We're proud to work with @heyStreetTalk, one of the fastest-growing ad agencies in America, to run their business finances.
We sat down with @joshsuggss to hear how he runs daily operations with Slash:
Here’s what getting caught by ABC7 couch surfing taught me about B2B banking:
With Slash you get:
• Up to 2% cashback.
• Up to 3.77% annualized yield on your balance.
• No domestic wire or ACH fees.
• A non-zero chance of ending up on Scooter Couch
Today is the official launch of @slashapp for Startups, but we’ve actually already onboarded over 400 incredible VC-backed startups over the past 2.5 months.
The way we did this was actually pretty simple:
we focused on giving founders the best product, best unit economics, and best relationships/customer service possible.
That’s it.
A lot of fintechs try to win customers through temporary incentives, flashy perks, or things that honestly feel too good to be true.
And usually, if it feels too good to be true, it probably is.
At Slash, our philosophy is different. We believe the best way to build a long term company is to fundamentally improve the economics of running a business.
That means:
- best treasury rates because we don’t take management fees
- best cashback
- software that actually saves companies operational overhead
- and support that feels like an extension of your team
Not perks that disappear after 6 months.
Our fundamental belief is that we become more successful as a company if our customers become more successful.
So the question we constantly ask ourselves is:
“What is the most needle-moving thing this founder could be doing right now, and how can Slash help them do it faster?”
Sometimes that means helping them with banking.
A lot of times it has nothing to do with banking at all.
Silicon Valley and tech in general can be incredibly transactional. We built Slash at the complete antithesis of that.
We built a $1.4B company through relationships and by consistently doing right by people.
Some examples of things we’ve done for founders (many times before they were even customers):
- giving founders access to our office while they waited for an office lease
- helping founders with their marketing initiatives
- @victorcardenas hopping on fundraising calls and giving pitch feedback without expecting anything in return
- connecting founders to early hires through our engineering network
- helping with O-1 visa lawyers and immigration resources
- connecting startups with potential customers and investors
- hosting intimate founder dinners and events like our upcoming Slash x @modaflows Canadian Founder Dinner (rsvp below)
Banking is built on trust and relationships. That’s the moat.
Before leading startups, I led our operations, data, customer success, and hiring initiatives internally at Slash. My role leading startups is honestly pretty simple:
help founders in whatever way possible and continue doing that at scale.
If that means being a growth partner, operating partner, recruiting partner, fundraising resource, or just someone founders can call when things are going wrong — we’re ready to do it.
And while relationships matter, the product itself also has to be world class.
We’re building:
- accounting automations and integrations with @dualentry, @QuickBooks, @netsuite, and @Xero
- a truly delightful invoicing experience built by @gerryascenci0
- a robinhood-esque mobile business banking experience built by @HustleDoubles
- sophisticated bill pay workflows for both startups and enterprises built by @albTian
- and a banking stack so good that founders genuinely don’t have to think about finances anymore.
Our GTM strategy is going to continue being exactly this:
- best rewards.
- best product.
- best relationships/customer service.
We probably won’t promise perks that are too good to be true.
But what we can promise is:
- world class customer support on literally any channel
- the best long term economics for your business
- people who genuinely care about your company succeeding
- and a product experience built specifically for modern startups
So if you’re deciding your startup banking setup right now, let me tell you one thing:
make this the last time you ever have to think about switching banks again.
Once you use Slash, you won’t want to leave. DM me, @nicogutis, @Simar_Boparai_ , or @fainzaig to get set up!
Startups building for startups 🤝
@victorcardenas and the @slashapp team just shipped Slash for Startups, real banking built for founders. Catch them and their 40+ badged accounts talking all things finance on X, powered by Premium Business.
For founders.
> Up to 2% cashback*
> Up to 3.77% annualized yield**
> No fees on domestic wires or ACHs*
That's standard at Slash. Every account.
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No U.S. entity required to get started.
Today we're releasing Action Center.
One centralized view of all your outstanding tasks:
> Payment approvals
> Employee card requests
> Missing receipts
> Reimbursement approvals
Live now in your Slash dashboard.