Matt McFadyen
@mattmcfad
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ex CTO @WillfulWills dev @rangleio alum @OntarioTechCS
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Joined March 2014
Ironic that we got free AI from a hedge fund and $200/month AI from a nonprofit.
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We gave each @WillfulWills team member $250 to donate to a charity of their choice (thx for the suggestion @amandayhli!). @kevinoulds & I donated to @SaveChildrenCan & @sickkids. We also saw $11M in cash gifts left in wills this year on Willful - easy way to leave a great legacy!
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Our first @WillfulWills retreat has been perfect. We brought 20 team members in from across the country for 3 days of workshops, fun, and team activities at Viamede resort. The perfect way to unite our remote team!
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It’s our birthday! Today marks four years of helping Canadians complete their estate and emergency planning documents. 🎉 We’re celebrating with a special birthday surprise, available today only. Head to https://t.co/NrTbTyBTSz to join the party! 🎁
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📣We're hiring a Senior Product Manager at @WillfulWills to drive our product roadmap - this person will report to our COO Julia, and work directly with our Conversion Manager, Director of Design, & CTO. More details here (& apply via @buildwithbloom):
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Reminder: @WillfulWills is hiring a full stack developer (back-end focus) to work with our CTO @mattmcfad: https://t.co/fqiRG975Fw Why should you come work at Willful? 1. Our mission matters! We're helping Canadian families get peace of mind through solid estate planning.
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We're hiring a full stack developer with a back-end focus at @WillfulWills - our CTO @mattmcfad is working with @AveryFrancis & the @buildwithbloom team & we're committed to seeking out and supporting candidates from underrepresented groups. Please share!
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working on self-driving in 1998 was both ahead of the curve and stupid. it seems we are ready now. how it started how it’s going
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This is what a team photo looks like in 2020! Amazed that we’re now a team of 15 beautiful humans at @WillfulWills - more than double our size at this time last year. 💙
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This is insane. The M1-based MacBooks don’t even blink when the display configuration changes.
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Trying a horrible experiment... Which will the Twitter algorithm pick: Mitch McConnell or Barack Obama?
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Thrilled to share @WillfulWills has raised a round of funding to help us scale & realize our vision of becoming the go-to digital estate planning brand in Canada. Raising through a pandemic was a rollercoaster, but we have amazing partners at Tactico:
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Willful, which provides online will and estate planning, has raised $800,000 in seed financing.
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In a million different ways, women and BIPOC need to fight for their own lived experience to be accepted as true and real. Here is my story on being gaslit in the workplace:
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Every idea needs a Medium
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Reminder: we're giving free @WillfulWills plans to frontline healthcare workers - if that's you, or you know someone who needs emergency planning documents, please point them here. We've had almost 600 healthcare workers claim the offer thus far 🙏 https://t.co/9dEkZYn4Ja
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Willful is offering a free Essentials Plan online will valued at $99 for all healthcare workers in Canada. It’s our way of saying “Thanks!” for keeping us all safe and healthy! Learn more.
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We're proud to partner with @trustandwill to offer thousands of free emergency planning documents to frontline healthcare workers in the U.S. and Canada. These doctors, nurses, & healthcare pros are risking their lives every day, & being urged to create/update wills & POA docs.
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