instantly dismiss your perspective or open your mind to think of things in a different way.
Starting those conversations is why I have consciously adopted that label. A lot of people think that they know what a libertarian is and it can be based on a sort of caricature – a reflexive reaction, especially on the west coast, that liberal is good and right wing is bad.
So this title gives me the opportunity to weaken that knee-jerk reaction.
Once a month, Humans of Expensify will profile one of our team members, because behind every great expense report, there is an even greater human.
“It’s a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride and a 26.2 mile run.
I did the Ironman three years ago, and last year my wife and I went to Spain for one of her Ironman races. We actually met doing a triathlon and we take turns training for races.
It’s important to have a counterbalance to work. At Expensify, we all live and breathe Expensify, and I think that’s awesome, but at the same time it’s important to have other things too. For me, this is that other thing.
I’m always that person who needs a hobby. I like competing with myself — you can’t lie to yourself and towards the end you have to find the endurance and motivation out of nowhere.
I think the human body is amazing and can do crazy things and yes, there’s a physical barrier and training is necessary, but my big belief is that the mental stuff is the only thing that can hold you back.
Once a month, Humans of Expensify will profile one of our team members, because behind every great expense report, there is an even greater human.
“They call it chess on ice.
The first time I curled, I was in college and I was living with my best friend, and she was always coming up with crazy ideas — ‘Let’s go to Turkey! Let’s go befriend this stranger!’
One morning, I woke up hungover and accompanied and she burst into the room and said ‘Wake up! We’re going curling!’ So we went to an open house and took a lesson, and five years later, we’re both curling competitively on opposite coasts.
Once a month, Humans of Expensify will profile one of our team members, because behind every great expense report, there is an even greater human.
“In Croatia, we would have dinner parties and I would plug in my iPod and sing for an hour or two. It is in that private, intimate atmosphere where you feel like you’re making a connection to the people in the audience—the music comes from a deeper place, less technical and more emotional, and you can hear that. In that moment, it’s about a thing you cannot touch but you can feel it and hear it.
You don’t need a functional tattoo to stay organized
With so many tools and apps that claim to increase organization or productivity, how do we find out which tools will actually help and not hinder our workflow? At Expensify, our approach is to keep it simple; forget the apps and stick to what’s tried and true. Here are a few core principles that help us stay productive; try them out and let us know what you think! Continue Reading…
