Death is a topic that makes most of us feel uncomfortable, right? We don’t like to think about death, let
alone talk about it. I’m a Product Manager at ClearEstate - which means
my days are spent understanding
the unnecessarily painful process of settling a loved ones estate (i.e.,
everything they’ve left behind
when they die). It’s a horribly complex legal process. Families trying to grieve a loss don’t deserve
hundreds of hours of paperwork and government bureaucracy.
This might seem crazy, but ClearEstate’s goal is to find a way to work with public authorities, industry
players, and estate professionals to automate the demanding 16-18 month
responsibility of being named an
Executor of a loved one’s estate while maintaining human guidance and
empathy. We want families to
grieve in peace.
We also want to shed light on the costs of not properly planning for your death. A well-planned estate
means you can preserve your legacy and dictate your Will even when you’re
gone. ClearEstate offers this
as well.
Before making the leap into the end-of-life startup world, I worked at TD Securities as a Global
Counterparty Credit Analyst for precisely 365 days. In non-finance terms,
my title meant I analyzed the
business’ exposure to trading counterparties. I ensured my analysis was robust enough to recommend
cutting credit exposure to companies like Silicon Valley Bank, Credit Suisse, and Evergrande before they
go bust. I learned a ton about assessing the credit risk of public financial institutions and maintained
the brand of “working at a bank” which was the epitome of stability, success, and wealth accumulation in
my parents generation.
Some folks find it exhilarating to navigate archaic internal processes, leverage bureaucratic red tape,
and revel in the toxic political gossip of the day. That game wasn’t for me.
Enter: the chaotic market opportunity of building products in the end-of-life
business.
On the side, I am growing a newsletter called Earthlings. We cover the business of space and deep tech, 5 minutes
every day. We are trying to
build a community of humans curious to understand the booming deep
tech economy and our universe.