About

Entrepreneur & Advisor

chris-finneral
 

I love working with interesting people on impactful problems, especially those involving operations, technology or strategy. My experience ranges from management consulting at McKinsey & Company to founding multiple technology startups. I have a masters degree in Engineering from Cambridge University.

SketchDeck

SketchDeck delivers professional graphic design fast and efficiently. To achieve this, we curated a global team of designers and built a custom design management platform which improves communication and project management efficiency. I founded SketchDeck in 2014, raised money from Silicon Valley Angels and VCs and grew the company to profitability. SketchDeck is now a multimillion dollar company working with world class brands (including Spotify, Remy Cointreau and Okta) with a team of more than 50 people around the world.

Y Combinator

Y Combinator (“YC”) is a startup accelerator that supports early stage companies and their founders. In 2014 I went through the core program in Mountain View with SketchDeck. YC was an incredible experience which taught me a lot about how to get a valuable product to market and then growing quickly. I recommend the program to anyone who wants to build a high growth technology startup. Post program, I’ve stayed connected to many founders and support younger startups, including as a mentor at Startup School.

McKinsey & Company

McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm. I worked on a wide range of projects across many industries from strategy to operations to due diligence. It was an enlightening experience - I learnt a lot about how large companies operate at the executive level, how to communicate and think effectively and met many interesting and impressive people.

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