Our Presenters

In 2016, Alex Bean co-founded Divvy, an expense management software, and spent the next four years pouring everything he had into the business. In the beginning of 2021 they sold Divvy to BILL.com for $2.5b. 

After selling the business, Alex realized that wealth comes with many complexities, both logistical and emotional, that people don’t talk about. When he’s not running his Venture firm, he’s talking to groups about navigating the emotional side of wealth.

You can find his latest book on Amazon–Factory for Good: The Pitfalls of Prosperity and How to Avoid Them.

The Factory is focused on helping high-net-worth individuals create factories that perpetuate good in the world.

A factory has three parts–inputs, machinery, and outputs. The Factory is the machinery that converts the inputs of time, energy, and money into the outputs of strong relationships, peace of mind, and happiness.

This happens through handling the logistical side of wealth–investments, taxes, and legal. The Factory partners with top-tier practitioners to handle the actual logistics of wealth.