Goodbye Conversion

Hey guys, There’s been a few people asking what’s been going on with me, and I think the cats out of the bag already to a few of you but I’m leaving Conversion to start my own company.

Before I talk about why, I really want to geniunely thank each one of you guys for the last four years of my life. I can unequivocally say that joining this team, is the best thing that’s ever happened to me. I always say that I’m proud to be one of Neil and James’ first believers but the truth is they were one of my first believers. And looking around the room at you guys today only reaffirms to me that they have good taste indeed. You guys are some of the best in the world, and everything that I do is modeled after the talent that I see around me. From being a 19 year old kid and growing up together with some of you guys - experiencing all of our pivots and ups and downs, I can only say my journey here’s gonna be with me for the rest of my life.

Now what am I up to? I am starting my own company! I’ve wanted to do this for a really long time now and Neil and James have known for awhile that my dream has been to go for it. 3 months ago, my friend hit me up and asked to start a company together. And I said no, as a testimate to my belief in conversion. So instead she asked to just hack on a project together and so I started playing with the technology and had a fun time. I think what I realized while working with her was that she’s a tremendous operator and someone that I would regret not working with in my life. So I pondered it for a few weeks as we released our mvp. And after agonizing over it for a couple weeks, I realized a few things.

  1. The EV of being at Conversion right now is super huge. There are never that many companies at any given point in time scaling to hundreds of people and to be able to see it is an opportunity that I would have to miss out on.
  2. My biggest regret is not being able to see the people I care about most win together.
  3. My desire to leave is a purely irrational one, but the pull to live out my dreams is one that I can’t not do.

So as a parting thought, none of this is because I don’t believe in the team or the vision anymore. If anything, I believe in both more than ever. It’s just something that I have to do. So thanks for the best years of my life guys. You guys will definitely kill it. Also I’ll definitely be around, I’m not dying or anything. So you’ll still see me, maybe even in an advisory capacity.