Joseph Johnson

started off in semiconductors because they were interesting, didn't like being a cog in a massive machine unable to see difference so I moved to startups (specifically EVs because they looked interesting) worked my way from controller -> director of finance and helped raise $xxM and built financial models + SEC filings to take the company public on NASDAQ as the lead finance in filing the SEC docs i used chatgpt-4 (which had dropped 2 days earlier) and wrote my entire 90 page section in 3 days... realized AI was going to change my job moved to SF immediately quit my job and started LedgerUp to replace the manual work i hated, got traction, got into YC for s24, got more traction, raised >$2m, hired some folks, got an office, niched into a sub-task of the accounting/finance work and let go of all the traction (very painful), traction tripled within a few months post-pivot/niche (it was the right move) Sept 25' I left the company (even more painful), tossed around ideas and worked as a contractor with some amazing people, but missed working with others and compounding day/day joined Salient in Mar 26', the fastest growing enterprise YC company, currently working on building a self-serve for our clients and working some amazing people