J Cornelius
Founder Donna (donnasays.com) at Donna Says
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJ Cornelius is a founder and product strategist with 30 years of human-centered design and operations experience, known for taking ideas from napkin sketch to products used by millions. He built and led Nine Labs, shipped 40+ products for Fortune 500s and startups, grew consumer software to 50M users at CoffeeCup, and scaled a web hosting business to acquisition. As an operator who ran restaurants, a tasting room, and hospitality businesses, he uniquely blends frontline hospitality insight with product leadership—now building Donna, a restaurant management platform for independent operators. Author of Loops: Building Products with Clarity & Confidence, he advises founders and product teams on strategy, positioning, and execution, favoring practical frameworks over trendy pivots. Based in Atlanta, he chooses deliberate exits and focused ventures, preferring to close companies responsibly rather than misalign with client needs.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Business Administration, Management and Operations at The Wharton School
Github Skills (25)
markdown9
github-desktop9
ruby9
static-site9
liquid9
jekyll9
blog-engine8
typescript8
site-generator8
electron8
static-site-generator7
git7
css7
github7
react6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ninelabs/ninelabs.com
Oct 2015 - Jun 2017
Contributions:3 releases, 94 PRs, 183 pushes in 1 year 9 months
ninejekyllcompany-website
jcornelius/axisgroup
Feb 2020 - May 2024
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
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