How Ascend turns agency bill into direct bill

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