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Olivia Rhye

Olivia Rhye

Founder & CEO

San Francisco, CA

Building StartCoLink because cofounder intros shouldn't depend on who you already know.

Role
Founders
On StartCoLink since
Mar 2021

Exploring Cofounder fit, intro quality, and product strategy for early teams.

Most founder relationships fail in the first month—not because of skill gaps, but because nobody wrote down what working together actually means.

Olivia started StartCoLink after two cofounder attempts where the chemistry was fine in coffee chats and fell apart once real product decisions landed. She kept meeting strong builders who wanted fewer performative intros and more honest early conversations.

Her work sits at the intersection of product and community design. She runs weekly office hours for founders stuck between we should talk more and let's actually split equity. Those sessions shaped how StartCoLink handles intent signals and intro follow-ups.

Outside the product, she writes short notes on founder fit—especially how to test collaboration before anyone opens a pitch deck.

Path so far

A short arc—not a résumé dump. Dates are approximate where early work overlapped.

  1. 2021 – present

    Founder & CEO, StartCoLink

    Product, community programs, and the matching logic behind founder introductions.

  2. 2018 – 2021

    Product lead, B2B workflow startup

    Shipped onboarding and collaboration tools used by early-stage sales teams.

On StartCoLink

Launches and events Olivia has shared with the community.