How Brex Empowers Finance Teams to Address their Hierarchy of Needs

<p>So much of the purchasing for tech startups and small businesses is online. Yet they often struggle to pay for the services and platforms they need because they don’t have business credit cards.</p><p><br></p><p>This problem is especially acute for startups that lack credit as they’re more likely to have a hard time securing financing from banks than startups with good credit scores. FinTech giant Brex seeks to address this problem by supplying startups with the banking stack they need to scale.</p><p><br></p><p>In today’s episode of The Modern CFO, host Andrew Seski talks with Brex COO &amp; CFO Michael Tannenbaum about how Brex empowers startups, the global nature of startups, how he thinks about growth in different market cycles, and more.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Show Links</strong></p><ul> <li>Check out <a href="https://www.brex.com/"><strong>Brex</strong></a> </li> <li>Connect with Michael Tannenbaum on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeltannenbaum"><strong>LinkedIn</strong></a> </li> <li>Check out <a href="https://www.nthround.com/"><strong>Nth Round</strong></a> </li> <li>Connect with Andrew Seski on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-seski-819b2581/"><strong>LinkedIn</strong></a> </li> </ul><p><strong>Transcript</strong></p><p><em>Please note that the transcript is AI-generated and may contain errors. The content in the podcast is not intended as investment advice, and is meant for informational and entertainment purposes only.</em></p><p>[00:00:00] <strong>Andrew Seski:</strong> Hello, everyone. Welcome back to another exciting episode of The Modern CFO Podcast. As always, I'm your host, Andrew Seski. Today, I'm thrilled to be joined by Michael Tannenbaum, CFO of Brex. Michael, thank you so much for being here. </p><p>[00:00:21] <strong>Michael Tannenbaum:</strong> Thank you for having me.</p><p>[00:00:23] <strong>Andrew Seski:</strong> So, today, I'm excited to talk about a myriad of topics, including leadership, rise to the CFO, what excited you about Brex. So, we've got