# Jesse Patel Jesse Patel is an American entrepreneur, co-founder of [[Workflowy]] along with [[Mike Turitzin]]. They launched Workflowy in 2010 after meeting at a Y Combinator startup, creating a minimalist [[Outliner]] that would influence the productivity tool landscape. Patel focuses on product vision, design, and business development, championing the philosophy that software should do one thing exceptionally well rather than accumulate features. Patel has been vocal about Workflowy's intentionally slow, sustainable growth—keeping the team small, avoiding venture capital pressure, and prioritizing user experience over rapid scaling. This bootstrapped approach allowed Workflowy to maintain its minimalist identity while gradually evolving. The app's influence can be seen in later tools like [[Dynalist]], [[Logseq]], and [[Roam Research]], which built on the outliner paradigm Workflowy popularized. ## Key Contributions | Contribution | Description | |--------------|-------------| | **[[Workflowy]]** | Co-founded minimalist outliner (2010) | | **Product philosophy** | Less is more, focused tools | | **Sustainable growth** | Bootstrapped, user-focused | ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Jesse Patel]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/book AND [[Jesse Patel]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> ## References - https://workflowy.com/ ## Related - [[Workflowy]] - [[Mike Turitzin]] - [[Outliner]] - [[Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)]]