about

Hi. I'm Emily Something.

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👋 I’ve used a few last names in my life [for non-standard reasons], so this here is the one to end them all.

💁‍♀️ I’m a [curious] life learner, a [start-up] business girl, [enthusiastic] chief of staff/stuff, [careful] crypto enthusiast, [excitable] AI tinkerer, [intense] friend, and a [figuring-out-my-village] mom of one.

☀️ Today-ish ⤵️:

Most recently I’m Chief of Staff / acting CFO of an internet media company, a Board observer for a puzzle company, director for a non-profit that I'm really proud of, raising a cute + bold daughter, dreaming up creative projects, and forever playing with the answers to “what am I doing with my life”. I still get more emails than I’d like but overall love Mondays, which is one of my KPI’s for a GoodLife™️. I’m really good at signing up for things I know little about, and the excitement of trials + tribulations are how I learn best. I’m usually drawn to impossibilities and turning them into triumphs with some wild life stories along the way that someday I’ll share in excruciating detail. This has all resulted in an interesting, somewhat existential enneagram 7 kind of life and a lot of learnings from leagues of friends, therapists, and educators along the way.

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💼 A little more history ⤵️:

I’ve worked in biomedical manufacturing, travel + leisure, clinical studies, social media, consumer goods, and web3 which really just means I’m interested in everything.

I make drone videos, take photographs, make zines, and write personal anecdotes when I’m experiencing big things.

I studied finance in school although I would’ve preferred to study film or design, and still cry over corporate tax strategy.

I’ve started a few silly businesses over time: wedding + portrait photography which peaked at taking photos (🔗) of a famous pig’s birthday party (🔗), a cinnamon import / ecommerce shop, and most laughably a record label + touring/production company I created for a band that still makes 20 monthly listeners very happy, per Spotify (🎵).

But most notable of all of my well-intended dreams was the management consulting company that I quit my corporate day job to start, that eventually led me on a path to 2 board seats and a few stints at various roles like Executive Assistant, Head of Labs, Chief of Staff, and CFO alongside my two favorite nerdtrepreneurs Josh (🔗) and Abraham (🔗).

On most days, I’m quite happy and tend to smile a lot – on others, I'm devastated by life and write a lot of sad, rage filled poems.

As a result of the twists and turns that have led me to present-day, I’ve learned to encourage myself to not get stuck in the same situation for long if I’m not happy, endeavor to keep Monday’s my favorite day of the week, indulge in honest communication, be good at things I don’t actually like, rarely be satisfied, and co-create magic that is worth story-telling to anyone who’ll listen.❤️‍🔥