Rachel Lyons

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Founder & CEO, Beacon Commerce - compliance · consumer fintech · lending

Beacon Commerce
Boston, MA · ET (UTC-5)
4+ years experience
Boston University
English
Advising
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Overview

Founder of Beacon Commerce (consumer finance). 4 years of building before that. Previously built and sold a small consumer finance company. Signed 45 paying customers, 22 of them enterprises. Most at home with compliance and lending. Parent of two, so mostly sleep-deprived.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Advice on consumer finance
  • Questions about consumer finance
  • Second opinions on consumer fintech decisions
  • Working sessions on lending
Please don't message about
  • Unpaid work or spec projects
  • Offshore staffing offers
  • Generic networking requests

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Skills
lendingconsumer fintechgrowthproductcompliance
AdvisingOpen to advising
closes in 3 months

Office hours for first-time founders: consumer finance and lending

Topics
consumer finance, compliance, lending
Format
Formal advisor role
Terms
Equity
Capacity
One advisory role at a time
Best for
Teams scaling past 50 people

4 years of consumer finance. Small equity or paid hours - flexible.

Boston, MA · remote OKgrowthcomplianceproduct
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Experience

  1. Founder & CEO
    Oct 2022 - Present
    Beacon Commerce · 4 yr · Full-time · Boston, MA
    • Previously built and sold a small consumer finance company.
    • Took Beacon Commerce from zero to $10 million ARR.
    • Grew the team to 30 people across 2 countries.

Projects

Conference talk: lessons from company
2026

What went wrong and what worked while scaling consumer finance.

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Education

  1. Boston University
    BS, Engineering
    2018 - 2022

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