#17 — Lex Oiler — The accidental startup founder

Lex Oiler (@hotgirlintech) is the founder and CEO of Peachy. For episode #17, I chatted with Lex about how a hospital bill that bankrupted her family set her on a mission to fix the broken medical billing system, following her own path away from law school to become a product designer, leveraging twitter to find early employees, customers and investors and her non-linear journey to becoming a founder. Full disclosure, my fund Paradox Capital, is an investor in Lex’s company and after you listen to this conversation I think you’ll understand why it was an easy decision for me. $45B of medical debt is currently in collections and Peachy is building an entirely new platform that puts patients at the center, helps doctors get paid faster and helps patients easily pay medical bills while improving their credit. This was a fun and informative discussion and got me excited to interview more founders on the podcast going forward.I hope you enjoy this conversation with Lex Oiler.