Eric Brownrout is a product-focused founder and former product manager with 11 years of experience building and scaling SaaS products from ideation to YC-backed startups. As Co-Founder of Frigade (YC W23), he helps teams improve user onboarding and retention with AI-powered in-product guidance, and his work has attracted investors including General Catalyst and founders from Dropbox and Vercel. Prior to Frigade he co-founded Perform and Pvmnt and led product at Digit and LinkedIn, blending early-stage founder grit with enterprise product discipline. A Northwestern Computer Science graduate and former valedictorian, he combines technical roots with a knack for turning complex user flows into measurable growth outcomes—often by optimizing the subtle moments that drive long-term retention.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Valedictorian and Graduation Speaker, Valedictorian and Graduation Speaker at Calabasas High School
W23, W23 at Y Combinator
Computer Science, Computer Science at Northwestern University
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