even though she was a poli-sci major, her job had nothing to do with her major
worked at faang and uber, as well as cal alum
created queenly with connie since she loved pageants and realized that there was no market focused on dresses, which would be hard to get for low-income families as they are very expensive
kathy was sole developer who created both website and ios app until they hired another engineer wayyyy later on
fundraising is hard when you don’t have a known name backing you
- ended up being backed by big people at big companies
was in yc incubator, helped them grow and gain connections
connections are important!!!
were able to succeed against odds even though they were a female-minority startup