Emiliano Abad

I'm an entrepreneur, product designer, product manager, half-economist, half-developer

About me

• Grew up in Recife
• On the web since the 1994 - big on IRCs and MUDs back then
• Went to study Economics after reading The Use of Knowledge in Society - dropped out after 2 years
• Ran Brazil's largest digital design event at the time
• Graduated in Design and went to build stuff
• Lived in São Paulo, San Francisco Bay Area, now in Lisbon
• Started three companies:
  • First one popular and not profitable
  • Second had a good run and a happy exit
  • Third went through Y Combinator
• Product Leader in three unicorns: Loft, Loggi, Gympass/Wellhub
• Now leading Monastic AI - an early-stage AI lab in Lisbon and Hamburg