[01] events
- ◦100+ events, 2,000+ people. founder dinners, rooftop happy hours, a language exchange that fills a food hall
- ◦3rd Space Social: co-founded it and ran growth and ops. 4,500 users, 55 events, five figures in revenue
- ◦Sip & Speak: started it in Chicago. five vols in, 250 people at the last one
- ◦2026 with Adapty: meetups and dinners in Chicago, NYC and Tokyo. the full list is on the events page
[02] apps
- ◦Hibi: Japanese on your lockscreen, one character a day. live on the App Store
- ◦Blurrr: a long-exposure camera. live on the App Store
- ◦WorldDex: the places you've been become trading cards. in TestFlight
- ◦3rd Space Social: built the web app that ran our irl matchmaking
[03] work
- ◦developer advocate at Adapty. i also host the App Leaders podcast
- ◦first growth hire at Taste Agent
- ◦brand strategy consultant at Prophet
[04] videos
- ◦18M views, 17K followers across two channels
- ◦@freddymightdoit: life outside the apps
- ◦@freddy.apps: what i'm building and learning about apps

recent
- ·hosts App Leaders Party NYC · the RAGA afterparty at Skylark, with TikTok and ContentJet
- ·hosts GlossKit x Adapty · founders dinner at Marseille for NY App Week
- ·ships Hibi · 1.4: five questions place you at your level
- ·posts App Leaders · ep 006 with Josh Mohrer of Wave AI
- ·posts App Leaders · ep 005 with the Gleam AI founders
- ·ships Hibi · 1.3: the table tab, drill any kana
- ·ships Hibi · 1.2: kanji, one a day
- ·hosts Tokyo meetup · Adapty's first event in Japan, 13 builders in Shibuya
i've hosted 100+ events, from sixteen-seat dinners to hundred-person rooftops. there's one alpha to getting people to come back: how well you help them connect. also learning Japanese. Hibi is me procrastinating productively.