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Ian Crosby

@ianwcrosby
9 posts
2024-12-29
1/8 I'm very sad today to see that @Bench has shut down. I've avoided speaking publicly about Bench since just over 3 years ago when I was fired from the company I co-founded. I still don't have a lot of appetite to talk about it tbh, but think at least a short statement is
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2024-12-28
@Bench 4/8 I had been battling with some of the board members over strategy. They wanted me to take the company in a new direction that I thought was a very bad idea. I wanted to continue with what was working and with what our partners had signed on to distribute. I was intransigent.
2024-12-28 View on X
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Bookkeeping startup Bench, which raised $100M+ including from Shopify, closes down effective immediately; several employees say Bench also laid off staff

it's reputation-ending Leadership means accountability Rohit Mittal / @rohitdotmittal : Does anyone know how to go about buying Bench's assets? I'm sure investors have counsel to s...

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@Bench 2/8 In November 2021 I went out for what I thought would be a regular lunch with one of my board members. We had just raised a Series C and turned down a highly lucrative acquisition offer. We had budding partnerships with companies like Shopify that were interested in the
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Bookkeeping startup Bench, which raised $100M+ including from Shopify, closes down effective immediately; several employees say Bench also laid off staff

it's reputation-ending Leadership means accountability Rohit Mittal / @rohitdotmittal : Does anyone know how to go about buying Bench's assets? I'm sure investors have counsel to s...

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@Bench 3/8 The board member thanked me for bringing the company to this point, but that they would be hiring a new professional CEO to “take the company to the next level.”
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Bookkeeping startup Bench, which raised $100M+ including from Shopify, closes down effective immediately; several employees say Bench also laid off staff

it's reputation-ending Leadership means accountability Rohit Mittal / @rohitdotmittal : Does anyone know how to go about buying Bench's assets? I'm sure investors have counsel to s...

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1/8 I'm very sad today to see that @Bench has shut down. I've avoided speaking publicly about Bench since just over 3 years ago when I was fired from the company I co-founded. I still don't have a lot of appetite to talk about it tbh, but think at least a short statement is
2024-12-28 View on X
The Information

Bookkeeping startup Bench, which raised $100M+ including from Shopify, closes down effective immediately; several employees say Bench also laid off staff

it's reputation-ending Leadership means accountability Rohit Mittal / @rohitdotmittal : Does anyone know how to go about buying Bench's assets? I'm sure investors have counsel to s...

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@Bench 8/8 I hope the story of Bench goes on to become a warning for VCs that think they can “upgrade” a company by replacing the founder. It never works.
2024-12-28 View on X
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Bookkeeping startup Bench, which raised $100M+ including from Shopify, closes down effective immediately; several employees say Bench also laid off staff

it's reputation-ending Leadership means accountability Rohit Mittal / @rohitdotmittal : Does anyone know how to go about buying Bench's assets? I'm sure investors have counsel to s...

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@Bench 6/8 I reasoned that if they were right and I'm just a wrong-headed founder who won't listen, then I should just fully get out of the way so they can see their vision through. And on a personal level, I just didn't think I could stand to watch them dismantle the company I had
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Bookkeeping startup Bench, which raised $100M+ including from Shopify, closes down effective immediately; several employees say Bench also laid off staff

it's reputation-ending Leadership means accountability Rohit Mittal / @rohitdotmittal : Does anyone know how to go about buying Bench's assets? I'm sure investors have counsel to s...

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@Bench 5/8 Rather than continuing to fight with me, they opted just to just replace me, thinking that they could run the company better themselves. I was totally convinced that their approach would destroy the company. I opted to resign rather than fight. Because on the off-chance that
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Bookkeeping startup Bench, which raised $100M+ including from Shopify, closes down effective immediately; several employees say Bench also laid off staff

it's reputation-ending Leadership means accountability Rohit Mittal / @rohitdotmittal : Does anyone know how to go about buying Bench's assets? I'm sure investors have counsel to s...

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@Bench 7/8 So I moved on. I started off fresh and built a new company (Teal). Earlier this year we successfully exited to Mercury. Things are going well and I'm excited for what we're up to.
2024-12-28 View on X
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Bookkeeping startup Bench, which raised $100M+ including from Shopify, closes down effective immediately; several employees say Bench also laid off staff

it's reputation-ending Leadership means accountability Rohit Mittal / @rohitdotmittal : Does anyone know how to go about buying Bench's assets? I'm sure investors have counsel to s...

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