Katharine VanderDrift

Katharine VanderDrift


Website: http://katharine.org/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanderdrift
Twitter: kvanderd
San Francisco, California, United States
Member since August 04, 2015
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I am a developer living in San Francisco. I have been building websites and driving traffic to them since 2009. Quote_down
  • About
Investor interests
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Education
university of california san diego

I am a(n):

Developer

Companies I've founded or co-founded:
Healthiest, Inc.
Companies I work or worked for:
Healthiest, Inc., KahootzMedical, Servio
Achievements (products built, personal awards won):

Kahootz Medical - first customer facing application
Servio - Crowdsourcing Platform - Created the first Writer Credential (General and Marketing) which ended up being the product differentiator and first profitable product.

If you're an entrepreneur or corporate innovator, why?

I like to build my ideas

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs/innovators make?

Not talking to users

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?

1. Capture/Segment and learn from your user data
2. Good people are your most important asset
3. Emotional ups and downs are a dime a dozen (give it a day).

Full bio

Developer with 4 years experience in Search Engine Optimization and Growth. Led the development and ranking of websites in more than 20 highly search-competitive industries from health and beauty to legal services. Code & Bio: http://katharine.org/