Harsh Patel

About Me

• Harsh Patel (🔊 huhrsh puh-tell) | Twitter, LinkedIn
• My Values + generally curious, optimistic, adventurous, level-headed.
• Past
• 🏢: Founder and/or CEO of MakerSquare then Hack Reactor then Galvanize (acq by $LRN for $165m)
• 👨🏽‍🏫: 5th and 8th grade Math / Science Teacher via TFA
• 🏠: Chicago —> NYC —> Austin —> Houston —> Chicago / SF —> Denver —> St. Louis
• Now
• 🤖 Building Macro, and helping with TIMRIT, Brolly, Intent and more. Follow along here.
• 😇 Angel Investor & Startup Advisor
• 👶🏽 Dad to a toddler, Arlo, and newborn Niam 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Partner to Monika
• 🏡 Living in St. Louis, MO
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Love to ⛷️ 🏌🏽‍♂️ 🥾 Will travel to ⛷️ 🏌🏽‍♂️ 🥾 with anyone w/ 48 hrs notice

• ⛷️: Mostly blacks sometimes double blacks, prefer bowls
• 🏌🏽‍♂️: A shameless 28 handicap (down from 50). Started playing May 2021.
• 🥾: Two 14-ers ✅ , generally stick to 1-8 miles, < 14k elevation

• My Beliefs [draft]
• Make energy dirt cheap >>> “Use less energy”
• “Hesitation Kills”