Eugene Mandel

Head of Product, Superconductive Health

Eugene Mandel is currently the Head of Product at Superconductive Health. Most recently, he was a Senior Data Engineer at Jawbone. He was previously the CTO of CatchFree, an online service that makes it easy to find the best free solution for anything from streaming music to managing projects online. CatchFree was founded by Sean Ellis, and funded by Polaris Ventures, True Ventures, Index Ventures and First Round Capital. Prior to CatchFree, Eugene was co-founder of MustExist, a social media curation service for websites. Previously, Eugene was co-founder and chief architect of jaxtr. Jaxtr links your phone to the Web, so you can hear from callers worldwide while keeping your existing phone number private and so you can call people anywhere in the world directly from your mobile without paying expensive international toll charges. Before jaxtr, Eugene was a Software Engineer at Trovix and Sr. Software Engineer at FaceTime Communications. He holds a BS in computer science from Technion-Machon Technologi Le’ Israel.

Articles by Eugene Mandel

How Shaun Merritt Vibe-Coded Karrot.ai As A Solo Builder

I recently had the opportunity to chat with Shaun Merritt, cofounder and CTO of Karrot.ai, a LinkedIn ABM tool. Shaun was kind enough to share a comprehensive breakdown of how...

7 Steps to Build a Product That Sells Itself

Learn the 7 steps to product-led growth (PLG) to build a product that sells itself. Drive activation, boost conversions, and scale efficiently with Wes Bush from ProductLed....

The Founder’s Mental Health Playbook: What I Learned After Nearly Burning Out

A hard-won guide to staying mentally healthy while building a startup I founded Stitcher, the podcast platform, in 2007 and ran it for seven years until we sold in 2014....

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) for Early Stage Companies

In our latest session from the Mucker Growth Series featuring Ethan Smith from Graphite, we explored AEO, a significant new approach for optimizing visibility in AI-driven search, particularly relevant as...

Startup Guide to AI Visibility: Be the Brand ChatGPT Recommends

Introduction Today, users aren’t just searching on Google. They’re asking ChatGPT, Claude, Google’s Gemini, Perplexity, and other AI systems for advice. AI visibility is the new frontier of brand awareness....

Practical Uses of AI & Automation for Startup Operations

In a recent Mucker Growth Series session, we invited Rock Vitale, Founder & CEO of Easie, to share how he’s helped early-stage teams move from manual, fragmented workflows to streamlined,...