Summary
Taryn Crimi is an entrepreneur and CEO in San Francisco who blends eight years of technology experience with over a decade in mindset transformation to reshape early education through her EdTech startup Inspireflys. She built and scaled Mindset Matters from zero to a 175,000-strong email audience and designed high-impact digital courses and funnels that supported large-group coaching and automated delivery. Her work bridges business strategy, product development, and curricular design while driving measurable operational efficiencies—she reduced burn rate by 35% while hiring mission-aligned talent. A PhD-focused researcher in counseling psychology, she brings a unique synthesis of metaphysical inquiry and positive psychology to classroom-ready programs that teach children mental skills early. As a former software engineer at Yelp and current CEO, she combines product-minded technical fluency with storytelling and keynote experience to influence educators and policymakers. Outside work she’s a mother of four, studies Hindi, and channels creativity and nature into her mission to make mindset the foundation of learning.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Sociology, Business Management and Economics, Bachelor's degree, Sociology, Business Management and Economics at Drew University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Counseling Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Counseling Psychology at University of Sedona
French, English