FOBO
Founder
Ryan Mickle
YC alum. Acquired, owner of Polymail (YC S16). Early advisor/investor. Started YC-backed consumer marketplace, then led product, sales to acq in 18 mo.
YC alum. Acquired, owner of Polymail (YC S16). Early advisor/investor. Started YC-backed consumer marketplace, then led product, sales to acq in 18 mo.
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ReadyForZero
Product Marketing
Product/marketing consulting for YC-backed startup, led by fantastic entrepreneurs Rod Ebrahimi and Ignacio Thayer.
Exit
Brokerkit
Co-founder and CEO
Lead product, UX, design, sales, and support to build the first gorgeous, intuitive and now fastest growing recruiting and retention CRM for real estate brokers. Bootstrapped... more the product from idea to first client in 6 weeks, profitability in 3 months, and acquisition in 1.5 years. Hired and trained sales and support team which now now serves 70k agents at more than 225 offices across the US and Canada.
Stealth SaaS
Employee
Founderkit
Co-founder
Reviews from experienced founders of tools to build startups. Featured as one of Product Hunt’s top products of the year.
Silicon Valley HBO
Technical Consultant
Worked with writing team to write and film Season 3 of HBO’s Silicon Valley.
Exit
FOBO
Co-founder and CEO
Led product of YC-backed consumer marketplaces, Yardsale and FOBO, raised over $2MM from top investors, featured in Wired, a TechCrunch, the NY Times, and by Apple’s App Store.
Dotherightthing
Co-founder
At a time where Web 2.0 and crowdsourcing were novel concepts, we built the first rating and ranking of companies’ social and environmental performance, driven by consumers’... more perceptions and contributions. It was immediately featured in Techcrunch and The NY Times.
Owner
After investing in and watching the Polymail team (YC S16) create a beautifully simple email client for busy professionals, I decided to take a stab myself at building the... more product and its community. Are you a fanatical email user? I’d love your feedback. Shoot me an email at ryan at polymail.io (sales pitches will be blocked, reported as spam, sorry)
Various Projects
Head of Product
After taking ~50 product ideas or major features to launch, building teams who later created Tinder, Bumble, and a lot more, I now consult startups to help them define, prototype,... more and launch their new products and optimize those ready for scale.
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YC alum. Early advisor/investor in 12 startups. Started YC-backed consumer marketplace, then led product, sales for SaaS product, acquired in 18 mo.
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