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Lessons we’ve learned (and sometimes the hard way) while building a company

Brex acquires Pry

Brex acquires Pry

Today, we have exciting news to share: Brex has acquired Pry Financials! Pry is a financial planning platform that essentially replaces…
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Pedro Franceschi
Apr 19, 2022
Introducing Brex Empower

Introducing Brex Empower

A new software platform to increase the speed of business
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Pedro Franceschi
Apr 15, 2022
Launching Multiple Cash Accounts on Brex Cash (and Mobile)

Launching Multiple Cash Accounts on Brex Cash (and Mobile)

Today, we’re announcing support for multiple accounts within Brex Cash. We’re excited to help early stage founders with the financial…
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Michelle Yip
Feb 15, 2022
My journey with Mental Health

My journey with Mental Health

Last May, I shared my journey with mental health with the Brex team. This week, I re-sent this message to the company to remind our team of…
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Pedro Franceschi
Feb 8, 2022
Welcoming Karan and our Series D-2 Round

Welcoming Karan and our Series D-2 Round

We’re really excited to welcome Karandeep Anand to Brex as our Chief Product Officer, and to announce our Series D-2.
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Pedro Franceschi
Jan 11, 2022
What I Learned About People that Scale

What I Learned About People that Scale

As Brex prepares for 2022, I’ve been thinking a lot about what it takes for people to scale at fast-growing companies. I shared this essay…
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Pedro Franceschi
Dec 7, 2021
Gratitude and Happiness

Gratitude and Happiness

Gratitude is something many of us reflect on this time of year, and I shared my perspective with our team today. For me, gratitude has been…
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Pedro Franceschi
Nov 20, 2021
Building the Brex API

Building the Brex API

When we spoke to some of our power users, it became clear that our dashboard and mobile app wouldn’t be sufficient for the scale and…
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Pratik Tandel
Oct 21, 2021
Launching Brex Venture Debt

Launching Brex Venture Debt

We have an exciting update to share: our latest product, Brex Venture Debt, is launching today. We’ve been working on it for the better…
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Benjamin Wu
Aug 25, 2021
Brex Premium, our Series D, and the future of Brex as all-in-one finance

Brex Premium, our Series D, and the future of Brex as all-in-one finance

Today we have two exciting updates to share: our latest product, and our latest funding round!
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Pedro Franceschi
Apr 26, 2021
‘Ship. Iterate. Repeat.’ A Tactical Guide for Engineering Leads

‘Ship. Iterate. Repeat.’ A Tactical Guide for Engineering Leads

This guide hopes to assist your team with launching products quickly and effectively.
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Prabhav Jain
Apr 14, 2021
Happy International Women’s Day!

Happy International Women’s Day!

In a memo to the team this Monday I wanted to celebrate the amazing achievements of women across company and take a moment to share a…
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Pedro Franceschi
Mar 12, 2021
Why I Believe In Growth Mindset

Why I Believe In Growth Mindset

This is a memo I shared with our team last year about the importance that a growth mindset had in my life (also becoming a Brex value at…
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Pedro Franceschi
Jan 6, 2021
How to scale a compensation program

How to scale a compensation program

Compensation is an uncomfortable topic. Friends don’t ask how much you make at dinner parties. Parents often don’t tell their children…
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Neal Narayani
Dec 8, 2020
Applying a scientific process to scaling

Applying a scientific process to scaling

There is no single “right” way to build your company. There are some universal truths (e.g. people really do matter!), but most processes…
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Zach Abrams
Oct 26, 2020
Rebranding Brex

Rebranding Brex

We’re incredibly excited to reveal Brex’s new brand today!
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Pedro Franceschi
Oct 12, 2020
How we run our board meetings to benefit the board and Brex

How we run our board meetings to benefit the board and Brex

As Brex began hosting regular board of director meetings, we struggled to find resources that would help us manage them efficiently. Since…
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Michael Tannenbaum
Sep 22, 2020
Remote-first at Brex

Remote-first at Brex

Six months after COVID-19 started, Henrique and I decided to make Brex a remote-first company. We wrote this memo to our team explaining…
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Pedro Franceschi
Sep 13, 2020
Why we started this blog, and what we’re hoping it achieves

Why we started this blog, and what we’re hoping it achieves

Since we started Brex in 2017, there were many things we wish we knew. We haven’t found many books on scaling from 50 to 400 people in a…
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Pedro Franceschi
Sep 11, 2020
Increasing the quality of our decisions

Increasing the quality of our decisions

Earlier this year, Brex transitioned to a written decision-making culture. I wrote this memo to our team on why this transition was…
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Pedro Franceschi
Sep 11, 2020
How we served our customers and managed performance through COVID-19

How we served our customers and managed performance through COVID-19

Candid reflections on the challenges we’ve faced navigating the COVID-19 crisis, and some important lessons learned.
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Erica Dorfman
Sep 11, 2020
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