Paperless Post is a New York-based digital stationery company that lets people design, send, and manage invitations, cards, and event pages online. Founded by siblings James and Alexa Hirschfeld, it pairs free customizable templates with premium, designer-collaboration cards and built-in RSVP and guest-management tools, and has been used to send invitations to hundreds of millions of recipients.
James Hirschfeld is the co-founder and CEO of Paperless Post, the New York company that turned the dread of sending an invitation into an act of design. He started it from a Harvard dorm in 2008 with his older sister Alexa, after his own 21st birthday party left him stuck between expensive paper and lifeless email. More than 175 million people have since sent or received a Paperless Post, across roughly 20 million events. He runs it as a design company that happens to live in a browser.
Minted is a San Francisco design marketplace that turns crowdsourced art from independent artists into holiday cards, wedding invitations, wall art, and home decor printed on demand. Founded in 2007 by Mariam Naficy, the company runs continuous design competitions where its community of 15,000+ artists submit work, customers vote, and winning designs are produced and sold worldwide.
Melissa Kim is the Co-Founder and CEO of Minted, the San Francisco-based design marketplace that connects consumers with independent artists for premium stationery, art, and home decor. Hired in 2007 as Director of Finance and Strategy straight out of Stanford Business School, she was later named co-founder by Mariam Naficy in recognition of her foundational role in building the company. Under her leadership as CEO, Minted surpassed $300 million in revenue in 2026, with double-digit year-over-year growth, a wholesale business that grew 31% in 2025, and profitability that doubled - all fueled by a sharp premium-market focus and an owned-channel marketing strategy built on the virality of physical design.
Myke Hurley is a British podcaster, network co-founder, and product creator based in London. He co-founded Relay FM in 2014 with Stephen Hackett, growing it into one of the most respected independent podcast networks covering Apple and technology. He hosts Cortex (with CGP Grey), Upgrade (with Jason Snell), Connected, and more. In 2019 he co-founded Cortex Brand with CGP Grey, producing the Theme System Journal. He launched his independent newsletter The Enthusiast in 2025. Business Insider dubbed him the 'Podcasting Don' of UK tech.