Brandon
Cartagena

About

Hey, I'm Brandon. I'm an MBA candidate at MIT Sloan, doubling down on product.

I grew up in Harlem, studied neuroscience at Bowdoin, and spent the years since in recruiting, consulting, and startups. Most recently I was Product & Growth Manager at Solo (YC W21), where I led the 0-to-1 build of Resolver. At Sloan, I'm pursuing the Product Management Certificate and help lead the Product Management Club.

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How I got here

  1. 2017BA, Neuroscience
  2. 2021Executive Recruiter
  3. 2022Consultant
  4. 2024Strategy & Operations Manager
  5. 2025Product & Growth Manager
  6. 2026 · NowMBA Candidate

Off the clock, you'll find me playing table tennis, working on my mobility, falling down AI rabbit holes, or biohacking.

Projects

Alongside: medical student companions for newly diagnosed cancer patients Brandon holding the trophy after winning the MIT × Lovable Hackathon

Alongside

A companion for the first cancer appointment: verified medical students sit beside newly diagnosed patients. Won the MIT × Lovable Hackathon. Try it live.

Lovable
Slop or Not: swipe to judge whether a post is AI slop

Slop or Not

A game for judging AI content: swipe to call it slop or not. Built at the Harvard × MIT Replit Hackathon. 100 friends signed up to play at slop123.replit.app.

Replit
Espresso CRM: coffee chat notes turned into a contact record

Espresso CRM

A personal CRM for networking. Notes from a coffee chat go in, typed or synced from Wispr Flow. Claude turns them into a contact record and a ready-to-send follow-up.

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Resolver: debt collection software dashboard

Resolver

Debt collection software. A 0-to-1 build. Built as Product & Growth Manager at Solo (YC W21), with a team of 5 engineers. Scaled to 3 enterprise customers.

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