
David Blaha
Chief Revenue Officer at Extend (virtual card platform) and former American Express VP, a payments executive with 30+ years of experience.
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Sep 16, 2026
After 25 Years at Amex, One Big Bet on Bank Partnerships
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Teasha CableHOST
Can you tell me what you had to unlearn coming from AMAX? Like what were some of the assumptions that worked at that scale that actually got in the way of startup speed?

David BlahaGUEST
I mean, oh my gosh, you know, what was I thinking? So, no, look, you know, my time at Amex was fabulous.

David BlahaGUEST
And at the time that I left, when you're working in a large corporation, you have a big team and a big P&L, you have admins and you have support, you have a data, like you've got a team, an office that just supports you and your needs.

David BlahaGUEST
And then I had VPs and directors and managers and folks, you know, in an organization, a big, broad organization.

Teasha CableHOST
How do you think about moving that sales process fast while respecting the institutional realities of the financial services, financial services ecosystem? Like, how does that