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Fletcher Richman

Fletcher Richman

Product leader and founder; ex‑Head of Product at Confluence

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New York, New York, United States
Joined October 2025
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Summary

Founder and operator who builds conversational, Slack‑first workflows: Fletcher co‑founded BubbleIQ/Halp in 2017 to bring ticketing into chat, grew the product through Techstars and seed funding, and led the company through an acquisition by Atlassian in 2020. Post‑acquisition, he continued in product leadership for Halp within Atlassian and later led Confluence product work, demonstrating a founder→operator→operator‑at‑large path. halp+2
Product leader at scale with a focus on editor/creation experiences: While at Atlassian Fletcher authored and led product launches and communications for Confluence features (for example Confluence whiteboards) and has public product writing that signals a focus on collaboration, creation tooling, and editor UX at enterprise scale. atlassian+1
Boulder‑era community builder and student entrepreneur: As an undergrad at CU Boulder he co‑founded Spark Boulder (a student coworking/incubator), worked with Catalyze CU and Techstars, and has stayed involved in the Boulder startup ecosystem through advising and early‑stage programs. colorado+1
Angel / micro‑VC investor and syndicate partner: Fletcher is a partner at Kokopelli (a small venture/syndicate), participates in angel investing and syndicate activity, and publicly curates investment content and syndicate pages. vcsheet+1
Writer and public thinker on product and learning: He maintains a personal newsletter/site (fletcher.io / Substack) and has written product and learning pieces (Medium → Substack), signaling an interest in documenting product thinking, learning processes, and startup lessons. fletcher+1

Work

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Writing

Confluence Cloud Premium — product announcement & writeup

April 26, 2024

Atlassian product/marketing post describing Confluence Premium capabilities and how it scales collaboration (participated in product writing and announcements while leading Confluence product).

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Bring ideas to life with Confluence whiteboards

March 22, 2024

Atlassian blog post introducing Confluence whiteboards and describing product design, collaboration benefits, and integrations (authored content on Atlassian's Confluence blog).

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Personal essays & newsletter (Substack / fletcher.io)

Ongoing newsletter and essays on product, startups, and learning (moved writing from Medium to Substack/personal site).

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Various Medium posts (early writing)

Medium articles on starting student/community projects, entrepreneurship, and learning (historical writing prior to Substack).

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Hobbies

Skiing / ski instructor (worked as a Ski Pro at Aspen Skiing Company while in college) colorado+1

Cycling and outdoor activities (early YouTube content shows local cycling / Boulder activities) youtube+1

Notes

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Nov 26, 2025