Lindsey Witmer Collins
engineer, founder & investor

Lindsey
Witmer
Collins

Software architect, startup investor, and Founder/CEO of WLCM App Studio, a multi-award-winning Inc. 5000 software agency; and Scribbly Books, an AI startup.

Lindsey founded WLCM (pronounced “Welcome”) near the dawn of the App Store. Her agency’s apps have been recognized by Apple, Fast Company, and Webby — “App of the Day,” “Best in Class,” a “World Changing Idea” — and featured in The New York Times, Oprah Magazine, and Vogue.

Inc. honored WLCM with its “Best in Business” award for putting purpose before profit, and profiled the studio in 2022 for its work in Ukraine.

She writes for Inc., Fast Company, and Forbes, and through her “Build it Right” newsletter — with a particular passion for the perspectives of women, mothers, and children.

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Lindsey is a regular contributor to Forbes, Inc., and Fast Company as a member of the Forbes Technology Council, Inc. Masters, and the Fast Company Impact Council.

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Personal essays on technology, AI, and family — published on LinkedIn.

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WLCM App Studio Inc. 5000 honoree

A multi-award-winning software & AI studio. Recognized by Apple, Fast Company, and Webby; an Inc. 5000 company named “Best in Business.”

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GRIDMINE
Co-founder · Raising

A minerals-intelligence company that maps, classifies and forecasts the recoverable minerals in retiring infrastructure — turning above-ground stock into credible secondary supply.

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FOR, BY, AND WITH MY KIDDOS

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