Prior to joining Trello, Nikita led acquisition and growth at Knewton, an education technology company specializing in adaptive learning. All told, she spent nearly a decade in education technology working to improve language learning and create adaptive learning products. Because she believes that products are only as great as the teams that build them, she's focused her career on fixing, nurturing, and growing tech teams in Shanghai, London, and New York.

Nikita joined the Product Co-op to help early-stage founders build successful product teams. She’s also interested in broadening the network of founders who have access to early-stage funding.

Previously, Zander served on the investment team at Union Square Ventures, where he focused on healthcare and blockchain investments. He launched his career in the New York tech scene as a software developer and still loves to code.

Zander joined the Product Co-op to help early-stage founders iterate to product-market fit. It's a challenge he recently faced (and will never be done tackling). He believes it’s the most important thing to get right in a company's infancy, and that early-stage founders would be well-advised to lean on a network of experienced, product-focused operators who have already cleared this hurdle. He’s excited to be one of them.

In 2014, he sold it to Pegasystems, where he continued to run the Firefly product internally, building out the team while overseeing product management, engineering, marketing strategy, customer demos and training for Pega’s 300-person salesforce.

Dan also runs a widely-read blog on all facets of building startups, and his writing has appeared regularly on Quartz, LifeHacker, and PandoDaily. In 2017, he co-organized and co-produced the Love-a-thon, a Facebook Live telethon held on Inauguration Day to raise money for the ACLU and Planned Parenthood. It ended up raising $200,000 and was viewed by over 1.5 million people.

He’s interested in scrappy founders running unsexy businesses, and AR/VR companies.

Prior to Dropbox, Olivia built the Innovation and School Experience Teams at AltSchool, to enable personalization in real-world classrooms. She was also VP of Product at Jive, an early leader in communication and collaboration, from Series B through IPO. Earlier in her career, she worked on both consumer and enterprise products and platforms with a focus on UX.

Over the last several years, Olivia has enjoyed getting to know and help startup teams across domains through advising and M&A. She’s excited to continue that through the Product Co-Op, which will give her a few more ways to lend a hand and pay forward the time and expertise that's aided her along the way.

He started his career at Schematic, an award-winning interactive agency that was acquired by WPP. After that, he founded a mobile app startup in 2010, and worked in product management at Location Labs, acquired by AVG. He graduated from the University of Southern California, where he studied entrepreneurship and cinematic arts.

Max has invested in and advised many startups, helping them with product strategy, growth, operations and company building. He’s excited to work with even more young companies through the Product Co-Op.

Previously, he led the Timelines Team at Twitter, where he spearheaded the transition to an algorithmically ranked feed. Paul graduated Dartmouth College with a BA in computer science and has spent the last decade building software he hopes brings people closer together. He’s eager to meet entrepreneurs who have a strong belief about the way the world can be, and are working hard to make it a reality. He’s excited to share what he’s learned along the way.