About Me CTO, TWIP & ROCeteer 20+ Years Customer Experience Design Advisory Board Chair, UNLV Engineering Early Employee Evernote & Spirit Airlines 2015 Female Executive of the Year 2015 & 2016 Mentor/Coach of the Year Columnist for Inc, Forbes & Tech.co
Ex. RewardMe Raised: $1.1M in 1 Round from 2 Investors Founded: August 1, 2010 Closed: June, 2015 What happened? “Premature scaling and founder misalignment”
Ex. Airbnb Valuation: $30 billion What they did right. Lead with their heart. “Lean in to the uncomfortable truth” ~ Jonathan Mildenhall, Chief Marketing Officer