About Us
Looking beyond the catchy name, it’s time to explore the heart of KindKatch. Discover the driving forces behind our mission and meet the incredible team who bring it to life. Join us in uncovering the inspiring stories and motivations that make KindKatch a personalized video messaging solution with purpose, passion, and impact.
Looking beyond the catchy name, it’s time to explore the heart of KindKatch. Discover the driving forces behind our mission and meet the incredible team who bring it to life. Join us in uncovering the inspiring stories and motivations that make KindKatch a personalized video messaging solution with purpose, passion, and impact.
MEET THE KINDKATCH TEAM
Nicholas Kristock
Founder, CEO & Board Member
Bryan Lively
Chief Relationship Officer & Board President
Rick Russell
Director of Operations
Fanzoo Technology
Product Development
Laura Rankin
Marketing Lead
Sara Weinstein
Board Member
Harrie Bakst
Advisory Board
Rashad Jennings
Advisory Board
Ethan Zohn
Advisory Board
CORE VALUES
At KindKatch, our values influence every decision we make. Whether we’re considering giving employees the freedom to head to boy scout camp for a week with zero reception or building a new feature for our partners, our values hold us accountable to be the very best company we can be.
Gratitude
Gratitude is the intentional reflection of how things outside of yourself have helped you get to where you are in life.
Kindness
Being kind to others is one of the easiest ways to make the world a better and brighter place.
Trust
This is built over time and built by showing up. You show up for your audience and they will become your friends.
Communication
We all have a remarkable story to tell the world. We just have to find a way for people to hear it.
Generosity
There is tremendous power in giving, so much so that we believe it should be a daily habit.
Relationships
Everyone wants to belong. At KindKatch, we get excited about the power of relationship and community.
THE BACKSTORY
After working in nonprofit/social impact in the US and Australia, our Founder, Nicholas Kristock, moved back to Michigan in 2015 and started a nonprofit called Fleece & Thank You. Its mission is to provide every child in the hospital with a colorful fleece blanket and a video message of support directly from the donor. Nicholas created software to allow personal video messages to be exchanged between blanket makers and recipients. His idea caught the eyes of other organizations, which resulted in the spinoff of KindKatch.
After years of iteration and testing, KindKatch was brought to market in late 2020 to make brand and user-generated content easier than ever before to capture, curate, and share. For our founder and early customer, video at scale was a struggle. We like to think we have changed that.
THE CULTURE
As far as we know, we only get one ride on this planet, and the ride of life is too short to not surround ourselves with good humans. At KindKatch, we believe in the goodness of others. We believe that everyone has a purpose. We believe that, deep inside every human, there lives a 1-billion view Ted Talk waiting to emerge.
Our brand, our product, our service, and our culture will only be as good as the people in the room (virtual or in-person) and the ideas we bring to life together. We’re building a culture for good humans to thrive in, a product for good organizations to succeed with, and a movement for good messages to be shared with the world. And, we are proud of it.
Great Brands Use KindKatch to Engage and Cultivate Their Audience
Every day, KindKatch helps your favorite brands engage their audience. Join the family of good humans working with good brands to share good messages.
Every day, KindKatch helps your favorite brands engage their audience. Join the family of good humans working with good brands to share good messages.