Hey there my friend, Justin here, and welcome to a free edition of Just Go Grind, a newsletter for the ambitious. Thank you to the 584 of you who joined since the last edition, and to all 14,633 subscribers! To receive all editions of the newsletter and join the Just Go Grind Founder Community, upgrade below:

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• I’m hosting a coffee meetup in SF on June 30th at Neon! Shoutout to Teddy for the hookup with a free space, coffee, and tea. There are almost 30 founders, investors, and operators signed up so far. RSVP here.

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René Lacerte

René Lacerte is an under-the-radar CEO who founded Bill.com in 2006 and built it into a public company valued at more than $11 billion.

In a 2021 interview with Jason Lemkin, Founder of SaaStr and a user of René’s product, Jason said, “I don’t know what we pay, but whatever it is, we don’t pay enough,“ and I think that perfectly illustrates how well René has solved a problem for SMBs.

But, this wasn’t René’s first company.

He climbed out of the lowest point in his career, at another company he previously founded, to build BILL into the incredible success it is today.

How’d he do it?

Let’s get to it.

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