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8 early-stage founders: HBS grad fights migraines as Big Tech veterans pivot to B2B tools

Nov 11, 2025
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People

  • Alexander G. (Dublin, Ireland)

    • VP & GM at Workhuman and former Product Leadership at Zalando, now founder of Esteem Studio building tools to turn employee feedback into action.

    • LinkedIn

  • André Simões (Lisboa, Portugal)

    • Product Line Manager turned co-founder of Cloudsweep. Previously spent 10 years as an architect at Xpand IT before moving into product management at Crossjoin Solutions.

    • LinkedIn

  • Daniel Rafaeli (London, United Kingdom)

    • E-commerce and business development professional at TikTok, focusing on FMCG partnerships. Previously led partner management at bodo and worked as a vendor manager at Amazon.

    • LinkedIn

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