https://janairis.com/about-1 daily 1.0 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0e2c91d48e4200015b4671/e47c5ffa-d04e-4327-8689-ab5fe248c5ad/_DSB6059_Web_v1.jpg About - About Jana I spent my career as an early employee at six tech startups, including Engine Yard, New Relic, and HashiCorp, focused on building communities, brands, and experiences. I joined HashiCorp in early 2015 when it was just ten of us in a tiny office in SoMa and stayed through the IPO in 2021, building community programs that helped make tools like Terraform, Vault, Consul, Packer, and Nomad widely known and loved by developers loved by millions around the world. Most recently, I spent four years as investor at TQ Ventures, working closely with founders from the earliest stages of company building. Now I’m back to what I’ve always loved most: building and angel investing. I work with early-stage companies on community, brand, storytelling, experiential marketing, and the million other things it takes to make a company feel like something people want to be part of. I’m also the host of Stories We Love, a video series featuring conversations with the people shaping how we build, gather, design, and tell stories. Forever a builder at heart. Based in SF. If you want to grab a coffee and talk startups, community, brand, events, or just something interesting you’re working on, reach out. https://janairis.com/speaking daily 0.75 2024-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0e2c91d48e4200015b4671/1721414381763-VJDLBABL47VA1PUNRA4R/53803901556_30b60f3d00_o.jpg Speaking https://janairis.com/about-1-1 daily 0.75 2022-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0e2c91d48e4200015b4671/1606801206674-5PNCL6IFCJHTQGXD6DNJ/Kaitlyn_Jana_photo.jpg About (Copy) - About Jana Since 2008, I’ve been an early employee of devtool startups, including Engine Yard, New Relic, HashiCorp, and now PlanetScale, where I lead developer marketing and community. Previously, I was at HashiCorp for almost seven years, beginning when it was a ten-person startup through the IPO, hired to build their offline and online community programs. The programs I launched helped create widespread awareness of our open source tools used by millions today. https://janairis.com/investing daily 0.75 2024-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0e2c91d48e4200015b4671/1672517637284-9NKGW4606KR4FIL1L5HB/mo_120921737.jpg Investing https://janairis.com/jana-day-2026 daily 0.75 2025-11-10 https://janairis.com/jana-day daily 0.75 2025-11-10