Expensify was born in 2008 when David Barrett, CEO, and Founder, was living in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood. As he walked past unhoused neighbors on the street every day, he wanted to find an alternative way to help them without giving them cash directly. David imagined handing people living on the streets a debit card that would be linked to his personal account to ensure they were able to buy food, while still able to access public services that require sobriety. When David pitched the idea to banks for funding, the banks rejected it because it was too complicated, weird, and risky. That’s when Expensify was born—an expense report platform to serve as a Trojan horse.
Expensify speaker we represented.
David Barrett, Founder & CEO
David started programming at the age of 6 and today is a pioneer in the fintech space as Founder and CEO of Expensify, where he’s relieving the world’s frustrations, one expense report at a time. Expensify reimburses millions of dollars a day (billions of dollars a year) for 50,000 companies and more than 5 million users worldwide.
Prior to Expensify, David built a peer-to-peer file transfer technology called Red Swoosh with Uber's Travis Kalanick, which was acquired by Akamai in 2007. David attended the University of Michigan where he worked in the Virtual Reality Lab, before moving to Texas to write 3D graphics engines for the video game industry.
David’s speaking goals.
Raise David's profile as a leader in the FinTech space
Increase the overall Brand recognition of Expensify
Increase awareness of David and Expensify outside of Silicon Valley
David’s speaking platform.
Fintech Trends and The Future of Payments
Finding Success as a Startup: Refuse to Fail and Trust Your Instincts
The Shift from a Unicorn to a Cockroach
“Bring aboard passionate, creative people, build an environment that encourages crazy ideas, and get out of the way as much as you can. Sure, the results can get a little weird, but weird is great. If you’re not a little weird, you’re done.””
opportunities we secured for David.
Money 20/20
Web Summit
SaaStr
Startup Grind Global Conference
O'Reilly AI Conference
MIT AI Conference
Ascent Conference
Traction
Montgomery Summit
Opentalk Summit
Open Source Leadership Summit
Applied AI Conference
Smart card Alliance Payments Summit
Propelify
Business of Software
Seattle Startup Week
The Hustle's Pizza & 40s
Grow.co Mobile Apps Unlocked
TechDay NY
IE Payments Innovation Summit
ODSC Webinar