Bloom

An investing and financial literacy app for teens. Backed by Y Combinator. $4.3 million seed.

Head of Operations

Sept 2021 - Present • 1 yr 9 mos

  • operations, finance, HR, compliance
  • curriculum design, education and writing for the "Learn & Earn"

Marketing Director

Jul 2021 - Sept 2021 • 3 mos

  • organic growth, socials, seo
  • strategic partnerships and community

The Generation

Connecting underserved high school students to scholarships, jobs, events and learning resources to cultivate passion and discover the future. $170k software funding. Backed by Hack+ and Rileys Way Foundation.

Founder, CEO

Jul 2020 - Feb 2022 • 1 yr 8 mos

  • $3k in cash grants
  • $170k in software funds
  • led team of 8 directors and 20 volunteers
  • designed & developed the product
  • operations, planning, partnerships and all the other fun chaos running something requires : )

Alect Political

Redefining political strategy. 3 congressional, 2 senate and 2 stealth startup campaigns.

Marketing Director, Board

Nov 2020 - Jun 2021 • 8 mos

  • Sourced and co-led projects for our largest retainer client to generate $20k+ avg. deal for campaigns
  • led client-facing marketing projects
  • Designed and developed Alect’s website
  • rebranded from “CTF” to Alect
  • built internal IT system, operations, planning

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The projects below are primarily NoCode. To see hardcore coded projects 😎 checkout my Github. I'm learning to build with TypeScript, Next.js and React.

Projects

thegeneration.net

Democratizing opportunity. A database of jobs, scholarships, events and learning resources to help students cultivate passion and discover their future.

  • Designed with Figma
  • Built with Webflow
  • Memberships and gated content via Memberstack
  • Automation and light functionality with Zapier
  • Full functionality with Jetboost, Finsweet code snippets, and Airtable
  • Banking and fiscal 501(c)3 sponsorship with Hack+

www.othea.org

A super tool for schools to secure accessible & exceptional extracurriculars for all students.

  • Designed with Figma
  • Built with JavaScript
  • Hosted on Vercel

Websites

alexakayman.com

The portfolio site you're on right now.

  • Inspired by and starter cloned from the amazing Tyler Hughey
  • Designed with Figma
  • Built with Webflow
  • Hosted with GitHub pages

alect.us

Redefining political strategy (archived).

  • Designed with Figma
  • Built with Webflow
  • Hosted with Webflow & Google.

yipinstitute.org

Client project: branding and website. Forward-thinking Institute equipping students with the skills and knowledge necessary to revitalize democracy.

  • Designed in Figma
  • Built in Webflow

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Writing

Formalized and more coherent writing below. If you're looking for more casual work, you can scroll through a chaotic word feed at my Twitter

Currents

Currents | Alexa Kayman's Newsletter Cover
My second corner of the internet where I explore innovation through research memos, reflections and "geek outs" on miscellaneous finds.

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Contrary Research

Klarna Research Cover
Klarna: How Delayed Payments Maximize and Monetize Instant Gratification

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Serendipity

Always happy to chat with other young builders, latest tech tools.

Socials

Communities

Logistics

📍 New York, NY 

🪙 alexakayman.ens

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Moments

Moments frozen in time. Touching grass over the past couple of years.

Mexico

Misc

Verticals

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welcome to
my corner
of the internet
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Alexa Kayman Graphic Portfolio

Alexa

Kayman

Chasing the rush of creation.
I'm a 17 y/o from NYC who is passionate about innovation through software engineering, growth and the startup ecosystem.

Home • Reading
Table of contents

roles

work; the past & present

Chapter 1

building

projects small & large

Chapter 2

WRITING

research memos & thoughts

Chapter 3

serendipity

contact

Chapter 4

MOMENTS

pHOTOS

Chapter 5
Video
interviews
(sources)
having
fun?

We still have ( ) missing pieces of the ( ) story. Hopefully these videos can fill in the ( ) gaps.

word

REEL

Whole Earth Catalog

How 1960s Counterculture Shaped
the Foundations of Silicon Valley

Tracing Whole Earth and altruistic beginnings to the tech behemoths they are today

19 pages • 63 footnotes • 4,230 words • June 5, 2023

Klarna: How delayed payments maximize & monetize instant gratification

Contrary Research memo on Klarna, the first Buy Now, Pay Later company.

Published June 15 2023.

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Intercom Cover

intercom: personalizing business through AI conversations

Contrary Research memo on Intercom.

Published July 21, 2023.

pins

Findings from the interwebs and beyond.

Texts App Icon Sunsama App Icon Retro App Icon Arc App Icon Raycast App Icon Any Distance App Icon Superhuman App Icon Clay App Icon
NYC map
Alexa Kayman Portfolio
New York, NY
Favorite resources:
Site credits:
  • Inspired by and starter cloned from Tyler Hughey
  • Built with Webflow
  • Hosted with Vercel
  • Last updated July 4th at 5:51pm EDT
(the motto)

Narrow the ( ) Focus
Up the ( ) quality
Increase the ( ) speed

Win Board

Taking a moment to appreciate the waves, people and changes over the past years.

Bloom Best Investing App from Apple

Bloom Featured under Apple's Best Apps for Investing

May 19, 2023 • Source
  • 150+ interactive investing, personal finance and economics lessons
  • 3M+ quizzes taken by our Bloomers
  • Impacting 800K young investors
  • 4.7/5 star rating out of 12K App store reviews as of July 2023
  • Fastest growing mobile fintech thanks to @allan's killer growth strategy

Bloom featured by Andrew Yang

June 14, 2023 • Source
Bloom Learn to Invest Andrew Yang

Silicon Valley greets a new generation of teen founders

March 16, 2023 • The Information reported by Margux MacColl
Othea Viral Tweet

Viral Launch Tease of the first iteration of Othea

April 25, 2023 • Source