Pay Rent, Get Rewarded - with Liza Akhvledziani, Co-Founder of Chexy

Did you know you could pay your rent with a credit card and earn points/rewards every month?

In this episode of the Miss Findependent Podcast, Nika is joined by Liza Akhvledziani, co-founder of Chexy a platform designed to help tenants pay rent online while earning rewards and building credit. 

Liza holds a Bachelor of International Economics degree from the University of British Columbia and is a CFA charterholder.

She started her career in investment banking, specifically in M&A at Deloitte, and then went on to lead Finance and Strategy at Square, the payment processor, for the Canadian market. In this episode, we dive into her journey from being an international student to raising $1.5 million for her first startup.

Here's what we cover:

• Growing up in Belarus to moving to Canada at 17
• Pursuing Investment Banking without a 'traditional' business degree
• Liza's career journey - "Everything happens for a reason"
• How Chexy was born
• Joining Antler
• How to test your problem 
• Building an MVP - Minimum Viable Product
• Reddit Growth Hacking & Scaling
• Raising Capital and What's Next for Chexy
• Liza's money philosophy

✩ CONNECT WITH LIZA: ✩
LinkedIN: Liza Akhvlediani

👉 Learn more about Chexy: https://www.chexy.co/

👉 Follow Chexy:
Instagram - @chexy.rent
TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@getchexy?is_f... 

✩ CONNECT WITH NIKA: ✩

Instagram: @missfindependent

TikTok: @nikafarb

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