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The Godfather of Revenue Recognition Is Not Done Yet
He built the first revenue recognition software in 2009, sold it to Zuora, then walked away to do it again - properly this time. A story about second acts in an unglamorous corner of accounting.
Apurv Bansal Took the Long Way Back to Building
He sold a startup, went to Harvard, joined Google, became a venture capitalist, and still felt pulled toward the founder’s chair. Zenskar is what happened when Apurv Bansal finally stopped circling and chose a problem built for a long game.
Eric Presbrey
Eric Presbrey is the CEO of Leadspace, the B2B customer data platform and revenue automation company whose AI-driven data intelligence powers go-to-market teams at enterprises such as Microsoft, Salesforce and Nvidia. Appointed in April 2025, he brings more than two decades of commercial leadership across marketing technology and data companies, having served as chief revenue officer at PebblePost and Centrical, president of publicly traded Zeta Global, and a member of the Epsilon leadership team that drove 10x growth. Based in Dallas, Texas, he is known for building high-performing go-to-market teams and scaling data-driven revenue engines.
Ali Hussain
Ali Hussain is the CEO and co-founder of Tabs, a New York based startup building AI agents that automate the messy contract-to-cash side of B2B finance: billing, collections, and revenue recognition. He founded the company in 2023 after watching accounts receivable break at scale as COO of Latch (later DOOR), and earlier worked at Boston Consulting Group, Google, and the U.S. Congress. In September 2025 Tabs raised a $55M Series B led by Lightspeed Venture Partners to launch its first Billing and Collections agents, bringing total funding to roughly $92M.