# Robert DuBois

> Building with AI | MILLS Founder — Rethinking how bathrooms get renovated

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/robertdubois

I build things — fast, with AI, and with a deep obsession for how the product actually feels in someone's hands. Also known for being the AI Hype Man at MILLS. 
 
Since late 2024, I've been in a full sprint: shipping AI-native products, and founding MILLS to take on the $68B bathroom renovation market. At MILLS, we give general contractors the designs, specs, and brand they need to close more jobs, and homeowners get outcomes they actually love.
 
Before this chapter, I spent a decade building products from zero and coaching 100+ founders through the human side business.
 
The thread through all of it: I'm drawn to hard problems where the answer isn't obvious, the user is underserved, and the team needs someone who can hold both the product vision and the people.
 
Always open to conversations about AI, product, building from zero, or the human side of startups.

## Work Experience
### Founder @ MILLS
Jan 2025 – Present
We make it easy for a GC to close the sale of a bathroom renovation with a polished catalog they're proud to show, professional designs they choose to specialize in, materials and specs at their fingertips, and a brand that makes them look credible before they say a word. 

The GC picks the designs they want to run with, gets great at delivering them, earns better economics per project, and the homeowner gets an outcome they love.

### Building with AI @ Unknown
Jan 2024 – Present
Building with AI: Lupra.ai for podcast lovers short on time, Starling personal assistant, much more via Claude Code, Cursor, Replit, et al.

### Leadership Coach & Facilitator @ The Grand World
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Helping 100+ founders and leaders excel at the human side of building companies—from stakeholder management, to self-leadership to team leadership.

### Head of Product and Design @ Bright Breaks
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area
Leader of product management and design at Bright Breaks, where "Calm meets Peloton" for workday wellbeing.

### Co-Founder, VP of Product @ Tend.com
Jan 2014 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Led all product development efforts for Tend.com, including market research, product roadmap, strategy, go-to-market, and sales.

### Principal Designer @ Mangrove Web, a Certified B Corp
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014

### Senior UX/UI Web Designer @ Mangrove Web, a Certified B Corp
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Web Designer @ Robert DuBois Design
Jan 2007 – Jan 2013

### Product Designer @ GlobalGiving
Jan 2007 – Jan 2010 | Washington DC-Baltimore Area


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Marketing, Finance
University of Northern Colorado

### Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems Certificate in Sustainable Food Production
University of California, Santa Cruz

### The Conscious Leadership Group


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/robert-dubois
- Portfolio: https://getmills.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13