Kathryn Minshew
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Kathryn Minshew | |
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 Minshew in 2014 | |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur author writer public speaker |
| Alma mater | Duke University |
| Website | |
| themuse | |
Kathryn Minshew is an American entrepreneur, the CEO and co-founder of The Muse, a career-development platform.[1][2]
Minshew was a management consultant at McKinsey.[3] She worked for the Clinton Health Access Initiative until 2010, when she co-founded Pretty Young Professionals.[4] A disagreement with the cofounders of the company led to the dissolution of the Pretty Young Professionals.[5]
In 2011, Minshew co-founded The Muse (originally called The Daily Muse)[1] with Alexandra Cavoulacos and Melissa McCreery. Minshew is the CEO of The Muse and Cavoulacos is the COO.[6] The Muse was accepted into tech accelerator YCombinator for the Winter 2012 class.[7] Kathryn Minshew admitted she was rejected 148 times when pitching investors for seed money.[8]
Minshew represented The Daily Muse in The Wall Street Journal Startup of the Year competition in Fall 2013, where she made the finals.[9] Minshew has contributed to publications including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Inc..[10][11][12]
In January 2020, she launched the podcast The New Rules of Work.[13]
Recognition and awards
- 2011,[14] 2012:[15] Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media list
- 2012: Inc. list of 15 Women to Watch in Tech.[16]
- 2012,[17] 2015:[18] Silicon Alley 100
- 2016: New York Future 50 Award winner by SmartCEO magazine[19]
- 2016: Workforce Magazine Game Changer[20]
- 2016: EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist in 2016[21]
- 2019: One of the winners of the inaugural One Young World Entrepreneur of the Year Award[22]