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Brendan Irvine-Broque

Founder

Founder at Awesometalk

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedAwesometalk · YC

About

Brendan Irvine-Broque previously worked on product at Cloudflare.

Founder at AwesometalkYC W14

Intro paths

YC

Brendan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2014) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Brendan can intro founders to Awesometalk's investors below.

Awesometalk's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2014

Co-founders at Awesometalk

MIMatt Insler
Matt InslerFounder

Experience

  1. CloudflareSenior Director of Productcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. CloudflareDirector of Product2024 — 2025San Francisco, CA
  3. CloudflareGroup Product Manager2023 — 2024San Francisco, CA
  4. CloudflareProduct Manager2022 — 2023San Francisco, CA
  5. VSCO®Senior Engineering Manager2019 — 2020Oakland, California
  6. IntercomEngineering Manager, Messenger2018 — 2019San Francisco, California, United States
  7. IntercomEngineering Manager, Growth2017 — 2018San Francisco, California, United States
  8. IntercomProduct Engineer2015 — 2017San Francisco, California, United States
  9. Lucid Design GroupProduct Designer2014 — 2015Oakland, CA
  10. AwesomeboxCo-founder2013 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  11. UnifiedProduct Manager2013San Francisco Bay Area
  12. PageLever (Acquired by Unified)Director of Growth2012 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
  13. Inside NetworkProduct Manager2012San Francisco, CA
  14. Piecelock70Director of Operations2009 — 2011Los Angeles, CA
  15. Cavern DiscosFounder & General Manager2006 — 2011Los Angeles, California
  16. University of California, Santa CruzSummer Orientation Leader2008Santa Cruz, California, United States
  17. University of California, Santa CruzConference Center Manager2007 — 2008Santa Cruz, California, United States
  18. KZSC Santa CruzHip-Hop Music Director2007 — 2008San Francisco Bay Area
  19. Quannum ProjectsIntern2007San Francisco Bay Area
  20. YMCA of the East BaySummer Camp Counselor2006 — 2007Albany, California, United States
  21. City and County of San FranciscoIntern, Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services2006San Francisco Bay Area
  22. Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon ValleyConstruction Intern2005West Oakland, CA

Skills & more

EngineeringEmber.jsProduct ManagementEngineering ManagementProduct DesignServerless ComputingProduct MarketingMusic IndustryGrowth MarketingEarly-stage StartupsTypeScriptSoftware Development
+12 moreDesignCustomer AcquisitionFull-Stack DevelopmentAPI DevelopmentFront-End DevelopmentJavaScriptRubyRuby on RailsReact.jsMySQLAmazon Web Services (AWS)Cloudflare

Languages English · Portuguese

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Brendan Irvine-Broque?
Brendan Irvine-Broque previously worked on product at Cloudflare.
Where does Brendan Irvine-Broque work?
Brendan Irvine-Broque is Founder of Awesometalk.
What companies did Brendan Irvine-Broque found?
Brendan Irvine-Broque founded Awesometalk.
Where did Brendan Irvine-Broque go to school?
Brendan Irvine-Broque studied at University of California, Santa Cruz (B.A., Linguistics); Albany High School; Y Combinator.

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University of California, Santa Cruz mafia20

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Shared employers

Also worked at Unified3

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Also worked at PageLever (Acquired by Unified)2

David TurnerFounder at PageleverJeff WidmanFounder at Pagelever

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Josh ConstineVenture Partner at SignalFire

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