1989-07-24
Born
Grew up in Illinois
we say 'pop'
Went to Michigan
Played ultimate for MagnUM
Studied materials science
Fell in love with an art student
Travelled around China
Joined Smart Surfaces
Built something cool
Discovered the world of startups
everything changed
Moved to Berkeley
Studied industrial engineering at Berkeley
obsessed about startups instead
Interned at Indiegogo as a UX Researcher
thank you, Will
Learned how to start a startup from Steve Blank
Started Diabeats with a friend
Learned what creating vs founding meant
I wasn't ready
Turned down investor money
Joined as first hire at LaunchPad Central
thank you, Bhavik
Launched the product to the NSF
Achieved product/market fit
Moved to San Francisco
Went through a bad board meeting
grown men cry
Scaled the product
Grew the team
Married that art student
Moved to New York
Left LaunchPad Central
bittersweet
Joined Grovo as a product manager
Became a father 👶🍼🎉
everything changed, again
Joined Square as a product manager
Launched a new product line for restaurants
Had another kid 👨👩👧👧
we're done
Pulled into leadership role
experienced every page in the HR handbook
Learned how to lead at scale
org grew to 100 reports
Moved to Austin 🤠
technically the burbs
Decided to fire myself
a story for another day
Joined Mutiny to lead product & design
Taking it all in...