Matt Nish is a founder and product-minded engineer with 13 years of experience building developer-facing products and startups, best known for co-founding Bonsai (YC W16), which was acquired by Zoom. Based in Boulder, he blends design sensibility from a Film & Media Studies background with technical entrepreneurship training from Y Combinator and UCSB’s Technology Management Program. He excels at turning ambiguous problems into polished, market-ready software and has a knack for shipping simple UX-driven solutions that scale. His career sits at the intersection of product, design, and engineering, favoring rapid experimentation and customer-driven iteration. Less obvious: his film/media roots inform a storytelling approach to product strategy and user experience that helps teams align around compelling narratives.
13 years of coding experience
Y Combinator
BA Film & Media Studies Technology Entrepreneurship Certificate (Technology Management Program), BA Film & Media Studies Technology Entrepreneurship Certificate (Technology Management Program) at UC Santa Barbara
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
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