Today @FortuneMagazine ran a piece on @Mercury celebrating: * 3 years of profitability * $650m in annualized revenue * 40% year on year active customer growth * Building a long term + sustainable + trusted service for our customers Thanks @agarfinks for the write up.

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Founders on @mercury have been telling us for years that 1099 filing feels stuck in the past - you’re either juggling spreadsheets or using tools that look like they’re from the 90s. Starting today, you can prepare and file 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC forms right inside Mercury.

the goal of life is to be excited to go to work and excited to go home

True wealth is simple: A healthy body, a relaxed mind, a loving family, enough financial freedom, living in a neighborhood you love that offers many possibilities, a long-term goal that nurtures your unique gifts and makes you grow into the most confident version of yourself.

remember that when you die, you won’t be able to work on b2b saas anymore. so work on as much b2b saas as you can right now, while you’re still alive

1/ Today, @Mercury announced a $300 million Series C in a mix of primary & secondary funding at a $3.5B valuation, led by @Sequoia, with participation from @sparkcapital, @MarathonMP, @coatuemgmt, @CRV, & @a16z. I’m deeply humbled by the growth we’ve experienced. 🧵

Bill Watterson, the genius behind Calvin and Hobbes, on creating a meaningful life

gusto’s wall of love on twitter was one of the main reasons I wanted to join the company 5 years ago. glad to see nothing has changed ❤️

Interactions with users builds intuition, intuition builds great products

Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of laziness—lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. Being overwhelmed is often as unproductive as doing nothing, and is far more unpleasant. Being selective—doing less—is the path of the

number of people in a team matters much less than effectiveness per person

"The best designers and the best programmers aren’t the ones with the best skills, or the nimblest fingers, or the ones who can rock and roll with photoshop or vim, they are the ones that can determine what just doesn’t matter. That’s where the real gains are made."

Most people don't understand how hard small business owners work. Many of them work at their business 6 or 7 days a week, while fulfilling most roles from CEO to janitor. The true unsung heroes of the American economy.

I can’t recommend “Beef” on Netflix highly enough. It’s deeply human, hilarious, sad, dark, artistic & so perfectly written and acted from start to end.

Last Friday, @comegatheround co-founder/CEO @LisaDConn woke up to find out she couldn't access the company's SVB bank account. At first, panic: She thought she couldn't pay her team on time. And then, relief: Gusto stepped in to help her + other impacted customers make payroll.

Proud to see @GustoHQ in the top 10 again this year. Thank you Gusto customers for believing in us. I promise all of us here are working hard to improve and innovate for you every day.

The older I get, the more I understand that it’s okay to live a life others don’t understand.

The best time to stop a distraction is before it starts. The second best time is now. Another blog post is up:

Most people produce mediocre work because their mind jumps straight from What to How & When. People who consistently produce top-notch work go from What to Why to What Else to What Else to How to When to Why to What Else to How to When. And they don’t succumb to easy excuses.