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René Lacerte
Member since 18th June 2008
René is currently CEO and founder of bill.com. He realized the tremendous need to simplify and automate the way businesses manage bills, invoices, payments, contracts and other important financial documents; and the challenge of not having control and intelligence into daily spending and cash flow. bill.com solves accounts payable issues and also puts all valuable financial documents in one place for secure access anywhere/anytime.
Prior to bill.com, René co-founded America’s #1 online payroll service PayCycle, which now employs over 100 people and serves over 50,000 customers. PayCycle has received multiple 5-star awards from PC Magazine and numerous accountant trade publications.
René spent five years at Intuit, creating and managing the company’s bill presentment team and growing its bill payment and credit card businesses 30% in one year. He also launched Intuit’s first connected payroll product, growing the team from two employees to 300 in 18 months.
René received a Masters of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Quantitative Economics from Stanford University.
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02nd September 2008
Managing cash flow is both a science and an art. Making sure you have enough cash in the bank while making decisions on what bills to pay, and what to do with your company’s cash, is a critical element of business operation, whether you are cash rich or...
02nd September 2008
It takes more than just an idea, some money and an office to get a business up and running. You need an infrastructure. Just what does it mean to set up a business infrastructure? It takes some planning and making a few key decisions before you sign any l...
21st July 2008
The most important thing you can do for your business is to hire the right people. We all know that, but do we all act on that, all the time? Probably not. In my experience as an entrepreneur, it is too easy to focus on the tasks on hand, to worry about t...
21st July 2008
Your pitch is the most essential part of your communication arsenal. Without it, you are dead in the water; with it, you are alive and well. Case in point: the previous two sentences have either grabbed you or not. You will either read the rest of this ar...
26th June 2008
When starting both PayCycle and Bill.com, I shared the business ideas with associates and colleagues- people that I knew— and ended each conversation by asking: “Who else do you know that could help me shape and grow the business?” This eventually l...
26th June 2008
Capital is the lifeblood of any startup. The more capital you have, the faster you can learn, develop and achieve your vision. I know this is true from first-hand experience. I have raised over $40M from angel investors and Venture Capitalists to fuel the...
26th June 2008
Business is in my blood. I grew up listening to many dinnertime discussions between my father and grandfather about running their businesses. I heard about the issues, challenges and successes they faced every day and learned more about running a business...
26th June 2008
For most people, creating a company culture is not a top priority when they start a business. Usually, it doesn’t even come to mind. When I started PayCycle, I believed it was important, so I spent some time with my co-founder defining the values before...
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