Raphael Schaad

Raphael Schaad

CRON JOB

@raphaelschaad · Y Combinator

Drafted Jul 31, 2026

Product Designer

Swiss designer and MIT engineer who built Cron and sold it to Notion. Now a visiting partner at YC. Runs through forests, which is a more specific hobby than most people manage.

Often drafted with

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  Joey Banks@joeyabanks
  Product Designer

  Builds design systems at Baseline for the teams shipping what's next.

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  Jaytel@Jaytel
  Product Designer

  Design Studio at Shopify, after co-founding a company Shopify bought and doing design at Apple before that.

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  Ben South@bnj
  Product Designer

  Building Variant, after a VP run at Postmates and two companies that got acquired.

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