Esther Crawford
CEO Founder at New co
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEsther Crawford is a product leader and former founder with a decade of experience building consumer-facing social products that drive engagement and monetization. As CEO and co‑founder of Squad (acquired by Twitter) she scaled a multi‑platform app to millions of users by making screen‑sharing and co‑watching delightfully social, then led 0→1 revenue and payments products at Twitter and now drives conversation-sparking product strategy at Meta. She pairs hands-on startup grit—fundraising, hiring, and board-level responsibilities—with enterprise-grade execution on pricing, compliance, and partnerships. An active angel investor and former Sequoia scout, she evaluates opportunities across consumer, SaaS, crypto, defense tech, and developer tools. Esther’s background in philosophy and international security and fluency in Arabic inform a user-first, globally minded approach to product and storytelling.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Founder in YC W18 batch., Founder in YC W18 batch. at Y CombinatorMaster’s Degree, International Relations and National Security Studies, Master’s Degree, International Relations and National Security Studies at Durham UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Philosophy, Bachelor’s Degree, Philosophy at Oregon State UniversityArabic Language Certificate, Arabic Language Certificate at University of Jordan
English, Arabic
Github Skills (7)
git10
github10
flask5
nodejs2
python2
oop1
javascript1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
agerista/code-challenge-practice
Mar 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:83 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
agerista/Awkward-Silence-Hotline
May 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:6 PRs, 62 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
pythonterriblejavascripthackathon-ideasnodejs
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