Cole Reid

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Founder & CEO at Ridge Grid · growth, content

Ridge Grid
Los Angeles, CA · PT (UTC-8)
12+ years experience
Booth School of Business
English
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Overview

Building Ridge Grid in Los Angeles - edtech. Signed 159 paying customers, 12 of them enterprises. Raised $17 million across 3 rounds. Before that: Capital One and Dell Technologies. Former debater; now I argue with spreadsheets.

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Skills
D2Cgrowthmobileeducationcontent
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Ridge Grid is hiring 3 founding engineers in Los Angeles

Role
Founding engineer
Level
Senior
Type
Full-time
Work mode
On-site
Compensation
$153k-$215k + equity
Team
Founding team, 8 people
Start
As soon as possible
Must have
Production experience with growth Production experience with content Comfort with ambiguity
Process
3 conversations, no take-home

Comp $205k-$266k. Four conversations, no take-home. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Los Angeles, CA · remote OKgrowthcontenteducation
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Experience

  1. Founder & CEO
    Sep 2024 - Present
    Ridge Grid · 2 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Los Angeles, CA
    • Took Ridge Grid from zero to $11 million ARR.
    • Previously built and sold a small edtech company.
    • Signed 135 paying customers, 7 of them enterprises.
  2. Finance Manager
    Dec 2021 - Sep 2024
    Capital One · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Los Angeles, CA
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $231 million raise.
    • Ran diligence on 6 acquisitions.
  3. Finance Manager
    Aug 2020 - Dec 2021
    Dell Technologies · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Los Angeles, CA
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $90 million raise.
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 3% for 6 straight quarters.
  4. Controller
    Dec 2017 - Jun 2020
    Nike · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Los Angeles, CA
    • Ran diligence on 10 acquisitions.
  5. Finance Manager
    Apr 2015 - Dec 2017
    Microsoft · 2 yr 8 mo · Contract · Los Angeles, CA
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 4% for 6 straight quarters.
    • Ran diligence on 5 acquisitions.

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Education

  1. Booth School of Business
    MBA, Business Administration
    2013 - 2015
  2. Rhode Island School of Design
    BFA, Economics
    2007 - 2011

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