Meet Brendan Michaelsen

Brendan, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Alright, so you had your idea and then what happened? Can you walk us through the story of how you went from just an idea to executing on the idea? The idea for Our Wave was born in late 2018, when my friend and colleague Kyle Linton approached me about building a scalable way to empower survivors of sexual violence. We both had loved ones that had been impacted by traumatic events and were determined to make an impact with technology. We sat down with a notebook and a laptop and hashed out a rough plan at that first meeting – we would need a dedicated group of specialists in design, advocacy, and outreach to build a scalable platform and community.