I set out to do my startup at the end of January. I had worked in startups the last 6+ years so you think I would know what it takes. But transitioning from a work-for-someone-else job to a 2-person startup has been a difficult one. I used to spend most of my days in [...]
I have some news: As of last week, I am officially an entrepreneur! I had planned to leave Decide this year, even before I had interviewed I planned to start my company in 2013 (and for those who with concerns, don’t worry, I told everyone involved up front about my plans). And while I had not [...]
For those of you who know we well, or knew me during the years of 2000-2005 probably know that I have lost of a lot of weight. Since my heaviest in 2002/3 I have continuously been losing weight – which is a delta of 74 pounds from my current weight to my heaviest weight (on [...]
Normally I don’t do this many personal posts in a row, but this week I was inspired by Jesse’s post, so I thought I would join in writing my own letter to my former myself a decade or so in the past. —— Dear Katherine (since you don’t call yourself Kate yet), Hello from the [...]
I consider myself lucky. I have a loving family, a good job, and a nice home. Working in technology we are so fortunate because we get paid very well to solve interesting problems. For most of us we enjoy a large part of our jobs, we use our minds (no hard physical labor – which [...]
At the risk of embarrassing myself terribly, I decided to tell you all a little bit of my “swan” story. Hopefully a little insight into my path will inspire you a bit on yours…. You see, when most people meet me now they are surprised when I tell them things like: I used to weigh [...]
Time for a change In relationships, they say that people get an itch every seven years or so to make a change or shake things up. While I am not sure what the standard timeline is for jobs or careers, mine seems to be about 2 years. The last few years it seems about 2-3 [...]
Recently I have been getting some flack about the lack of “personal” updates on my blog – people keep saying I am too serious. Silly people. But to appease them (or at least one of them who suggested I write about my weekends and people I meet) I am writing a post about all the [...]
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I started working with an executive coach. Part of the process is a 360 review (and I won’t receive the results for a bit still), but in addition to helping me learn to see myself better through that process she is also helping me through some of [...]
The last few months have been a whirlwind. Second guessing I have been pushing myself to achieve more and accomplish more in the office. Outside of the office I have taken on more responsibilities volunteering at events, trying my hand at public speaking, and trying to learn the skills and traits to be the very [...]