Natasia Malaihollo
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/natasiam
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Wyzerr
Others: www.Wyzerr.com
Venice, California, United States
Member since September 01, 2014
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| 2008 University of California - Berkeley , BA , Legal Studies |
Entrepreneur
Sooligan iOs App
Serendipitously fell into it...
Uber, Whose Your Landlord, PopUpsters, Plum, Airbnb (if they're still considered a startup)
The highs are extremely high, while the lows are painfully low, and we sometimes experience both within hours of each other.
Here's an example: A few weeks ago we were invited by Microsoft to visit them in Seattle for Microsoft Ventures's Jury Day. On top of being fed the best food money could possibly buy throughout the visit, we also met with some of the smartest most brilliant people in tech. I exchanged jokes with the guy that invented Powerpoint. Within 24 hours after leaving Microsoft, I was back to eating top ramen and running around the city trying to catch a bus home.
Spending too much time building, not enough time testing and selling. I think 'perfectionism' shows up in the entrepreneur genome as a character trait more often than in any other profession. We never want to put out anything that's less than perfect so we keep building and redesigning. However, technology changes every day so you'll never reach a point where it's going to be perfect.
1. Keep a paper trail of everything. When appropriate, have people actually sign stuff.
2. Bootstrap for as long as you can. Don't be rash with the cash.
3. Treat your team well. Teamwork makes the dream work.
Natasia Malaihollo is the CEO and Lead Programmer at Wyzerr, Inc., a software company that builds innovative enterprise tools to capture, analyze, and visualize consumer feedback data in real-time. This is Ms. Malaihollo’s second startup in 3 years. Her first startup was a hyper-local social network for college students called Sooligan. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Ms. Malaihollo studied law, with a focus on intellectual property. She worked for several years as a patent specialist and trademark agent. Ms. Malaihollo is well-versed in Madrid Protocol and foreign filing rules and procedures, with much of her experience stemming from IP filings in the Middle East and China. Ms. Malaihollo is actively involved in community programs and initiatives surrounding literacy, and hopes to one day open a state-of-the-art interactive “library experience."
