Josh Melick
SVP Product & Data
at App Science
I love building great products, great companies, and working with great teams. Over the past 15+ years, I have founded two startups, exited both, and held high-impact roles within two businesses that reached large, successful exits. I love working with and alongside other founders, dreamers, and builders.
I’m a strong leader with a high level of customer empathy, deep technical understanding, and the ability to develop high-level strategy while also digging into the details of product, sales, engineering, or operations. Ambiguity, complexity, and pressure bring out my best work.
Throughout my career, I have been a frequent speaker at events, a podcast guest, and a guest writer on a range of topics. I am a builder at heart and constantly working on my latest project — companies, houses, motorcycles, or just a better way. You’ll also find me around the world on regular adventures — my family calls me a high-risk junkie.
I hold an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from UC Davis and completed my undergraduate studies in Engineering Physics.
Content & Articles by Josh Melick
Lessons From Building An AI-Native Startup with Octagos Health
In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited friends from one of our portfolio companies Haley Chute, CPO & CMO, and Harpreet Marwaha, COO & CFO of Octagos Health, to...
How To Craft Your Website Messaging & Positioning as a Startup
In this Mucker Growth Series session, Anthony Pierri, co-founder of FletchPMM, walks through how to craft website messaging and positioning as a startup. FletchPMM is a consultancy that has worked...
2026 New York Tech Week Recap of Mucker Sessions
Mucker Capital went to New York Tech Week to host sessions for founders, operators, and builders thinking through how AI is changing product, growth, and search. Among the sessions were:...
Closing Enterprise Deals in Founder-Led Sales as a Startup
In our recent Mucker Growth Series session, I invited David Mackay, Managing Director at D9Y and one of our operating experts at Mucker, to talk about closing enterprise deals in...
The 10 Security Gaps That Plague Startups Before Their A Round
A NOTE ON SEVERITY Not every item on this list carries the same level of risk. Some are the kind of finding that stops a deal. Others are serious but...
Community-Led Growth for Startups: Why Most Communities Fail and How to Build One That Actually Works
In our recent Mucker Growth Series session, I invited Sam Jacobs — founder and CEO of Pavilion — to talk about community-led growth: what it actually means, why most communities...