3x chief of staff / head of special projects for mission critical industries | prev. Slack, Applied Atomics, Oxbow Health | 0 to 1 machine builder

Minneapolis, MN
Joined April 2018
if there's ever a startup you like, please send them a message that you dig what they're building. takes 30 sec and i promise you you'll make their whole day or month.
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According to Varun Murugesan, Co-founder of Apple & Banana, being good at scrappy user research is like being the Jason Bourne of research: making an impact despite tight research budgets, bandwidth, and resources. 🎙️Listen here: userintervie.ws/42xlx6q
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Our founders continue to build incredible companies. Nicely done @alituapp!
You wouldn't spend all day making a sandwich, why should a #podcast be any different? 🥪 The 1st All-in-one intuitive podcast maker 💻 Try Alitu for $5 & save hours every week: HOSTING22 buff.ly/3RLMsWC #madewithalitu
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Scaling a company is hard. Scaling when the markets (and the world?) are crazy is even harder. Proud to share the amazing wins from our founders ❤️
Startup media during the downturn is full of sensational shutdowns and massive layoffs. But they don't tell the stories of Calm Companies. How's the downturn for startups that focused on sustainable growth? On profit? Our portfolio wanted to share their side: #Buildinpublic
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Other investors: "let me know how I can be helpful" founders: ok can I get- other investors: "lol not really I'm off to Kauai hope your company doesn't die😌 " Us:
Excited! We've just opened up no-code consults for portfolio companies at @calmfund I think this could be a game changer for many founders. Founders simply don't know how we can dramatically improve their internal stack and processes. Let's get it done!
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What's unfortunate is after you attend Founder Summit Camp, you're going to say "Wow, those other conferences I went to were really boring, stuck in a hotel and super un-useful."
Whoops. We've been so busy building Founder Summit Camp that we've forgotten to bang the drum of how ridiculously awesome it's going to be this year. Now that we're more than half sold-out, seems the time, right? Here's a taste of what's to come...
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"I was selfish and wrong.” An honest update on our UX research “book” from our Head of Research @varun_murugesan. Experience “Fruitful” and pre-order now: sample.appleandbanana.org/up…
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Last year, we raised a $1.3m Community Round on @Wefunder. A Community Round let our wider community invest in Calm Company Fund's future. Here's what we learned 🧵 1/6
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Really excited to announce the launch of CalmDAOn our web3 investing vehicle. Drop your ETH address below for a special invite 👇
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Yesterday in our Slack, this question was asked: What is the appropriate response from a founder when their employees, contractors or customers are suddenly thrust into war? I'm sure it's something we've all collectively been thinking about🧵
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👀 We've got some exciting news... 🎉 We've just launched our new #WordPress plugin, which makes it even easier and more secure to build membership sites on @WordPress with MemberSpace. Start your free 14-day trial today! 👇 memberspace.com/signup/
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Hey @webflow - if you ever want to deepen our partnership, our Head of No Code Engineering is making a solid pitch 👀
Auto-save forms in @webflow possible? Hell yes! Check out this sweet demo. Does anybody else ever need this? Building some sweet in-app features at @calmfund loom.com/share/b1a1a14f56124…
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💻 HIRING: FREELANCE DEV/ DEV SHOP 💻 Looking for a freelancer or dev shop to transform no-code MVPs into code, launch experiments + make rad products for our community. ⚡️ 🌏 Remote 🔄 Ongoing 👋 Work w/ @MichaelRouveure + @Najvasol Deets here: buff.ly/3rZtpyM
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This is a cool place 😁
Three years ago this week, the very first LP check was deposited to Fund I. Happy three year anniversary to us of officially being a fund! Here is a roundup of Calm Company Fund by the numbers 🧵
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Three years ago today, the very first LP check was deposited to Fund I. Happy three year anniversary to us of officially being a fund! 🎉
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Startups tend to be about not losing momentum but it's inevitable that we all slow down, get paused or reverse. Figuring out how you can systemically restart your momentum is key. Best way for me? Spending time with customers. 😁
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Do you have an internal company wiki or repository? Do you like yours? Or someone else's? Have thoughts on how to improve them? RTs requested so we can share out what we learn as we improve ours 🙌🏽
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My SaaS project is a whisker away from being profitable! If you're the one new subscriber that tips it over the edge, I might wee myself a bit. n2dmethod.com
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awesome opportunity to join ambitious and growing engineering team at @trybeehiiv senior software engineer: up to $200k + meaningful equity + great benefits we also have a referral reward of 0.25 Bitcoin to anyone who refers someone **that we hire** careers.beehiiv.com/en/jobs/…
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