Pros
Lots of unique pros to share about this company and team. -Founders are both amazingly skilled and dedicated with a well-informed vision for the company and how to improve this historically underserved space. Philosophically they take a thoughtful, long-term perspective to both revenue and product growth with an emphasis on sustainability and control. This was extremely refreshing to me, having come from a typical VC-backed tech company whose focus was always heavily skewed toward whatever arbitrary metrics investors wanted to see to justify throwing more cash at it. I appreciate the freedom from that paradigm every day I'm here. -Open and transparent culture where diversity of opinion and perspective is legitimately valued / encouraged. Vibe I'd describe as less college, more grad school (e.g. less ping pong tables and kombucha, more book clubs and board games). -Amazing product / service that solves an *actual* problem that needs to be fixed, which is reflected by the countless heartfelt thank you's you'll receive from real humans that get to begin their lives as a direct result of your work. -Also the Sales engine here is of the most intelligent and sophisticated I've ever seen. Hyper personalized, data driven, strategic, and constantly pressure-testing assumptions. -Forward-thinking approach to hiring that's very open to remote, and the percentage of distributed folks is steadily growing.
Cons
Being that we aren't VC-dependent, there's also not as much capital to haphazardly burn through in the way we often see in the valley, so new initiatives tend to move slower and more carefully.