About Us

About Us

Ideas are sparks. Of the brightest that catch our attention, only a few can be coaxed into full-blown fires, and doing so under adverse conditions takes skill and expertise. Firespotter Labs takes the business of ideas a step further, to create perfect conditions from the very start, to turn ideas with potential into flames that revolutionize industries. 

Firespotter Labs is not a company. Of course we've got all the fancy papers and rolling office chairs to make it seem like a company, but at the end of the day we're just a room full of crazy people dying to make an impact on people's lives. None of us go to "work" anymore.

Then what do we do here at the lab? We make things people like. Simple. If people don't like what we make we throw it in the ocean and have a good laugh. Then we make something else. We like to build, we love to launch, and if possible we really love to repeat the process. We be nimble. We be quick. And we're excited to see what sticks.

In our spare time we like to look for massive markets with antiquated and inundated technology. When we find them, we throw in disruptive depth-charges in the form of mobile applications. Between that fancy gadget you carry and our crazy ideas, things are about to become a lot more epic. There's a super computer in your pocket and we're happy to see it.

Before we get ahead of ourselves, maybe you should write us and say hello. That or come visit the lab and get crushed at ping pong or HALO. Our corporate headquarters is home to an indoor biking network of dazzling complexity. You should come check it out. Either way it would be more fun than another paragraph.

The Team

Craig Walker
Founder & CEO 
GrandCentral (Google Voice)
Dialpad (Yahoo! Voice)
Recovering VC and Attorney
 "Can you dig it?!" - Cyrus
Brian Peterson
Founder & SWE
Long time Google Engineer
"Ahhh I'm in a glass case of EMOTION!" - Ron Burgundy
John Rector
Founder & SWE
Google, Microsoft
"All I care about is, are you happy with your haircut?" - Paul the Barber
Alex Cornell
Founder & Designer
Writer/Partner at ISO50
IDEO, Plancast
Periodic Youtube Musician
"We're trying to make a movie here, not a film!" - Kit Ramsey
Dulce Ramirez
Ops Manager
GrandCentral (Google Voice)
Dialpad (Yahoo! Voice)
Frida Kahlo Fanatic
"Quiche? You don't spell it son! You eat it!" -  Grandpa Fred
Corey Burke
SWE
Microsoft
Windows Phone 7
"Alright chumps, let's do this!" - Leeroy Jenkins
Joshua Chiet
SWE
YouTube
GrandCentral (Google Voice)
"To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog
Lydia Gonzalez
Office Manager
GrandCentral (Google Voice)
Policeman: "PULLOVER!" Lloyd: "No its a cardigan but thanks for asking!" - Lloyd Christmas
Mang-Git Ng
SWE
Cisco
University of Michigan
"The files are in the computer? ... In the computer, its so simple..." Hansel from Zoolander

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Investors

Firespotter Labs is funded by Google Ventures.

Wesley Chan - Board Member
Partner at Google Ventures
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