Thanks for the shoutout, Akash Bhat! It means the world to us to know that we've been able to help make Leen's journey just a little bit easier. This is why we do what we do - to empower remarkable founders like Akash by providing the financial guidance and peace of mind they need to focus on what matters most - building and growing their business!
Friday stories from inside Leen: This isn't so much a story as it is an expression of gratitude. I want to give a heartfelt s/o to the following people & their firms, without whom, this path would have been much more challenging. First off, building a company is a long, lonely journey. You can't do it all by yourself. Behind every founding team, there's an army of superstars helping them quietly in the background. I'm not just talking about team members & our investors, but also the vendors, lawyers, real estate agents, designers, friends, mentors, advisors, etc. who give shape to the chaos. We've been extremely fortunate to have met some fantastic people along the way. Many of them have become friends, in addition to our working relationship. So today, I want to take a moment to shine a light on the rockstars who have been & continue to be, instrumental in steering our ship (in no particular order). * Sreya Das at Rippling (best onboarding & support experience - I've annoyed her so much with my 'silly' Qs & always received a patient & timely response) * 🍌 Joumana Elomar at Skale (our rockstar web designer - we look good thanks to you) * Kevin K. Rooney, Julianne Orr & Nicole Mondani at Cooley LLP (our corporate counsel) * Bardia Housman & Stephen Weir at StartupHQ (our super friendly workspace owners) * Bob Finnell (our go-to for legal advice - Bob's a legend!) * Sandeep Shroff, Iranna H & Meghana M at myStartUpCFO (making bookkeeping effortlessly easy - and what a great set of people to work with) * Bhalchander Vishwanath, Bruce Pendrey & Tom Alcock (for supporting us through recruitment & great advice on building culture) * Michael Serotte, Raghavan Nagarajan, Dana Quinn Adams at Serotte Law Firm, LLC (ensuring my team & I can legally work in the United States) * Rakesh Tondon (helping with YC appl & general founder advice) * Prajit Nanu (for giving us an office space when we didn't have any money) * Semin Yoo (giving life our product designs & architectures) * Aditya Nambiar (who 'accidentally' introduced us to our future investors) * Aditya Agrawal at Hustlemad (for making our fab looking merch) * Richi Parasrampuria & Sindhu Upadhyay Wadhwa (for being the best mental health coaches) * Dhawal Thakker, Shreesha Ramdas, Ashok Kakani, Rahul Kayala, Amol Walvekar, Suhas Motwani, Jitesh Luthra, Nikhil Jois, Ranjan R Reddy (for invaluable advice & making countless introductions) It doesn't stop here. LinkedIn only allows me to tag a certain number of people on one post. However, I will make it a point to periodically and publicly recognize & thank the wonderful people who continue to help build Leen. It's been a pleasure working with each and everyone of you, and please continue to support us 😊 (pardon the terrible handwriting!) #Leen #FridayStoriesFromInsideLeen #UnifiedAPI #Security #Cybersecurity