
Kristen Anderson
@FintechKristen
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Product Lead @CashApp. Exited founder. Making things people want. Tweeting opinions that are my own but that I’m willing to share.
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Joined November 2013
Getting rid of all your maternity clothes feels like graduating. I’d like a diploma for surviving, please.
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Although happy ending is that since I spent all my marketing budget OOH the week before Covid ravaged America, I had no choice but to pursue partnerships in 2020, which is how I got an integration done with Square. ❤️.
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One time I spent my annual marketing budget on a dozen billboards that said Catch in Austin, Texas to get all the SXSW freelancers to notice. They went up March 1, 2020. 🦠. Founders are made of tough stuff. 🤗. Anyway, cool billboard Plaid 💙
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The Intelligence Briefing /The Vantasner Danger Meridian • 9PM-12AM CT. Repeat until 3am CT. Worship music before main event! Tune in NOW! @realMaryFanning @FSociety_1942 China, Russia, Kim Jong-un—are we crossing the Vantasner Danger Meridian?
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Found this old manual in our attic. Software engineering coursework from Carnegie Mellon and the DoD in 1996. Vibe coders will never believe engineers used to learn to write code via printed paper in three ring binders.
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One of the ones that at the time made me furious was “Are you and Andrew secretly married?”. Though it was massively offensive in that moment now that we have two kids I guess I’m a little more sympathetic to the curiosity 🫠.
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Found an old notebook from our first year building Catch (2018). One page had a list of “feedback” from VCs. 1. “Is this you? You’re the CEO? Your hair looks different than the photo.”. 2. “Your title indicates you have an ego.”. 3. “I don’t believe you have what it takes.”. 🤣.
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It’s official! We’re headed to Berkeley. Thank you all for the recommendations and input! We’ll be there by the end of September and eager to hang out with cool people. California here we commmmeeeee 😎🍊☀️.
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Modify with Instructions is available now in Dream Machine to all subscribers. Direct changes in any video for swapping, removal, refinements and restyling across VFX, advertising, film, and design workflows using natural language. Try it today.
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Here’s mine if anyone wants to support me buying dessert and champagne that I force @ajambrosino to enjoy while I talk about how Taylor is the unapologetic leader and artist we all want to be 🌹.
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I’ll kick in $50 to whoever’s got a pool for the Taylor and Travis girls’ night that I KNOW some of you are planning right now. Share the link. I may even get a few other heavy hitters to kick in. We’re all romantics here at @CashApp. Congrats Taylor!.
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Tonight: The Cherry-Orange Manhattan . - 2oz bourbon.- 3/4oz sweet vermouth.- 2 dashes cherry bitters.- Bar spoonful of dry curaçao.- Garnish with a luxardo. Stir for at least 60s over ice to super chill. Feeling very fancy🎩🍒🍊.
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Or, who knows. Maybe we just YOLO my prototypes into production.
@drewdil It's becoming part of my default toolkit for communicating. Briefs/narratives are great for some things. Spreadsheets are great for others. Working prototypes are great for lots of "here's what I'm thinking" internal storytelling.
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Vibe coding feels a bit like working with a junior employee, except the quality of that junior employee is entirely based on your direct guidance and clarity. It's like if managerial feedback loops were instant and super finely tuned. Kinda spooky. Kinda amazing.
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Anyway I hit two years at Cash App this week and I will not be taking any prisoners. I am not here to suffer fools. We will be building amazing things. I have too much to prove. Do not get in the way.
3 years ago, we knew we needed to sell Catch. CAC/LTV wasn’t working. We were burned out. We’d built great technology, but a default dead business. We got an offer for acquisition. From a huge tech company. Leadership wined and dined us. Then tech winter hit. They pulled their.
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3 years ago, we knew we needed to sell Catch. CAC/LTV wasn’t working. We were burned out. We’d built great technology, but a default dead business. We got an offer for acquisition. From a huge tech company. Leadership wined and dined us. Then tech winter hit. They pulled their.
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"A stylish woman in a beige coat walking confidently past a moving train at a modern train station.". Create images and videos in seconds with Grok Imagine.
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Thomas absolutely crushing the Proto modular miner announcement today. Let's GO.
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What’s the one feature you wish we had on Cash App P2P? . Intellectualizers with shitty insights will be blocked. Don’t be a pundit. What do YOU want?.
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My mom wants us to start marketing Pools to women 60+ citing their frequent social gatherings. Book clubs, camping trips, pickleball court rentals…. Is this genius targeting or is the CAC/LTV most definitely underwater?.
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Spent this week IRL with @owenbjennings and the Cash App Product team at HQ in Oakland. Can't imagine a better way to top it off than that earnings call. Just getting started, folks. 💚
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I LOVE it when reporters ask for live demos. Adam reached out to see how it worked – not just rely on the press release. 💚. When he got a text from me with the link to an out of network payment, I got a little "whoa." 🤑. Thanks for the feature @Money! .
money.com
Cash App now lets groups split bills using Apple Pay or Google Pay — no app needed.
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