Andrew Wynn, Founder of Ascend, started his professional career as an entry-level Levi Strauss employee. Today, he owns an insurtech startup looking to resolve the payment processing controversy in the independent channel. By the way, that startup just received a $30 million Series A. You’ll walk away from this episode learning more about Andrew and why he decided to take on this challenge, in addition to:
- Why he swims the length of Lake Tahoe (12 miles)
- His early days at Instacart (before it was suburban moms’ favorite app)
- How to deal with imposter syndrome, the curse of every entrepreneur
- Why his first...and second...startups were both in insurance
- The Industry Problem Ascend solves
- How Ascend turns direct bill into agency bill
