guru by TJ Thinakaran
A new randomized clinical trial from Stanford University, in collaboration with CareMessage, just confirmed what many in public health have long suspected: Text messaging can…
John Larson helped fund, shape, and scale product-led growth. As one of the most active investors in the SaaS ecosystem—and a Zipwhip co-founder during its…
Caitlin O’Neill took an entry-level role reviewing short code applications for the CWTA (now CTA). Fourteen years later she’d run the program. But back then…
Gautam Hazari showed up in telecom by accident—but never left. In 2000, he was solving Y2K bugs for banks in Sydney. When the clock struck…
Stacy Rampersad started her career doing opt-outs escalations and writing how-to instructions on a Nokia flip phone. Today, she’s guiding some of North America’s biggest…
Zach Kunkel is a storyteller, a strategist, and a dad of two boys under four. It’s not on his LinkedIn profile, but his biggest lessons…
Lodema Steinbach has innovation in her blood. Her grandfather invented the popsicle—and when it didn’t take off fast enough, he paid neighborhood kids to ask…
Alla has always championed resilience and self-reliance. While still in college, she supplemented her stipend by interpreting for international organizations entering the former Soviet bloc…
When she’s not designing globally distributed infrastructure, Susan Duker is a volunteer EMT. The skills she uses in emergencies: 1) quick assessment, 2) precise responses,…
Eddie DeCurtis didn’t grow up watching The Sopranos—he lived it. His father and uncle were real-life made men. His childhood wasn’t filled with bedtime stories…
Kyle Blanchard has spent his entire career chasing engagement. First, it was extraterrestrials—he studied physics and astrophysics, landed a job offer with SETI, and almost…
Loyaan Egal is, quite literally, an African American—born to a Somali father and an American mother. That kind of cultural whiplash—ninth grade in Saudi Arabia,…