Co-Founder at Ramp (@tryramp). New York City. Previously co-founded Paribus (Acq. by Capital One).
Sep 9, 2024 • 12 tweets • 8 min read
You can only accomplish so much in a day. But when you string together 2,000 of them, they begin to tell a story.
@tryramp just hit that milestone over the weekend: 2,000 days since incorporation. Since then, we’ve become one of the fastest growing companies in history by doing what our competitors never prioritized: *saving* businesses time and money.
Some things went well, and there are some things we’d rather never do again. For other builders out there, here are the lessons we think about the most. THREAD1/ Just start.
20th century photographer Edward Weston said “to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk.”
At Ramp, we build and ship new products every day. In the months and years after launch, they require enhancements and iterations in tandem with customer feedback. The work is never done and the world is not sitting still; we’re always looking for ways to improve. That’s what sets us apart. It’s what creates moments like this
If we waited to “perfect” them, they’d never get off the ground. Perfect is the enemy of good. Count the days. Compress timelines. Just start.
It’s day 1001 at @tryramp. In 1000 days, Ramp became the fastest growing corporate card in America (and the first to try to help customers spend less), scaled to nearly 9 figures in revenue, and did so at sustained hypergrowth (20%+ MoM growth).
What was our playbook? 👇
1. Count the days.
In our first board mtg w/ @rabois, we put the day since founding. It became core to our culture. It’s scary to measure days, but when you ask hard questions ("How will we do more these next 60 days than the last?"), you grow. Time moves, make each day count.
May 4, 2021 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
The convergence of business payments has officially reached a fever pitch, with Bill.com, Divvy, Brex and, of course, @tryramp. Here’s a thread explaining forbes.com/sites/elizahav… 👇 (1/9)
Last week, Brex raised $425M at a $7B valuation while announcing Brex Premium (their version of a single spend management platform, like Ramp), and today news leaked that Bill.com is in talks to acquire Divvy for a rumored $2B+ (2/9)
