Josh Benjamin Sensei at TBD

Every day hundreds of millions of people use apps I've worked on, including Shazam, My O2 and My Vodafone. My own mind mapping app (iBlueSky) has been featured on the front page of the iTunes App Store.

I founded Product Hunt and now invest in early-stage startups out of Weekend Fund. Prior to that, I helped write Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and worked in product in the gaming industry.

I'm a product person, a programmer, and an engineering leader. I ❤ creating scalable web apps with amazingly great UI/UX. I'm interested in startups and entrepreneurship, and especially B2B SaaS. After nearly 7 years working in Silicon Valley, I'm now back in Florida where remote work is my jam. I’m currently Director of Engineering & Product at Close.com (which I helped start), building a product people love and growing our SaaS business to be something great. Previously I spent two years leading the Engineering team at Quizlet, building study tools that millions of students relied upon. I’ve also interned at Google and Yahoo! as a software engineer, and did lots of freelance website design while at the University of Florida. I write in JavaScript, CSS, Python, and PHP. I also can speak to databases and make servers do stuff. I like working on scalability, performance, design, and great user experiences. https://philfreo.com/ https://twitter.com/philfreo