The Early Team

Episode 039 - Ashley Acosta, Early Brex & Pipe


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Ashley is the CEO & Founder of Maca, building the first platform for iterative pricing. She went through hyper-growth as the 7th employee of Brex, the fastest company in B2B history to surpass $100M ARR in 18 months. 

She then joined Pipe’s founding team as VP of Revenue to stand up the operations and early go-to-market teams - they issued $1B+ in capital in 10 months and became the fastest fintech to reach a $2B valuation in history.

In this conversation, we talk about:

  • How “figuring it out” has been a pillar for her career, both in the medical & startup fields
  • How a culture of taking ownership and wearing many hats contributed to her and Brex’s success
  • And what she looks for in both founders and potential direct reports, prior to deciding to work with them
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