August Flanagan

I grew up in rural Montana, where my family still keeps a homestead on the Missouri River. I studied biochemistry at the University of Washington and computer science at the University of British Columbia. A Bonderman Fellowship sent me around the world for a year. After that I spent a couple years living in Latin America, including Cuba, Colombia, and Mexico, before settling in the Bay Area.

I've co-founded two startups:

• Babylist: CTO and product leader from $0–$100M+ in annual revenue.
• Cronitor: a bootstrapped SaaS I co-founded in 2014, still bootstrapped with no employees.

Every year I make a handful of angel investments and back a few nonprofits. Right now that's:

• Common Ground Society
• Montana Food Bank Network
• National Affordable Housing Network
• Surfrider Foundation
• Point Blue Conservation Science (Farallon Islands research station)

I split my time between Berkeley and Santa Cruz. Most of my free time goes to surfing and skiing with my kids, or hanging out on the beach with my dog, Doc.

Elsewhere

• X
• LinkedIn
• GitHub
• thecronking.com