Cory Etzkorn

Hi I’m Cory. I’m the founder of small talk labs, an applied AI company building consumer apps for the future. We’re starting with Soulmate, the most intelligent dating app on earth.

I joined Notion as a designer + engineer when the team was just 15 people working in a small San Francisco garage. I’m proud of helping craft a brand, product, & company that is warm & human at its core.

Previously, I co-founded and built Stow, a social shopping app. Prior to that, I worked on design systems at The Wall Street Journal. In the early days, I led front-end engineering at Fuzzco

After hours, I teach power vinyasa yoga and take long baths. Once upon a time, I was a Hawaiian coffee farmer.

I believe the best teams and products are built where design and engineering intersect.

Work

small talk labs
Founder – 2025
Stow
Co-founder – 2024
Notion
Design – 2019
The Wall Street Journal
Design – 2015
PlayList
Founder – 2015
Fuzzco
Design – 2013

What I Do

  1. Product design
  2. Brand design
  3. Engineering
  4. Design systems
  5. Marketing
  6. Copywriting

Tech Stack

  1. HTML
  2. CSS / Tailwind
  3. TypeScript
  4. React
  5. React Native
  6. Next.js
  7. Postgres / SQL
  8. Supabase
  9. Vercel

Speaking & Interviews

Next.js Conf
2021
Scaling Marketing at Notion
2021
Building Products People Love
2021

Favorite Things

Contact

coryetzkorn@gmail.com

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