Birk Jernström

Founder

Sweden20 yrs 8 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of multiple successful startups.
Expert in open source entrepreneurship.
Led product development for top shopping app.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and E-commerce entrepreneur with a strong focus on open source solutions.

Contact

Skills

Core Skills

Open SourceEntrepreneurshipProduct ManagementOperations ManagementBusiness DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentApi DevelopmentFull Stack DevelopmentConsulting

Other Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS)BashCommunity EngagementDebianDjangoGitHTML 5IT OperationsJavaScriptLogistics OptimizationMobile ApplicationsMobile DevicesMySQLPHPPostgreSQL

About

Working on a new startup. Mission: Expand the open source economy. Open source software enables all products and services that we use and love on a daily basis. It accelerates our velocity to innovate toward a better future. Empowering all of us to focus on breaking new ground and boundaries vs. re-inventing the wheel. It's time we fixed open source funding by building the platform empowering maintainers to become self-made entrepreneurs. Let's unleash a new era of open source entrepreneurship that doesn't have to be limited to venture backing. One that's accessible for all to start, grow and scale a new generation of businesses. You can either imagine it or come help me make it a reality.

Experience

Polar

CEO & Founder

Nov 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 4 mos · Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden · On-site

Developers have Vercel, Supabase, Laravel Cloud and others to build, ship and scale software.
Polar is building the equivalent for them to start, grow and scale businesses around it.
The future is more developers and more independent startups by them. We're building the platform to empower it.

Open SourceEntrepreneurshipBusiness Development

Shopify

2 roles

Director of Product

Sep 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos

Led the Shop Core team - in charge of the core Shop.app experience. Top 3 shopping app in the US with millions of monthly active users.

Product Management

Director Of Operations

Nov 2018 – Sep 2020 · 1 yr 10 mos

Part of founding the Shop team at Shopify (Shop.app & Shop Pay) & led operations as part of the leadership team

Operations Management

Tictail

3 roles

Head Of Business Development

Oct 2014 – Sep 2017 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Business Development

Co-Founder & General Manager (Acquired by Shopify)

Promoted

May 2011 – Nov 2018 · 7 yrs 6 mos

Tictail is the global online community that allows you to discover the world’s greatest independent brands.
We're on a mission to empower small businesses and help them become successful.
Through our online platform, we help local businesses reach a global audience through strong community integration, simplicity of use, and attractive, customizable design. With no need for coding or web-design experience, small business owners are given the tools to build global brands, including marketing advice, such as social media engagement recommendations, email newsletter set up, and customer retention techniques.
For shoppers, Tictail is the destination to discover and shop independent brands from around the world, with over 100K independent brands on the platform across 140 countries worldwide. Founded in Stockholm, Tictail currently has offices in both Sweden and New York.

Business Development

Chief Architect

May 2011 – Sep 2014 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Built the first version of the Tictail platform that empowered more than 100,000+ merchants around the world to build their online businesses.

Software Development

Stardoll

2 roles

Technical Lead, Social Games

Dec 2010 – Apr 2011 · 4 mos

In charge of API development for our mobile applications

API Development

Developer

Oct 2009 – Dec 2010 · 1 yr 2 mos

Worked as both frontend and backend developer for one of the largest sites in the world with over 100 million registered members. During the redesign of the site I was in charge of backend development and later our mobile initiative.

Full Stack Development

Stylesheet

Founder

Oct 2004 – Sep 2009 · 4 yrs 11 mos

Consulted for primarily Stockholm City - one of the largest newspapers in Sweden. I developed their distribution system which has significantly optimized logistics and reduced cost compared to prior systems. In total it has contributed to the delivery of hundreds of millions newspapers. Other clients included Good Old, iMake & Lista.se.

Consulting