Hi, I'm Nemo.

I create products that improve how people experience technology.

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About

I am the Founding Head of Product of Tapestry, a social graph infrastructure company backed by USV, Redpoint, Slow, Stellation, Fabric, and more. My team built Zumi on that infrastructure, an AI companion app that has reached 170,000+ users; Solana Social Explorer, an app that has processed over $60mm trading volume; and Primitives, an art collecting app that minted 500,000+ user-generated NFTs.

Previously, I served as Founding Product Manager at Minim, where I led the company to 8-figure ARR and an acquisition; and Product Manager at YouNow where I scaled a pioneering crypto product to millions of MAU.

I started my career as a Product Designer after earning my bachelor's degree in Political Science at Yale University.

Work

Zumi

Consumer app built around persistent AI companionship and long-term relationships.

Right now I'm building a cute but capable AI companion, experimenting with voice, generative media, and long-term memory to create a trusted interface.

Solana Social Explorer

Open-source trading platform for Solana memecoins and emerging tokens.

Context: Meme coin trading increasingly relied on social signal and timing rather than traditional analysis.

Insight: Making wallet identity visible and followable could turn trades into a social feed for discovering trusted early signal.

Built: Started with wallet identity lookup and a follow graph, then evolved into a feed of trades with verifiable PnL and in-app copy-trading.

Outcome: Generated significant trading activity and became an early example of high-context social trading interfaces.

Tapestry

Open social graph for the next generation of apps and agents.

Context: As onchain social products emerged, shared identity and context became foundational infrastructure for the next generation of crypto apps.

Insight: A common identity and context layer could let many apps benefit from shared network effects rather than building in isolation.

Built: Owned API design, developer docs, integrations, and go-to-market, working directly with teams to adopt the platform.

Outcome: Scaled to ~1.9M onchain profiles and secured integrations with teams such as Privy, 0x, Zerion, and Helius, demonstrating real adoption across the developer ecosystem.

Primitives

Platform for collecting digital art and building community around onchain objects.

Context: Pre-product startup betting on mainstream adoption of NFTs.

Insight: Creation and ownership were table stakes; differentiation would come from financial upside and identity tied to owned digital assets.

Built: Shipped discovery and retention loops grounded in continuous user research and rapid iteration.

Outcome: Built highly engaged creator communities and validated social identity as a core primitive for web3 products.

Minim

Consumer software for managing the connected home network.

Context: Growth of connected home devices created new needs around security, parental controls, and network visibility.

Insight: These emerging needs required a simple, unified consumer interface to manage the home network.

Built: Led user research and product execution, translating customer needs into a consumer-grade management experience and sales narrative.

Outcome: Drove 7× MRR growth, scaled through tier-1 telecom distribution, leading to an exit.

YouNow

Mobile live streaming platform with millions of creators and viewers.

Context: Large-scale consumer live streaming platform with millions of users.

Insight: Expanding participation tools and incentives could broaden engagement beyond top creators.

Built: Owned mobile product; shipped guest participation and engagement features to increase creator and viewer interaction.

Outcome: Increased engagement and revenue across the broader creator base while scaling participation across the platform.

Writing

Portrait of Nemo Blackburn

Nemo Blackburn

Product leader focused on social, markets, and user experience design. I like shipping fast, learning in public, and working with sharp, ambitious teams.