Written for you, the founder, on how to use me.

Who I am

👋🏽 Hello! I'm Ian Logan, an investor, advisor, and former Airbnb engineering leader. I’m also an operator angel investor and backer of founders.

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Previously, I was the 1st payments engineer and employee ~20 at Airbnb (YC W09). For 6+ years, I was one of the first engineering leaders directing over 110 engineers as Airbnb grew 100X on every metric. 📈

Airbnb Eng circa 2011 - I'm in the Rubik's Cube onesie.

My performance metric is the CS:H ratio (Check-size:Helpfulness). I aim to be a high value addition to your cap table. ⚡️

I go by my middle name, Ian. My parents named me Albert, my first name, which I don't go by outside of wiring checks to you. 😊

How do I invest?

I moonlight as an operator angel: 👼🏽

• I write $1K-$100K checks using my own capital into seed stage startups.
• I help founders with engineering, data strategy, and team building.
• I'm a diverse check writer (DCW) and workhorse angel.
• I invest in founders that I trust allocating capital more than I do my own and founders I’d be willing to work for.
• I currently live in 🇨🇦, previously lived 10 years in 🇺🇸, and am a first generation Filipino-Canadian-American 🇵🇭.

https://twitter.com/albertianlogan/status/1402445833698746368?s=20

Why do I invest?

I'm here for the long run to build lasting relationships with great founders. My reasons for investing: 🌱