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Kathryn Minshew

American businesswoman

Kathryn Minshew is an American entrepreneur, the CEO and co-founder of The Muse, a career-development platform.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Kathryn Minshew (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Oct 30, 1985.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedDuke University3

Career

Occupation: business executive.5

Minshew was a management consultant at McKinsey. She worked for the Clinton Health Access Initiative until 2010, when she co-founded Pretty Young Professionals. A disagreement with the cofounders of the company led to the dissolution of the Pretty Young Professionals.

In 2011, Minshew co-founded The Muse (originally called The Daily Muse) with Alexandra Cavoulacos and Melissa McCreery. Minshew is the CEO of The Muse and Cavoulacos is the COO. The Muse was accepted into tech accelerator YCombinator for the Winter 2012 class. Kathryn Minshew admitted she was rejected 148 times when pitching investors for seed money.

Minshew represented The Daily Muse in The Wall Street Journal Startup of the Year competition in Fall 2013, where she made the finals. Minshew has contributed to publications including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Inc..

In January 2020, she launched the podcast The New Rules of Work.

From Wikipedia’s article on Kathryn Minshew (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

  • BornOct 30, 1985, New Jersey6
  • CitizenshipUnited States7

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