https://www.productnerd.space MP | Education, Product, Philosophy, Good Life Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:36:30 +0000 https://www.productnerd.space en http://www.productnerd.space/Story Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:36:30 +0000 MP | Education, Product, Philosophy, Good Life 399191 tl;drNOMAD Roaming around the world with a laptop, growing Kaimakki Studio and building digital education products that teach life skills. GENERALIST LIFEBeliever in a generalist(80%) approach to work and life. PRODUCT 10+ years in product. In particular digital tech and startups. Worked in aerospace, VC, blockchain, fintech, APIs and marketplaces in London, Berlin, Singapore &amp; the US. I want to help build the future of adult lifelong learning via Afterhours THE GOOD LIFE Small circle. Deep experiences. Soulful creation.&nbsp;Good food. Doing things you love with people you love. Building cool things with cool people.Slow, quiet, simple at home; powerful, courageous and ambitious at work.&nbsp; <img width="1136" height="1133" width_o="1136" height_o="1133" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ced5a6e8d04844daba9488ee09198813e4c4ad4c6d9d8753ce74014bfb14dadf/Untitled_Artwork-9.png" data-mid="1071966" border="0" /> (long version) Born in Cyprus.At school: high marks &amp; low behaviour scores. Cared more about hobbies &amp; athletics than academics.Consumed by tech through tech magazines and video games. Decided to study engineering. Hated maths and physics until they clicked and then fell in love with them. Got into Imperial College London studying Aerospace Engineering. Worked on Future Projects at Airbus. Too slow. Discovered Design though the RCA and transitioned from hardcore science to eng design. Started reading about startups, decided to break into digital tech.Countless rejections. Emailed Roberto at InReach Ventures, a VC fund in London. Offered to work for free. We had coffee. He gave me a job as an Analyst and -in retrospect- openned the door to tech and startups. With time I realised I wanted something that combined tech, design and business. I thought that was utopia. He pointed me towards product. It has since become my passion. Moved to Berlin to join Neufund, a blockcahin startup tokenising equity. Was paid in BTC. It was 2016.Then back to London as a Technical Product Manager at Nexmo, a communications’ API company. 6 month traveling then moved to Singapore to join GRAB Deliveries as their youngest SPM. Absolutely loved my PM career yet decided to abandon it in 2022 to build edtech products with cool people while exploring the world and myself.Curiosity lead me to interesting places like breaking freediving NRs, designing clothes in Nepal, growing Notion’s Template marketplace, long-periods of snowboarding, buildign websites for Alpha School, growing Kaimakki Studio to six-figure profits and lots of play. Countless failiures, disappointments and 50 countries later, eyes are still on the ball: education. Let’s go! ✌️ the good lifeThe ultimate objective. Philosophy: x&nbsp;Alain de Botton x Epicurus x Aristotle x&nbsp;Ralph Waldo Emerson x Jordan Peterson philotimoeudaemoniaauthenticitylimted f*cksbalancewide open heartquiet slow monastic lifedangerous but in control ▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢▢ Greek Ethos▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢▢ Slow Movement▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩ Virtue Theory ▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩ Essentialism edtech &amp; learningClosest thing to a mission. <img width="637" height="579" width_o="637" height_o="579" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/fccc2716969896cfd3eb3e3c93912cf8c4c1d4da957611311e91e7a65b2a70d9/Untitled_Artwork-9-3.png" data-mid="1071967" border="0" /> My biggest dream is to build the future of adult learning. I do that via Afterhours: Duolingo for life skills. Transdisciplinary education (generalists)Game design x learningBeliever that edu is the most powerful tool we have to shape the future ▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢▢▢ Game Design ▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢▢ Instructional Design ▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢&nbsp; Science of learning ▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢▢ Edtech building▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢▢ Edu x AI product buildingMy meraki.<img width="632" height="681" width_o="632" height_o="681" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/da74969c8239f9d97eddf1870dd60f43c20a7b9cf520f4d7050ffb9bddc4bef6/Untitled_Artwork-9-2.png" data-mid="1071968" border="0" /> Product is my passion and Marketing is my love affair. Design for human not userCraftsmanship.Attention to DetailForgiveness &gt; ApprovalPeaceful ExecutionRich intimate delightful experiencesEmotion-lead designPrinciples first, Art second, People thirdSoft spot for&nbsp;typographyCV→ PRODUCT BUILDING▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢▢ Technical + Analytics▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢▢▢ Systems Design ▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢▢&nbsp; Psychology &amp; Behavioural Econ&nbsp; ▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢▢▢ Design MARKETING▩▩▩▢▢▢▢▢▢▢&nbsp; Branding ▩▩▩▩▢▢▢▢▢▢&nbsp; Growth athleticstravelfood Gym, adventuring, hunting down food spots. 5% city - 95% wild Water Pokemon but Mountain PersonLove cooking, love eating moreCollector of designer toy ▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▢Freediving 66m▩▩▩▢▢▢▢▢▢▢Skydiving ~80-B ▩▩▢▢▢▢▢▢▢▢Wakeboarding▩▩▩▩▩▩▢▢▢▢Snowboarding ▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩▩Swimming f&amp;fFamily &amp; Friends. What’s most important and precious. What makes everything possible and worth it. Partner in life and biz with people you love, respect and trustQuality over Quantity   let’s build together &nbsp; tl;drNOMAD Roaming around the world with a laptop, growing Kaimakki Studio and building digital education products that teach life skills. 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