Giovanni Hobbins🇺🇸
Co-founder at Schematic
About Giovanni Hobbins
Co-founder at Schematic
Serial entrepreneur with 2 exits and $30M in seed raised. I strive to build opinionated, elegant products that customers find magical and more importantly, worth paying for.
Right now I'm building Schematic (schematichq.com), the monetization OS for AI and SaaS.
My super power is ability to develop deep understanding and empathy for the user and lately, the user's agent. I'm always trying to improve my: Expertise on the problem to be solved, taste for what makes a product actually good, and vision for where the market is going.
Lately, agentic coding has transformed my workflow. I no longer use Figma. I use Claude and Paper.design to prototype, Linear MCP (along with customer transcripts/context) to create definition. And now with Claude Code I'm able to ship a lot of what I design/define alongside our engineering team
I got my start in design but transitioned to product leadership roles because while I love the craft, I became more interested in what moves the business.
Previously, I lead a 15 person product and design team as VP of Product at Relay Payments (relaypayments.com).
Before I was CPO and founding hire at Matcha (exited in 2020), Product Designer at FullStory, Co-founder and CPO of Campus Bubble (exited in 2016), and Founder of Nightly Labs (exited in 2016).
Expertise
Sessions with Giovanni Hobbins
- Mentorship Session (30 min): General mentorship
What mentees say
“Giovanni is an amazing mentor. He has amazing experience as an Entrepreneur and he is looking forward to helping you always. He did brainstorming with me to help me figure out what i am trying to build. Also he was kind to share his learning from being a founder. I would definitely recommend Giovanni as a Mentor and you will not regret your decision.”
“Just try to be around good and intelligent people, and they will take you to magical places you did not expect. That's what happened in my meeting with Giovanni. He shared his experience and some really useful stuff for me, but I did not initially plan to look for them. A builder, an entrepreneur, and a great person. I love to stay in touch.”
“The communication with Giovanni was very productive, professional, and positive at the same time. He provided me with great points to think about regarding the topics that I requested during the call. I definitely will make the second session to proceed forward needed result with Giovannie's advice.”