Team
We're a nimble team of humans working together to do big things.
Ashby is a remote-first company with colleagues working from 18 different countries in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. We host an annual company-wide gathering, along with individual team meetups each year.
Our 2022 holiday book exchange 🎄
Something I'm proud of at Ashby...
Whether it's evaluating headcount plans, helping leaders understand unit economics and other metrics, or navigating tradeoffs, I try to make team finance feel like a partner to the business — not a gatekeeper.
Something I've helped the team with...
I'm really proud of the financial model and reporting infrastructure I've built, which gives us a foundation that’s both robust and flexible enough to scale with the business. It’s been rewarding to see that work directly support everything from our fundraising efforts to helping leaders across the company make more data-informed decisions. I’m also proud to have made a couple of great hires on our accounting team — building a team that’s not just strong technically, but also collaborative and aligned with our values.
Most surprising thing about Ashby...
How consistently we’ve executed against our most important priorities — even as the business has grown quickly and substantially. That kind of focus and follow-through is rare, and it makes me really excited to be a part of Ashby.
Something I'm proud of at Ashby...
One of the joys of working as a team of one is I’m able to impact (and learn about) many facets of the business, from sales to finance. I formalized deal flow management in our CRM, built all our sales metrics and ARR analytics from scratch, and wrangled our billings and invoicing process.
Something I've helped the team with...
I automated handoff of a customer from sales to customer success by configuring our CRM to automatically create customer check-in reminders once a deal is closed. Before this, we weren't able to keep track of customers and make sure they were having a great experience!
Most surprising thing about Ashby...
I joined Ashby when it was 7 people and I was expecting it to be more chaotic and disorganized (like the typical startup journey). While there are constantly new problems to solve, I'm delighted that decisions are made rationally with long-term success in mind. I also appreciate the clear standards around effective communication practices and documentation, something that most companies wait too long to implement.
Something I'm proud of at Ashby...
Creating clean and accurate financials which help to inform business decisions throughout Ashby. We can't know where we are going if we don't know where we have been.
Something I've helped the team with...
I've created automation whenever possible to reduce administrative workload on fellow team members so they can focus on what they do best.
Most surprising thing about Ashby...
How truly smart everyone is I work with here - everyone is best in class.
