David Cauthron

One of my best friends from childhood called me and he was in an entrepreneurship program at SAP Concur. And he was in a program trying to lead this company as an SAP product to create it for small and medium businesses there. Now the product has changed quite a bit since that point. We redesigned everything, but he started it there from a factor of just a company within SAP.

He was in a division of 1,000 people, 250 teams, and there was a promise of if he won that, he would get roughly $3 million to start the business as a subsidiary of SAP. He was one of the teams that got to the final stage and essentially won, but they shut the entire program down, including all the companies that had previously run and pulled the funding.

He was in a division of 1,000 people, 250 teams, and there was a promise of if he won that, he would get roughly $3 million to start the business as a subsidiary of SAP. He was one of the teams that got to the final stage and essentially won, but they shut the entire program down, including all the companies that had previously run and pulled the funding.

He was in a division of 1,000 people, 250 teams, and there was a promise of if he won that, he would get roughly $3 million to start the business as a subsidiary of SAP. He was one of the teams that got to the final stage and essentially won, but they shut the entire program down, including all the companies that had previously run and pulled the funding.

About that point, he calls me and he says, hey, I'd like to start a company and I need help with a head of engineering. And are you available? Would you like no money and to actually give us some money to start the company? And I said, yes, that's exactly what I want to go do. I think of it almost as something as if I was 80 years old and I looked back, would I have made the same decision?

About that point, he calls me and he says, hey, I'd like to start a company and I need help with a head of engineering. And are you available? Would you like no money and to actually give us some money to start the company? And I said, yes, that's exactly what I want to go do. I think of it almost as something as if I was 80 years old and I looked back, would I have made the same decision?

About that point, he calls me and he says, hey, I'd like to start a company and I need help with a head of engineering. And are you available? Would you like no money and to actually give us some money to start the company? And I said, yes, that's exactly what I want to go do. I think of it almost as something as if I was 80 years old and I looked back, would I have made the same decision?

And the answer is absolutely. I would not want to miss this opportunity, especially working with a friend of mine. And we've had fun since.

And the answer is absolutely. I would not want to miss this opportunity, especially working with a friend of mine. And we've had fun since.

And the answer is absolutely. I would not want to miss this opportunity, especially working with a friend of mine. And we've had fun since.

Like several of your recent and previous podcasts, we scoped probably a little too much for MVP. It took us about nine months, which is not too bad, but we tried to launch both web and mobile at the same time. And for probably six of those months, I was still working at my previous company. Long nights and weekends to get there.

Like several of your recent and previous podcasts, we scoped probably a little too much for MVP. It took us about nine months, which is not too bad, but we tried to launch both web and mobile at the same time. And for probably six of those months, I was still working at my previous company. Long nights and weekends to get there.

Like several of your recent and previous podcasts, we scoped probably a little too much for MVP. It took us about nine months, which is not too bad, but we tried to launch both web and mobile at the same time. And for probably six of those months, I was still working at my previous company. Long nights and weekends to get there.

We started with an AWS platform on Mern, which is Mongo Express React to Node.

We started with an AWS platform on Mern, which is Mongo Express React to Node.

We started with an AWS platform on Mern, which is Mongo Express React to Node.

We actually switched over to Dern, and I'm still questioning, which is just we added DynamoDB instead of MongoDB and a little bit of TypeScript and focused really just on trying to get a product out that our customers could utilize from day one to actually solve at least a part of the problem, being able to issue cards, credit cards to the customers for expenses.

We actually switched over to Dern, and I'm still questioning, which is just we added DynamoDB instead of MongoDB and a little bit of TypeScript and focused really just on trying to get a product out that our customers could utilize from day one to actually solve at least a part of the problem, being able to issue cards, credit cards to the customers for expenses.

We actually switched over to Dern, and I'm still questioning, which is just we added DynamoDB instead of MongoDB and a little bit of TypeScript and focused really just on trying to get a product out that our customers could utilize from day one to actually solve at least a part of the problem, being able to issue cards, credit cards to the customers for expenses.

automate those expenses directly in the application, and then manage those by categorizing them as well as limiting what you can spend on. So it's really changing the way that you think about expense management.