About
Matt Holden founded Whywhywhy, a company focused on embed analytics in communication tools. He previously founded TapEngage through Y Combinator's 2011 batch, served as a Product Manager director at Dropbox, and worked as a product manager at Google.
Founder/CEO at TapEngageYC S11
Intro paths
YC
Matt went through Y Combinator (Summer 2011) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Co-founders at TapEngage
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Sean LynchFounder
Experience
- SliderCo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentBoulder, CO
- Capset LabsAI Engineer2023 — 2025Boulder, CO
- WhywhywhyFounder & CEO2020 — 2022Boulder
- GoogleSenior Product Manager (Search)2018 — 2020Boulder
- FullContact Inc.VP Product Management2016 — 2017Greater Denver Area
- DropboxDirector of Product Management2014 — 2015San Francisco
- DropboxProduct Manager2012 — 2014San Francisco
- TapEngage (acquired by Dropbox)Co-Founder & CEO2011 — 2012San Francisco
- GoogleProduct Manager2008 — 2011
- KBC Financial ProductsSoftware Engineer & Quant2007New York City
Skills & more
Product Management8User Interface Design3Software Development5Business Strategy2Public Speaking1Data AnalysisPython1JavaScript2Sketch AppReact.jsJuliaSQL
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HiveMobile ApplicationsAnalyticsProduct DevelopmentOnline AdvertisingSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Start-upsLanguages English · French
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Matt Holden?
- Matt Holden founded Whywhywhy, a company focused on embed analytics in communication tools. He previously founded TapEngage through Y Combinator's 2011 batch, served as a Product Manager director at Dropbox, and worked as a product manager at Google.
- Where does Matt Holden work?
- Matt Holden is Founder/CEO of TapEngage.
- What companies did Matt Holden found?
- Matt Holden founded TapEngage.
- Where did Matt Holden go to school?
- Matt Holden studied at University of Chicago (M.S., Mathematics); University of Cambridge (Master of Advanced Study (Part III), Mathematics); Pomona College (B.A., Mathematics).
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