Alex Bean on Selling Divvy for $2.5B, Early Hustles, & Building Factory for Good | Ep 96

Send us a text Alex Bean, co-founder of Divvy (acquired by BILL.com for $2.5B), joins us to share his founder journey - from teaching ski lessons at 16 to starting multiple scrappy businesses, to scaling Divvy into a fintech giant.  In this episode, we talk about the lessons learned from both early failures and billion-dollar success, what not to do when launching a company, and how he"s now building Factory to support other founders. This episode includes: • His earliest business ideas (including one called “Plum Tree Jewelry”) • Why chasing margins doesn’t work • Divvy’s scale-up and acquisition journey • What he"s building now with Factory for Good • Advice to young founders just getting started Reach out to Paige: paige@behindgeniusventures.com Twitter/X: https://x.com/paigefinnn Website: https://www.behindgeniusventures.com/ Connect with Alex: LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexbean/ Factory for Good– https://factoryforgood.com/ Listen to Seed to Harvest everywhere: Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/seed-to-harvest/id1600933931 Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/@seedtoharvest/videos Support the show