Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

• We provide high-integrity seed capital to startups, then help them find and expand product-market fit with our sprint methods, including the Design Sprint and Foundation Sprint.
• Early investors in Reclaim (acquired by Dropbox), Phaidra, Fathom, Orbital Materials, House Rx, Inductive Bio, Extend, CTGT, Bindwell, and 60+ other exceptional startups.

Oct 2017 – May 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos · Central America

• Mostly took a break from work and spent 18 months sailing from San Francisco to Key West via the Panama Canal. Visited Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and the Cayman Islands. Capped off our trip with a three-week roadtrip, driving from Key West to Annapolis, then to our new home in Milwaukee.

Jan 2015 – Present · 11 yrs 2 mos

• In 2015, I began writing about my experiments in making time for what matters in a world that's distracting, busy, and a little bit crazy. Jake Knapp and I launched Time Dorks, which attracted a huge following of people who wanted help with the same thing.
• Our 2018 book Make Time was a rallying cry for a new class of professionals who are rethinking the defaults of constant busyness and distraction.
• In 2020, we partnered with facilitator and coach Connor Swenson to help us bring Make Time into organizations around the world.

Jan 2012 – Present · 14 yrs 2 mos

• Together with Jake Knapp and the team at GV, I developed the Design Sprint process and have led sprints with startups including Uber, Slack, Flatiron Health, Gusto, Blue Bottle Coffee, One Medical Group, and Nest.
• In 2016, we published Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days, the authoritative guide to the Design Sprint process.

Jun 2011 – Aug 2017 · 6 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco, CA

• Early partner on portfolio support team, focused on product design and GTM.
• Helped create the Design Sprint and GV's model for supporting startups at scale. Worked hand-in-hand with nearly 200 portfolio companies.
• Investments included Flatiron Health, Gusto, Uber, HubSpot, Blue Bottle Coffee, One Medical Group, and Slack.
• I was also GV's in-house copywriter, editor, and content strategist. I created and edited the GV Library, which has attracted million of views since 2012. Helped rebrand Google Ventures to GV in 2015.

Jan 2010 – Jun 2011 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Led product design for v1 of the YouTube Channels Platform, which launched in early 2012.

Jun 2007 – Dec 2009 · 2 yrs 6 mos

• Led product design for DoubleClick Search and AdWords Editor.
• Worked on a variety of 0-to-1 projects related to ads, web publishing, help forums, and more.
• Hired after FeedBurner acquisition by Google in June 2007.

Jun 2005 – May 2007 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Early employee focused on product and marketing. Acquired by Google in June 2007.

Jun 2004 – May 2005 · 11 mos

• Designed and managed websites and a custom CMS for College of Agricultural & Life Sciences.

Oct 2003 – Feb 2004 · 4 mos

• Helped the web team move to a new content management system. Very tedious and not funny at all, but at least I got to read all the old issues of The Onion.

Jul 2003 – Dec 2005 · 2 yrs 5 mos

• Started a web agency in college. Built websites for small businesses and nonprofits.

Jan 2002 – Jan 2005 · 3 yrs

• Even in the early 2000s, you could just do things, including make and print 16k copies of a newspaper every day.

Jan 1998 – Jan 2003 · 5 yrs

• Taught hundreds of students (ages 7–60), created curriculum and lesson plans.