The Early Team

Vishak was one of the first engineering hires at Postscript. He is a coding bootcamp graduate with a background in mechanical engineering, and has worked at early stage SaaS startups since 2015. Vishak is currently a Staff Engineer at Postscript, where he leads product strategy and architecture, drives solutions and tech partnerships, and helps hire and onboard high-performing engineering teams. I...

Taylor is Head of Growth at Champify, which monitors job changes to help go-to-market teams turn existing relationships into new business opportunities that actually close.  She began her career as a classroom teacher through Teach for America, before transitioning into tech as an early employee at Heap. In this conversation, we talk about: The overlaps between teaching and working as an early sta...

Jessie was the fourth employee at Collectly, starting as Head of Customer Success. Her background is in Customer Success and Account Management at start-ups, specifically focusing on developing relationships and growth within existing accounts.  She is currently the Vice President of Operations where she focuses on overseeing multiple internal teams, building the strategy and plans for the company...

Alessandro was the 1st sales hire at Carta. During his 8 year tenure, he played a major role in helping Carta find product market fit, managed hundreds of people, and took Carta from 0 to 300m+ ARR.  Now, Alessandro is taking his learnings from Carta and transferring them to his new company GetDynasty.com where he is democratizing access to the most powerful wealth creation tool available to Ameri...

Kasra's career is set at the intersection of product strategy and marketing leadership — composed of his time building products as a founder (Mintor and IntroHero), driving community growth (Startup Grind, On Deck), and leading marketing initiatives (Coho).  His career also includes studying for and working in occupational safety, running a restaurant, and even penning a book. In this convers...

Ashley is the CEO & Founder of Maca, building the first platform for iterative pricing. She went through hyper-growth as the 7th employee of Brex, the fastest company in B2B history to surpass $100M ARR in 18 months.  She then joined Pipe’s founding team as VP of Revenue to stand up the operations and early go-to-market teams - they issued $1B+ in capital in 10 months and became the fastest fi...

Jackie Miller has had a dynamic career spanning NGOs (Amnesty International), social enterprise (Venture for America), major corporate brands (Chobani and Chanel), and venture backed startups (On Deck), with the red thread criss-crossing of accelerators, corporate venture, and strategic partnerships.  She's exploring her next chapter and weighing the thrill of joining the early team of a dyna...

Shweta is a Founding Engineer at Leda Health. She has worked within core engineering teams at different B2B SaaS, EdTech, and now Health-Tech startups, building out the product vision and implementing best practices for engineering teams.  She currently works on full-stack web development, cloud technologies, compliance, and security. She strives to work on projects big or small, that not only cha...

Kera is the head of marketing at Hustle Fund, where she oversees their content and events. Previously she was the first employee at The Hustle, a media company with 1m+ subscribers (acq by HubSpot), where she held a variety of roles including Director of Operations and Director of Events.     In this conversation, we talk about: How her separate experiences in both the restaurant and events indust...

Alex is a mechanical engineer based out of the Bay Area working in the field of fluidics and water chemistry. At Sutro he has worked on developing low-cost, automated water monitoring technology with the mission of ensuring access to safe, clean water to all.     In this conversation, we talk about: How his curiosity and the ability to figure things out led his role at TechShop The challenges of b...

Nate is a dad of 3 boys, bar licensed attorney, and early-stage generalist. He’s currently chief of staff at web3 design studio, Airfoil, and was previously employee #1 at Barracuda. When not working, he’s playing with his kids, drinking soda, or attending a concert.  In this conversation, we talk about: How his law degree enables his success working  at early stage startups How he landed his firs...

Anthony is the founder of NEXT , a community for entrepreneurial mid-career and exec-level job-seekers who want to be intentional about their next career chapters.  He's helped hundreds and hundreds of job-seekers during his past 4 years in the career development space, which is his second act after spending a decade at Goldman Sachs. In this conversation, we talk about: How his tenure at Gol...

Ankit is a product & growth expert who has worked with multiple early stage startups, playing a crucial role in scaling them from pre-seed to Series B. In this conversation, we talk about: His experience at ELSA and how he was able to introduce and expand the product in the Indian market His insights into assessing major trends and whether to adopt them or stay the course And how he currently...

Thalida is a Product Engineering Leader who loves a good spreadsheet. They've spent their entire career in Product Engineering and Engineering Management at companies like OkCupid, Etsy, and Webflow.  Thalida is now the Co-Founder and CTO of Tourus, a prop-tech startup with a mission to improve the rental experience for everyone involved. Thalida is a queer Trinidadian-American and avid Minec...

Taylor is on a mission to create the opposite of loneliness in the world. She’s Head of Community at Groove, which is an extraordinary, free app for solo workers from all over the world to instantly connect and conquer their to-dos alongside each other.  Before joining Groove, Taylor designed online learning experiences with best-selling author, Seth Godin. In her free time, she hosts special gath...

EJ is a Husband, Father, Entrepreneur, and a first-generation America raised by Nigerian parents.  He is an experienced leader in launching new products in both startup and corporate environments, including CBS Interactive and Seed&Spark, and co-founded his own startup, Bosa, a life management platform for working moms. In this conversation, we talk about: His first experience at a startup, ri...

Gabrielle is an HR Director, with extensive experience as a leader at both startups and large companies. She is passionate about empowering her team and enabling their growth, while cultivating a culture that focuses on belonging.  In this conversation, we talk about: Her approach to setting up and scaling the HR function at early stage startups How she has navigated the layoff environment and the...

Tamara has been a career Software Engineer, working on complex systems. She is currently a Lead Engineer at Acre, a growing real-estate tech startup redefining how we buy and live in our homes, where she joined as employee #1. In this conversation, we talk about: Her experience working at larger companies, such as Raytheon and Red Hat, where she gained the expertise that empowered her work at earl...

Jonatan is a founder, engineer, and product leader. He was an early employee at Spotify, where he began as the first web-developer on the team. Currently, he’s the CEO at Squadformers, working to build exceptional Squads that accelerate meaningful missions. In this conversation, we talk about: How at the age of 12, he started and grew a gaming community to over 20 million active users Lessons lear...

Tyler is a successful founder, CEO, tech leader, investor, advisor, motorcycle enthusiast, dad and husband. As the founder and CEO of a VC backed automotive tech company Drivably, Tyler led the company through an acquisition in 2022.   Prior to that was an early employee and executive at Domo and HireVue. He currently coaches, advises, and invests in start up companies, CEO's and executive te...

Valerie is a community manager, avid writer, and digital content creator with a Gen Z outlook on the world. She founded the popular Instagram entertainment community, Astrowonders (420k followers), where she has worked with big-name companies like Urban Outfitters, Estrid, and Parade.  She’s currently leading & growing community at an early-stage startup Melon, a social platform for self-learn...

Lucy is a product leader based in San Francisco, with 9 years of experience in early stage startups, across various industries. She lives with her fiancee, their husky, two cats, and a fan of natural wine. In this conversation, we talk about: How raising her hand for a project that was outside her scope of responsibilities began her journey of becoming a product manager Lessons learned from buildi...

Nick is an early stage growth leader, most recently at Carrot ( addtocarrot.com ), a visual bookmarking app for shoppers. His experience working with over a dozen companies across varied industries has given him a unique perspective on the universal aspects of growth in any business, the technology sphere we live in, and the tradeoffs of different modes of working. In this conversation, we talk ab...

Janice is a Community Growth and Brand Marketing Specialist based in Vancouver, with a passion for early-stage mission-driven startups. She’s currently the Head of Community at Pineapple, the professional network for Gen-Z.  In this conversation, we talk about: Her eagerness to take ownership of new initiatives, while in her first role as an Executive Assistant, becoming the brand manager at Blume...

Amna is an early employee and Sr. Product Manager at Zus Health, empowering an entirely new wave of healthcare builders to create technologies and services without the usual blockers. In this conversation, we talk about: Her transition from a software developer to a product manager Her experience at Zus and the efforts required for taking initiatives from 0-1, in the HealthTech space And the simil...