Thought Leadership

We’re passionate about making spend management, expense management, and expense reports better — and we’re also passionate about building a great company where shit gets done and team members love what they do. Read about what we’ve learned in the process of building both an innovative culture and a ground-breaking financial management app.

Lessons from ExpensiCon

Lessons from ExpensiCon

It's been a little over a month since ExpensiCon 3. I can still see the sunlight beautifully setting on the white-washed Puglian walls of Borgo Egnazia. While memories of the beauty and relationships made there will last me a lifetime, the lessons learned can serve us all immediately. 

Changing trends shaping money management in 2023

Changing trends shaping money management in 2023

AI and blockchain create a powerful synergy, redefining the way we perceive and engage with Fintech. This dynamic duo is empowering individuals and businesses with new tools, making the future of Money Management bright. 

Expense reports: The necessary evil of the working world

Expense reports: The necessary evil of the working world

Expense reports are the dreaded but unavoidable aspect of corporate life, or any life, really. No one really savors the task, but with Expensify, the drudgery of submitting expenses is now a thing of the past.

Expensify’s mastery of autonomous work: a culture of trust and empowerment

Expensify’s mastery of autonomous work: a culture of trust and empowerment

Since 2011, Expensify’s unique and autonomous work culture has made our company a model for remote work. Our commitment to providing employees with the freedom to manage their own schedules and workloads has resulted in a reputation for innovation, creativity, and collaboration.

“What is the best expense management app?” According to ChatGPT?

“What is the best expense management app?” According to ChatGPT?

ChatGPT is already changing the way we interact with each other, whether it’s students writing papers for class, marketers writing content for SEO, or people trying to figure out what the best taco is on the west coast. Find out what it had to say about Expensify.

Scaling SQLite to 4M QPS on a single server (EC2 vs Bare Metal)

Scaling SQLite to 4M QPS on a single server (EC2 vs Bare Metal)

Expensify has an unusual technology stack in many ways.  But most surprising of all is that we don't use MySQL or Postgres — instead using none other than SQLite — and it works great.

[Q&A] How Expensify helped a bookkeeping newbie manage his company's expenses

[Q&A] How Expensify helped a bookkeeping newbie manage his company's expenses

Hubdoc handed the bookkeeping reins to a novice: Senior Product Marketing Manager, Geoff Gualano. He was tasked with learning his way through the company’s bookkeeping tools (including Expensify) and using his fresh perspective to uncover workflow inefficiencies.

[CEO Friday] Please Don’t Call Us “Cockroaches”

[CEO Friday] Please Don’t Call Us “Cockroaches”

I won’t lie: it’s flattering and vindicating for the low-burn, efficient-growth strategies we’ve been championing for years to come into vogue. But “cockroach”?  Seriously?!

The simplest SQLite common table expression tutorial

The simplest SQLite common table expression tutorial

I've been trying to wrap my head around Common Table Expressions for a while, and all the tutorials I've read started out with "simple" examples that were way too advanced for me to follow. Here's my attempt to write a tutorial that starts as simple as possible.

Expense management with the most radical shorts company in the world: Chubbies

Expense management with the most radical shorts company in the world: Chubbies

What do you do when you love something so much and want to change the current industry standard?

You start a company (obviously).

For us, we had a vision to rid the world of expense reports that suck. For the guys at Chubbies Shorts, they envisioned an alternative, retro glam lifestyle from decades past. Two completely different businesses in every single way, but both ideas were born from a desire to change the status quo.

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