One of the greatest perks of working at Expensify is that you are surrounded by passionate, mature people naturally motivated to do the right thing. This works because we hire people who have three key characteristics:
- Extreme natural talent
- Long term ambition
- Deep humility
All three matter in different ways, but the third is particularly relevant here because it’s what ensures everybody has an appreciation for the limits of their knowledge — which translates into a low-drama, super collaborative environment.
Now, when people hear “collaborative environment”, they typically think about the various off-the-shelf management techniques, like Scrum, Agile, Holacracy, or whatever the pop-business gurus are selling these days. We don’t use any of those. Rather, we try to live by two main principles: Continue Reading…
I won’t lie: it’s flattering and vindicating for the low-burn, efficient-growth strategies we’ve been championing for years to come into vogue. For years we’ve watched quietly on the sidelines as low-interest rates and market doldrums have fueled massive investments into “Unicorn” startups, operating unsustainable business models at a massive loss. And I can’t deny we’ve envied their shocking valuations. So I’ll admit satisfaction that the mythical creature’s shine is wearing off, and that there’s enough appreciation of our sustainable, profitable models that startups of our class have finally earned a name of our own.
