Andrew Cross
Founder & CEO @Goosechase
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WORK HISTORY
Founder & CEO @Goosechase
Successfully bootstrapped GooseChase from hackathon idea to rapidly growing SaaS business used by millions. What started out as a discardable scavenger hunt app is now a robust platform focused on connecting people through experiences! We\'ve got a world-class team and are growing rapidly - if working on something fun that makes a positive impact on the world is intriguing to you, I\'d love to hear from you!These days I\'m focused primarily on two things:1. Setting the vision & strategy for the company, building out our culture & taking lead on all of our recruitment initiatives. While we may be growing rapidly, we want to make sure we\'re doing that in a sustainable way. Our team members have lives, hobbies & relationships outside of work and we see that as an asset to our culture, not a nuisance getting in the way of “the real work”. Simply put, we\'re building the company that we want to work at.2. Leading our product development team and making sure that we build the right things. This part of my role is all about hiring great people, defining a clear vision, converting that into clear outcome-focused goals and then getting out of the way!
EDUCATION
University of Waterloo
Bachelor of Applied Science, Option in Management Science
SKILLS
ABOUT ANDREW CROSS
I\'m a product and culture person. When I use a product, I\'m subconsciously taking notes of new ways of doing things that can be applied to the products I create. When I learn about another company\'s culture, I\'m doing the same. As my role has shifted from product building to company building, I\'ve become a bit obsessed with understanding what makes people their most productive and happiest. I want to understand what the key things are that make people look back and say \"those were the best work years of my life\". And then figure out how to those in our culture now.Beyond product and culture, I seem to have a knack for picking up new skills & understanding things quickly. After starting out as the business-focused founder of GooseChase, I successfully taught myself how to code (web, iOS & Android) and switched to the technical lead, just because it needed to be done. I love taking data points & insights from a variety of places and combining them to evolve my understanding of something, even if it doesn\'t seem particularly relevant right now. If I\'m not learning, I\'m not having fun!And lastly, I really, really love burritos. To the point that the emoji has been \"given\" to me at GooseChase - I don\'t know if that\'s a good thing or not, but I\'ll take it!
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