As our business grows, they make it 10x easier for us to scale. Indinero was nontypical in that they had a product and paying customers when they applied to y combinator. We covered the y combinatorincubated company a couple times back in 2010, when it was trying to build a mintstyle service. She has grown the company from zero to over 250 employees and has been featured in the forbes and inc.
Buy or sell indinero stock pre ipo via an equityzen fund. In addition to weston, cnbc make it talked to jessica mah, the founder and ceo of indinero a financial software company that handles the accounting and finance operations for over a thousand. Founders jessica mah and andy su built the core product over the. Jessica attended an early college called bard college at simons rock and then graduated from the uc berkeley at 19. While we still see a bevy of young hungry sales reps and itsoftware engineers that call the city by the bay their mothership, its a very desolate market for expert skill level in other job functionsclient services, accounting, marketing to name a few. I first met jessica mah, founder and ceo of indinero, in the fall of 2014. In a 2015 interview with forbes, mah explained the vision for accounting technology. Jessica mah was 20 when she helped found indinero in 2009. She designed indinero for the typical small business owner, knowing that its usefulness and simplicity would change the way business owners look at money. Jessica mah reinvented her financial software firm, indinero, to create a stunning growth rate of 2,685.
During my years at indinero, leadership turnover was constant and always shook the direction, roadmap, metrics, and momentum of the company. Find out why this commercialrated pilot and megasuccessful internet executive crashes on her friends couches, how she used frequents flyer miles to pay for groceries, why she. After layoffs, indinero makes portland its hq portland. How jessica mah first pitched indinero to investors, and how her vision evolved after. We started in 2010, i was going around pitching the service to investors.
Jessica has been featured on forbes 30 under 30 and incs 30 under 30 lists. Y combinator alum, member of young presidents organization ypo. Indinero provides accounting, taxes, and payroll management software for business. How technology and outsourcing have rapidly changed the accounting industry. Founders jessica and andy founded the company from their dorm room when they were just 19. As product architect and ceo, jessica loves helping entrepreneurs run better businesses. View jessica mahs profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. How to grow your business through strategic acquisition. Based in san francisco, california, indinero creates software solutions to help small businesses track and manage their finances. Back in the 8th grade, indinero founder jessica mah was earning and spending thousands of dollars while trying to grow her. Jason and jessica discuss how indinero is different than quickbooks and how many small businesses dont use the software. Young uc grads help entrepreneurs with indinero sfgate.
Jessica mah makes things look easyfounding her first company at age, graduating high school at 15, and launching the very successful indinero in her. Berkeley and has been running businesses since she was. Mah received an undergraduate degree from the university of california, berkeley. Indinero, san francisco startup, will make portland its. If a few years ago, many in the enterprise were worried that software would automate jobs away, what has actually happened is that simple but timeconsuming tasks have been automated, leaving more.
It is a y combinator incubated company back in 2010. As founder and ceo of indinero, jessica loves helping entrepreneurs run better. As ceo, she sets our vision and shares the indinero story across the globe. We met for coffee at the cornell club in nyc she was engaging and highly personable and her entrepreneurial talent and determination to succeed was inspiring. As founder and ceo of indinero, jess loves helping entrepreneurs run better businesses. She was living off ramen noodles to build her startup, now. High school drop out and ceo, jessica mah of indinero, makes. A reversal for indinero, a oncestruggling accounting software. It aims to provide its users with instant insights into the finances of their companies, leading them to save on unnecessary expenses and to earn more money for their companies. View jessica mahs profile on angellist, the startup and tech network entrepreneur san francisco founderceo. A reversal for indinero, a oncestruggling accounting.
Back then she believed she could help smallbusiness owners track their finances with her startups software. See who you know at indinero, leverage your professional network, and get hired. Its all about learning painful lessons, nose to the. Join facebook to connect with jessica mah and others you may know. The company refuses to support employees with the necessary tools and software needed to automate and scale. Once touted as the female mark zuckerberg, jessica mah, ceo and coowner of indinero, takes a downtoearth approach to building business. Jessica mah is a high school drop out and the ceo and cofounder of. One 26yearold silicon valley ceo knows a little something about money after starting her first business at the age of 11. Instead of just providing software, mah decided to go fullservice. Founded back in 2010 by jessica mah and her cofounder, indinero actually started as a software company.
Jessica mah is the founder and ceo at the fastest growing way for businesses to track their money online. Jessica mah, image courtesy of indinero theres a perception that the tax world is static. Were servicing businesses as small as two employees with no revenue all the way up to businesses with 200 employees and 8figure revenues. I wanted to be in a place where i could be, potentially, one of the top startups, said chief executive jessica mah. This year jessica mah, ceo of indinero, a maker of online moneymanagement tools for small businesses, moved her company into a new office on the 9th floor of a downtown san francisco high rise. While we still see a bevy of young hungry sales reps and it software engineers that call the city by the bay their mothership, its a very desolate market for expert skill level in other job functionsclient services, accounting, marketing to name a few. How a 26yearold silicon valley ceo spends her money. Take jessica mah, the 26year old cofounderceo of indinero, a cloudbased accounting software company for small businesses.
Jessica mah, cofounder and ceo of indinero, on the value. Jessica mahs aspires to be part of the next chapter meshing tax and technology. Jessicas passion for helping other entrepreneurs led her to launch indinero in 2010. Jessica s passion for helping other entrepreneurs led her to launch indinero in 2010. In junior high, at the age of 12, jessica mah started her first business, selling computer parts and website templates on ebay. In the very first episode of crazy money, jessica tells paul about life inside the rocket ship of a start up and inside the jet she flies for fun on the weekends. Youtube jessica mah, the founder and ceo of indinero, was only 11. Jessica mahs employees and investors know details about her dating life, fights with her mother and that time she threw up at burning man, the annual bacchanal held in the nevada desert.
Jessica mah, cofounder and ceo of indinero, shares the same mentality. What impressed tom gabbert so much about jessica mah and indinero. Mah remembers all too well what it was like to depend on her parents. We give the software and we give the service, to take care of all of the finances, all the back office, for a company. She launched her first startup at, graduated from high school at 15, debuted internshipin in 2008 and most. Discover the core principles and people that are indinero. Mah presently is chief executive officer of indinero, inc.
Launched in 2009, the company was founded by jessica mah, andy su, and andrea barrica. Instead of needing to hire a bookkeeper and use complicated accounting software, startups from 2100 people are using indinero as the onestopshop for their back office. Founded back in 2010 by jessica mah and her cofounder, indinero actually started as a software. As the founder and software architect of indinero, jessica drives the development of indineros product strategy, software development, and design efforts. Industries accounting, consumer software, financial services, fintech, software headquarters regions san francisco bay area, west coast, western us founded date 2009 founders andrea barrica, andy su, jessica mah operating status active funding status early stage venture last funding type series b number of employees 51100 legal name indinero inc. Why indinero, a software company, felt it made sense to acquire a services company. Youtube jessica mah, the founder and ceo of indinero, was only 11 years old when she started her first business. Her company, which offers unlimited, flatfee accountingtaxpayroll services as software, aims to change the roledefinition of the cpa and accounting professions.
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