Kathryn Minshew at Startup School NY 2014

Summary

Kathryn Minshew, CEO and founder of The Muse, spoke at Startup School NY 2014 about the perception issue in the startup world and the importance of learning from failure. She emphasized the early struggles and lessons learned from building her company, The Muse, and the limitations of traditional job boards. Minshew also discussed the slow development of The Muse and the strategies used to gain users. She highlighted the importance of reaching out to like-minded groups, creating great content, and persevering through fundraising challenges. Additionally, Minshew emphasized the need to launch quickly, test demand, and take action. She discussed the importance of building a reputation, finding the right people, and focusing on values and ethics in startups. Lastly, Minshew emphasized the importance of building an amazing team, being close to users and data, and proving doubters wrong.

Perception issue in the startup world: highlighting successful growth but overlooking failures
Early struggles and lessons learned from building The Muse
Limitations of traditional job boards
Slow development of The Muse and focus on career content
Strategies used to gain users: reaching out to like-minded groups, creating great content, and persevering through fundraising challenges
Importance of launching quickly, testing demand, and taking action
Building a reputation and making progress, even when things don't go according to plan
Importance of finding the right people and focusing on values and ethics
Importance of building an amazing team and understanding users and data
Proving doubters wrong.

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