San Diego Startup Week 2018

Startup CEO, Health Care Reform Strategist, National Speaker

Making   the Hard Choice Can Make All The Difference:  When     Kristin was young, her brother needed a bone marrow transplant. The state was concerned her parents might force her into being a donor at 4 year old so they took her away from her parents. She became a ward of the state and lived with her grandparents for a year. After a year she was given the choice to save his life and made the challenging decision to undergo the excruciating donation process at the age of 5 to save her brother’s life.

Build a Business That Solves A Problem - Kristin  started and sold several different healthcare related companies over the next few years, iterating on each business model.

Don’t Be Afraid to Test and Pivot:    She says she doesn’t always know what will work in her businesses     but has the confidence to keep trying new things. She also gives her team the opportunity to try things and fail. In addition to her team, she was also saying yes to everything her clients asked for and one night decided she needed software to create reports and data for her clients. In doing that, she realized that in order to scale the company, she needed to go from a service company to a software company. It was a hard changeover, and reducing her team from 47+  employees to 12 was the hardest day of her life but her company is now growing quickly.    

Giving  Back Is An Important Part of Giving Back:   Kristin tries to always say yes because everyone always said no to her. She’s now focused on helping more female business owners scale to over $1 million. She is also working to popularize the concept of a Queenmaker, to support women need and help them succeed.