About Me

Hey! I’m Matt Harris.

Most people know me as the founder of Bloom Credit, a fintech company backed by Resolute Ventures, Commerce Ventures and Slow Ventures where I raised 20 million dollars to build an API for integrating with Credit bureaus. I’m also an active investor and advisor in companies like TrueAccord, Karat and HM Bradley to name a few.

In Feb of 2021, I made the incredibly difficult decision to step down as CEO of Bloom Credit and spent the next year slowly transitioning out of the business. During my recovery period it became obvious to me how fucking difficult being a founder is.

• I was holding my feelings inside all of the time so I could signal to investors and employees that everything was going well.

• I was training like a professional athlete to try and hold off burnout, which at best delayed the inevitable

• I felt pressure to work 80 hour weeks just to show I was a “good founder” often leaving me exhausted. I isolated for weeks to conserve my energy for the job.

• I felt incredibly lonely and misunderstood, almost no one in my life knew how to relate to the experience I was having. Even my closest friends didn’t understand.

In hindsight, I’m not surprised I left. This is an incredibly difficult path. And if you’re reading this, I’m assuming you’re in the midst of this journey. It doesn’t have to be this way.

I became a coach because I wanted to make this journey easier for every founder. To give you a safe space to be truly honest, take care of yourself and be understood.

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