Marcelo Calbucci

Founder at Seattle Flow

Greater Seattle Area

Organizer

Marcelo Calbucci is the founder of Seattle Flow and provides Fractional CPO/CTO support for Seed to Series B startups. He is a product and engineering leader with expertise in launching software products across diverse verticals and mentoring founders and professionals.

Marcelo Calbucci / GeekWire Mar 25, 2025

ATmosphere Conference Spotlights AT Protocol Enabling Decentralized Social Web with Bluesky and Obama Joins

The ATmosphere Conference in Seattle highlighted the emerging Authenticated Transfer (AT) Protocol, a decentralized social web system enabling users to own their identity and data, exemplified by the Bluesky social network. This protocol aims to disrupt current social apps by allowing interoperable, user-controlled data across multiple apps, with notable figures like Barack Obama joining Bluesky recently.

Marcelo Calbucci / GeekWire Sep 22, 2021

Techstars Seattle 2011 cohort produced three unicorns (30% rate), making it arguably the accelerator world's most successful class

Techstars Seattle’s 2011 accelerator cohort produced three unicorns — a 30% unicorn-rate — making it likely the most successful accelerator class ever, despite founders facing near-death challenges and a low representation of women among its ten startups.

Marcelo Calbucci / GeekWire Feb 8, 2013

Commentary: Startups Need Full-Stack Marketers Who Can Handle Strategy, Execution, and Analytics

The author argues startups need “full-stack marketers” who can handle diverse marketing tasks across strategy, execution, and analytics rather than specialists or hires who only fit corporate roles. Many people list marketing on their resumes, but few have the broad, startup-ready skill set—similar to how full-stack developers became essential for early-stage teams.

Marcelo Calbucci / Marcelo Calbucci Apr 12, 2010