About Me
Hi, I’m Greg 👋
I like building things. I grew up between London and New York and now live in Los Angeles.
Things I’m currently doing
- Investing
Career things I’ve completed (LinkedIn)
- Head of Product at PickTrace. PickTrace digitizes the back office and field operations of businesses that grow and harvest specialty crops in the US.
- Co-Founder and Head of Product at Path (now Rula). Path is a health-tech company that makes it easy to find a therapist that is covered by your insurance and meets your specific needs. Learn more about what we’re up to from CrunchBase, TechCrunch and Business Insider. Backed by many incredible VCs such as Tribe Capital and Upfront Ventures.
- Senior Product Manager at Inspire.
- Product Manager at MomentFeed.
- CEO & Co-Founder at Rappora (Acquired by CareSwitch). Rappora was SaaS for non-medical home care industry. We helped agency owners manage and grow their businesses by providing digital timesheets, caregiver scheduling, care tracking, and payroll processing tools.
- Software Designer at IBM.
- Master of Integrated Innovation for Products & Services (MIIPS) from Carnegie Mellon University.
- BFA in Industrial Design from the Massachusetts College of Art & Design.
- Child’s party entertainer in Boston during college ($75/hr plus tip!). Experience being Batman, Elmo, Barney and Superman. Open to coming out of party entertainment retirement for the right offer.
A few things you should check out
My short-series health care podcasts:
In 2018 and 2019, I launched two short-series podcasts that documented the experiences of two relatively unknown members of the healthcare ecosystem: family caregivers and patient advocates.
The Family Caregiver Podcast: On the FCG Podcast I interview Family caregivers and document their personal stories. Family caregivers are individuals who care for a sick, elderly or disabled loved one. I wrote about family caregivers if you’re interested in learning more:
- Who are Family Caregivers?
- Why do Family Caregivers Exist?
- The Future of Caregiving
- Helping Family Caregivers
- Dear Orlando Airport Family Caregiver…
The Patient Advocate Podcast: On the Patient Advocate Podcast I interview Patient Advocates to better understand who they are, what they do, and how their profession is growing in prevalence. Patient advocates are individuals you can hire to help you navigate complex medical situations such as cancer treatment and end of life planning.
Some of my favorite pieces of content:
Interesting concept: I often daydream about what the intermediary step will be between where we are today with driving cars and achieving fully autonomous vehicles. I follow Vay closely and love their vision. I highly recommend checking out their product video here.
Interesting space: Alternative investment vehicles and platforms are beginning to emerge as attractive options to the tried-and-true asset classes like stocks and real estate. I have been following and participating in companies like Moonfare, Bonside, and Percent. I find the private equity world extremely interesting, and it can be fun to (attempt to) step into Stephen Schwarzman’s shoes every now and then.
Interesting terms: Two terms I have been in love with for years are “Zugzwang” and “Querencia”:
- Zugzwang: (German for “compulsion to move”, pronounced [ˈtsuːktsvaŋ]) is a situation found in chess and other turn-based games wherein one playeris put at a disadvantage because of their obligation to make a move; a player is said to be “in zugzwang” when any legal move will worsen their position.
- Querencia: “A querencia is a place the bull naturally wants to go to in the ring, a preferred locality…It is a place which develops in the course of the fight where the bull makes his home. It does not usually show at once, but develops in his brain as the fight goes on. In this place he feels that he has his back against the wall and in his querencia he is inestimably more dangerous and almost impossible to kill.” — Ernest Hemingway, Death in the Afternoon
Thing I collect… Operator Blogs
I like to collect the personal sites of accomplished operators in the tech industry. Here’s a running list:
- MollyG Substack: COO/Head of operations for multiple organizations.
- A Smart Bear: Founder of WP Engine. This is probably my most frequneted operator blogs. Highly recommend!
- Andrew Bosworth: Meta CTO
- Danielle Morrill: One of my first Twitter follows so Danielle holds a special place in my heart as someone I was (and still am) inspired by.
- Patrick Collison: Stripe founder and CEO
- Ayokunle Omojola: CPO at Carbon Health, previously early PM at Cash App
- Will Larson: CTO at Carta. A weekly read for me.
- Sam Lessin: Prior VP of Product at Facebook, now GP at SlowVentures
- Tyler Hogge: Venture Partner at Pelion
- Brian Balfour: Founder of Reforge amongst other things. Growth expert.
- Harry Glaser: Co-Founder and CEO of Modelbit
- Surya Dantuluri: Multi-time founder, twitter philosopher.
