Nick Yehle

Co-Founder, COO, CFO, CTO

Transformed idea into a profitable business with over $250k in annual revenue. Led fundraising effort, raising $50,000 in venture capital and > $400,000 in crowdfunding (third most backed Kickstarter campaign in history of coffee industry). Developed manufacturing partnerships and served as architect of international supply chain, remaining operational throughout COVID. Built and maintained backend infrastructure of a multi-channel sales pipeline, achieving consistent sales growth in DTC, wholesale, and retail markets. Directly managed all financial operations of company, generated regular reports, maintained consistent communications with board, handled tax matters, and managed all money coming into and leaving company. Built a multitude of internal tools, combining disparate streams of data into dashboards, streamlining decision making, and enhancing productivity. Wrote patent applications and negotiated all contracts with company's partners.

Product Manager

Implemented a new scalable backend platform for a local political nonprofit to streamline customer acquisition, event management, and strengthen online member community.

Products Intern

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Me in a Nutshell

I once had a therapist tell me "you know, Nick, you're not on a very traditional life path." I hadn't thought of it like that before. What kind of life path am I on? I grew up in a good home in the suburbs of Chicago, and attended a summer camp from age 8 onward that is focused on outdoor canoe trips. When I was 16, I was on a 3 week long 500 mile canoe trip that shot a polar bear in self defense. In the fourth grade, I played frosty the snowman in a school play and wrote a poem that won some award. One time in 5th grade, I was given the choice in gym class between zumba and flag football, and all of the boys did football and the girls did zumba. I couldn't choose and ended up crying about it on the floor of the gymnasium. I was often unknowingly dealing with crippling anxiety as a child, and didn't learn to love myself until much later in life. In 6th grade, I accidentally pulled a fire alarm (I lifted up the plastic cover - I thought, if the cover would set the alarm off, there wouldn't need to be an alarm in the first place) My mom didn't understand and I went to see a therapist because of that incident. In 8th grade I played on a rugby team that won the state championship, 3 years after I was offered $100 by my dad to tackle one person in a football game. I couldn't do it. I was the second slowest swimmer on the varsity high school team, and once single handedly ruined my lacrosse team's chance at playing in the state finals. I got suspended from college for financing a drug ring and finished college in 3.5 years because of it. During my time at college, I started a business that ended up raising over $400,000 crowdfunding, called the JoGo Straw. I graduated from college during COVID and the job I had lined up was no longer an option, so I dug in. I worked from my garage and boostrapped the company, with my and my co-founder putting in 1,250 of our own money. I moved to Vail, and he moved to Mexico City. We ran that company together for 5 years, in our best years doing over 250k in revenue. I left the company due to cofounder conflict, and my life kind of fell apart at that time. I put the pieces back together and decided to go and get my MBA. Now I am living in Boston - 27 years old - I want to be a serial entrepruener. I also want to grow my afro back, get bigger biceps, and be a good brother, son, boyfriend, and roommate.

Snowboarding

I like to go fast

Product Manager at CITIZEN FARMERS

Skills: Change Management, crm implementation, Digital Transformation, Event Management, nonprofit consulting, pipeline design, Scalability Design, Technical Consulting, UX Research

Products Division, Intern

Reported directly under the Chief Product Officer and used technical skills to analyze and solve technical problems ad hoc, to facilitate platform growth. Selected as one of 8 interns at a financial services startup of 43 total employees. Gained hands-on experience solving problems, granted responsibility to act and visualize and create custom solutions.