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, and I spent a few years living in Latin America, including Cuba, Colombia, and Mexico, before settling in the Bay Area.

I've founded two companies:

• Babylist: founder and CTO. Grew it from zero to $100M in annual revenue.
• Cronitor: a bootstrapped SaaS I co-founded in 2014. Still bootstrapped, still making millions a year, still 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
• 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, skiing, and hanging out on the beach with my dog, Doc.

Elsewhere

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• LinkedIn
• GitHub
• thecronking.com