Jul 7, 2021Introducing the Belonging FundAngel investing to help people heal, connect, and prosper — Being born to a single mom on welfare, the odds were not in my favor that someday I’d have enough money to invest in startups. But at every turn I have irrationally bet on myself and the future I want and envision to be true — so here I am…Angel Investors6 min readAngel Investors6 min read
Dec 11, 2020Squad is now part of Twitter!We have been acquired and will continue building the future of conversations at Twitter — I’m excited to announce that Twitter has acquired Squad! The team will be joining Twitter to broaden the spectrum of conversations people can have on the service. …Startup6 min readStartup6 min read
Oct 23, 2020How Squad is making voice and video hang outs a lot more funSay goodbye to boring calls — shared activities & self-expression lets you do more than just talk when hanging out on Squad — Two years ago when I started sharing what we were working on many people seemed skeptical that the future of hanging out with friends and strangers would be in voice and video chatrooms. I’d get asked, “Do people really want to co-watch videos, play games and shop together while FaceTiming?”Social Media4 min readSocial Media4 min read
Published inAll Raise·Aug 8, 2019Your company’s cap table matters — it’s who you’re making wealthy and powerful in the worldSquad’s $5M seed round was very diverse: yours can be too! — Now that we’ve announced our seed round was led by Hayley Barna, partner at First Round, I can talk about something I’ve become very passionate about — our cap table. Shortly after launching Squad it was obvious we had hit on something magical so I decided to put a fundraising process together to fuel our product development and growth.Startup6 min readStartup6 min read
Jan 7, 2019What if social apps were actually social?How I turned the biggest struggle of my life into Squad: the best way to hang out with friends while in your favorite apps — The beta version of Squad is live in the App Store. An Android version is coming soon — so get on the list if you want to hear when it drops. Just like Twitch unlocked the gaming experience by letting you stream to everyone on the internet, Squad unlocks your…Social Media7 min readSocial Media7 min read
Published inChatbots Magazine·Apr 25, 2016Bots Are Awesome! Humans? Not so MuchYour bots are talking to humans. Learn how to cope with this fact. — In the past few days my personal resume bot has exchanged over 24,000 messages via Facebook Messenger and SMS. It’s chatted with folks from every industry and has introduced me to people at Facebook, Microsoft, and Google — plus a half dozen small, compelling teams. What I learned about humans…Messaging7 min readMessaging7 min read
