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Get To Know The CEO: George Azih at LeaseQuery

Get To Know The CEO: George Azih at LeaseQuery

George Azih calls himself a “Product CEO.” He didn’t set out to build a fast-growing startup like many serial founders and CEOs do. He was an accountant, and he’d found himself in charge of technical accounting and accounting research at a Fortune 500 company in Georgia. While

Atlanta-based LeaseQuery Acquires Stackshine To Help With Major Business Painpoint: Software Spend

Atlanta-based LeaseQuery Acquires Stackshine To Help With Major Business Painpoint: Software Spend

There’s always that one pesky streaming platform or monthly delivery service on your credit card statement that makes you say: “Ugh, I meant to cancel that.” Software subscriptions and renewals are a pain for individuals. But they are a massive frustration for businesses. After payroll and real estate, SaaS

Bootstrapped Startup LeaseQuery Raises $40M Series A from Goldman Sachs

Bootstrapped Startup LeaseQuery Raises $40M Series A from Goldman Sachs

Lease accounting startup LeaseQuery has raised a $40 million Series A funding round through Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division. The Atlanta company is pursuing outside capital for the first time after remaining bootstrapped since it was founded in 2011. CEO George Azih shares that although he remains incredibly proud of

At A3C Festival, Four CEOs Shared How They Built Their High-Growth Startups Into the Millions

At A3C Festival, Four CEOs Shared How They Built Their High-Growth Startups Into the Millions

From jaw-dropping venture capital rounds to IPOs, the covers of Fortune, Inc., and Fast Company show the Ubers, the Instagrams, and the Facebooks of the tech world. But what about the journey before the big-time cover? As technology entrepreneur and investor Paul Judge referred to it during an

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Atlanta's Fastest-Growing Tech Startup Is Profitable, Bootstrapped, and Filled With Accountants

One advantage of being outside of the venture capital-rich coasts is the ability for a company to operate lean, find product-market fit immediately, and occasionally, see soaring success without ever having to give anything away to outside investors. In Atlanta, MailChimp has become the paradigm of this model.

Atlanta's Top Scaling Companies Enter Elite Endeavor Entrepreneur Network

Atlanta's Top Scaling Companies Enter Elite Endeavor Entrepreneur Network

What do a bootstrapped accounting software startup and a cryptocurrency payments company backed by over $70 million in venture funding have in common? They’re the newest members of the selective Endeavor network for entrepreneurs. Atlanta-based LeaseQuery and BitPay were both accepted into Endeavor last week following an international

How this Lease Accounting SaaS Startup Can Streamline a $2 Trillion Market

How this Lease Accounting SaaS Startup Can Streamline a $2 Trillion Market

Staying compliant when managing leases, especially when you have 100+ buildings, can quickly become an enormous task. Regulations change often (especially IASB and FASB-standards) and the Excel spreadsheet you use to track your properties can't alert you about the new rules. Lease accounting platform LeaseQuery, designed by