Jason Evanish

Who they are

Jason Evanish is CEO & Co-founder of Get Lighthouse, Inc. — built Greenhorn Connect (acquired), hosts the Practical Product Podcast, and co-created a leadership training course with Mark C. Crowley.

Person

Jason studied Electrical Engineering at Northeastern University (summa cum laude, with a minor in Technological Entrepreneurship), then stayed on for a Master's in Technological Entrepreneurship in 2009 — a dual track that telegraphed where he was headed. Early career took him through oneforty and KISSmetrics as a Product Manager, getting reps inside scrappy SaaS companies before going out on his own. He co-founded Greenhorn Connect, a hub supporting the Boston startup community, serving as Co-founder and CFO/Product Lead — that company was later acquired. He then founded Get Lighthouse, Inc., software and resources helping managers run better one-on-one meetings and build leadership skills globally, where he now serves as CEO, Co-founder, and Head of Product. Alongside the company he hosts the Practical Product Podcast, covering product management strategy and career advice, and he's a prolific writer — the Lighthouse blog and his personal site at jasonevanish.com cover leadership, one-on-ones, SaaS, and customer-driven development. He co-created a 'Lead From The Heart' leadership skills training course with Mark C. Crowley, and has appeared on the Crazy Wisdom Podcast and PM for the Masses Podcast. The through-line is moving from product practitioner to the person who teaches other product people and managers how to operate.

Network

No direct colleague edges are available from the network probe. The one named collaboration on record is with Mark C. Crowley — author and speaker — with whom Jason co-created the 'Lead From The Heart' leadership skills training course, signaling he builds relationships with management thinkers rather than purely technical operators.

  • Mark C. Crowley· Co-creator, 'Lead From The Heart' leadership skills training course

How they likely show up

  • Founded two companies (Greenhorn Connect, Get Lighthouse) and hosts a podcast alongside running the business → high agency; unlikely to be content in a passive or advisory-only role.
  • Get Lighthouse is purpose-built around one-on-one meetings and manager development → his thinking runs deep on structured communication; he probably holds regular 1:1s and expects the same from people around him.
  • Prolific public writer across both jasonevanish.com and the Lighthouse blog, covering leadership, SaaS, and product → comfortable being visible and opinionated; responds well to people who've read his actual work.
  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering plus a Master's in Technological Entrepreneurship → mixes systems-level thinking with business model awareness; will likely want to understand the 'why' behind a decision, not just the outcome.
  • Reads roughly 25 books a year → signal of someone who deliberately invests in learning and will likely have a reference or framework ready for most topics.
  • Co-created a training course with Mark C. Crowley rather than building it solo → collaborative on content, but on his own terms with people he specifically respects.

Conversation tips

  • → Reference a specific Lighthouse blog post or jasonevanish.com piece you read — he writes a lot and will immediately know whether you've actually engaged with it.
  • → Come prepared to talk about one-on-ones concretely: how often you do them, what format, what's broken — he will have strong opinions and your specifics will unlock a real conversation.
  • → Ask about Greenhorn Connect and the Boston startup community days — it's the origin story of his founder identity and he likely has strong views on community-building that predate the Lighthouse product.
  • → If you're discussing management or leadership, name the framework or book you're working from — he reads widely and the reference will signal you're operating at the same level.
  • → Don't expect a quick 'here's our pitch' exchange; he thinks in long-form and will engage more if you slow down and go deep on one topic rather than covering many.

Toolbox

Openers

  • Open on the Practical Product Podcast — he built a whole audio series on product management strategy and career advice alongside running Get Lighthouse; ask what he's hearing from guests that's changed his thinking lately.
  • Mention the 'Lead From The Heart' course he co-created with Mark C. Crowley — it's a specific collaboration with a named management thinker, and asking how that partnership came together opens a conversation about how he extends the Lighthouse mission beyond software.
  • Reference his Crazy Wisdom Podcast appearance on 'Dealing with Stress & Creativity as a Manager' — it's an unusual angle (not just tactics but the emotional side of management) and signals you've gone beyond the obvious blog content.

Discovery questions

  1. Get Lighthouse is built entirely around the one-on-one meeting — how did you arrive at that specific ritual as the lever worth pulling, versus all the other places managers struggle?
  2. You went from PM at KISSmetrics to founding a company that teaches managers to be better — what did you see inside those early SaaS companies that convinced you this was the right problem to build around?
  3. Greenhorn Connect got acquired — what did running a community platform before a software company teach you about what people actually need versus what they say they need?

Avoid

Don't treat the one-on-one meeting as a trivial or obvious topic — it's the intellectual and commercial center of his work, and casual dismissal of it ('yeah we do those, pretty standard') will immediately signal you haven't engaged with what he's actually built.

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