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Kathryn Minshew

03/13/14

@ Y Combinator

My co-founder Alex describes our journey as an evolution to awesome, but I prefer to say it's an evolution from suck to suck less, reflecting the reality of many startups.

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Kathryn Minshew at Female Founders Conference 2014

@ Y Combinator

Kathryn Minshew at Female Founders Conference 2014

03/13/14

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