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Breanden Beneschott
I'm Breanden — Cofounder and CEO of Mechanism. I spent eight years as COO of Toptal before starting Mechanism, and a few years at Princeton before that studying chemical engineering — which has nothing and everything to do with how I build companies. Some of what I've built worked. Some didn't. This newsletter is the honest version of what I know now.
Isabel Plana
I'm Isabel, Chief Growth Officer at Mechanism Ventures, where I get to do what I love every day — helping founders build companies worth building. My path here has been anything but straight-line: MIT Chemical Engineering, strategy consulting at Accenture, growth marketing at Wayfair, and founding my own company, Nia Pet Health. All roads led me to Mechanism, and I wouldn't have it any other way. And if you really want to know what makes me tick — dogs. Always dogs.
Lindsay Warren
I'm Lindsay, People & Talent Leader at Mechanism Ventures, where I get to combine two things I genuinely love: building great teams and helping founders find the people who will take their companies to the next level. I specialize in hiring growth leaders, executives, and technical builders — and I care just as much about building the systems that make hiring work as I do about finding the right person. When I'm not deep in recruiting mode, you'll find me on a hiking trail, hitting the slopes, or lifting in the gym.