Podcast appearances and mentions of katherine hague

Why is it smart business to invest in founding teams that include women? Should all female founders seek angel or venture capital? Adam Quinton and Kelly Hoey chat about Adam's outspoken and unwavering support for female entrepreneurs, his calling out the bias that exists among Silicon Valley VCs, and his advice for female founders. Adam is Founder/CEO of Lucas Point Ventures and an active investor in and advisor to early stage companies. His investments include The Muse, Rapt Media, VenueBook, Hire an Esquire, Pinks and Greens, Validately and Snaps. Notes Female Founders Outperform Their Male Peers First Round Review Mike Tyson explains one of his most famous quotes by Mike Berardino, Sun Sentinel Snaps The Invention of Science by David Wootton, iBooks How I've Made Smart Hires As My Company Quadrupled In 10 Months by Kathryn Minshew, Fast Company This Tech CEO Has 4 Power Steps For Entrepreneur Resilience by Leo King, Forbes Margaret Thatcher, ‘Iron Lady’ Who Set Britain on New Course, Dies at 87 by Joseph R. Gregory, New York Times Additional Reading The Paradox of Meritocracy - in Tech by Adam Quinton, LinkedIn An Open Letter to Bethenny Frankel by Adam Quinton, LinkedIn Adam Quinton and Kara Swisher call BS on VCs ‘unconscious bias’ at Inspirefest 2015 Siliconrepublic, YouTube I’m a white guy in Silicon Valley and I’m done buying the meritocracy myth by Mike Eynon, Medium Forbes deleted a white tech writer's article that called Silicon Valley a 'meritocracy' by Dexter Thomas, Los Angeles Times Ellen Pao Says Silicon Valley Isn’t A Meritocracy. It’s Not. by Alexia Tsotsis, TechCrunch Introducing Project Include by Ellen Pao, Medium Project Include: Moving from Words to Action, Freada Vapor Klein, Medium 6 questions every founder should ask before they raise capital by Katherine Hague, O'Reilly No Venture Capital Needed, or Wanted by Janet Morrissey, New York Times Meet An Entrepreneur Who Doesn't Believe In Venture Capital by Amy Guttman, Forbes Looking for Love in All The Wrong Places - How to Find a Co-founder First Round Review How to Find a Co-Founder by Guy Kawasaki Is it possible to raise funding before building the product/app? Quora Guest bios & transcripts are available on www.broadmic.com.

Katherine Hague, co-founded ShopLocket in 2011 and sold her business two years later to PCH, a billion dollar Irish company. Hague was a prodigious fundraiser in her two years from idea to exit. She sold 2% of her company to a friend before she had a product, another 10% to an incubator before selling an even bigger chunk in a million dollar funding round. In our interview, Hague describes some of the landmines to avoid when raising outside capital and why she still has one regret about the sale of ShopLocket to PCH: listen now.

AmberMac and Michael B speak to Katherine Hague about Female Funders and angel investing.  Plus, Sean Ramsey shows off the sold-out 360-degree Bublcam.  Plus, we discuss the future of pet technology, including cloning Fido.

Rob kicks off the new season with Katherine Hague, founder of The Blueprint / Shoplocket, which is now a discovery platform for the next wave of consumer electronics.

This is the forty-fourth episode of Hack To Start. Your hosts, Franco Varriano (on Twitter @ FrancoVarriano) and Tyler Copeland (on Twitter @ TylerCopeland), speak with Katherine Hague (on Twitter @ KatherineHague), the co-founder of ShopLocket, an ecommerce platform for hardware entrepreneurs. Founded in May 2012, Katherine raised a $1 million seed round, led by Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures and Rho Canada. The company was acquired in early 2014 by PCH, a global leader in custom manufacturing solutions. Katherine now acts as VP of Community Engagement & Hackathons for PCH. Katherine has a passion for supporting other entrepreneurs that has naturally led her to becoming an active angel investor. Katherine investments tend to focus on seed stage companies in the consumer hardware and lifestyle space. Katherine has been named one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women, was listed as one of Canada's 7 Tech Stars by the Financial Post, and was named one of 5 Women to Watch in Wearable Tech. She joins us to share her insights on startups, fundraising, and more.