Katherine Hague's guest appearances

Katherine Hague

HackToStart

CEO Coach

Your Big Break with Gwen Elliot

Wade Foster

Laura Roeder

Zack Shapiro

Mike Williams

Liz Wessel

Anthony Pompliano

Kevin Thau

Allison Esposito

Josh Pigford

Shane Mac

Samuel Hulick

Khoi Vinh

Brian Balfour

Hana Abaza

Zack Onisko

OwlTail

Katherine Hague, founder of Female Funders talks with Gillian and Anne about her mission to find 1000 new women angels investors this year. To that end she hosted a breakfast series in a whirlwind eight-city tour and launched “Angel School” in two versions: one for investors and one for entrepreneurs  to help both get started with angel funding.She talks about how the gender gap in funding start-ups led her to get involved after her own successful exit from Shoplocket, and her purpose in educating the next generation of women angel investors. Her new book “Funded, the Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Your First Round’ from O’Reilly draws from her experience.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy &amp; Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Katherine Hague, founder of Female Funders talks with Gillian and Anne about her mission to find 1000 new women angels investors this year. To that end she hosted a breakfast series in a whirlwind eight-city tour and launched “Angel School” in two versions: one for investors and one for entrepreneurs  to help both get started with angel funding. She talks about how the gender gap in funding start-ups led her to get involved after her own successful exit from Shoplocket, and her purpose in educating the next generation of women angel investors. Her new book “Funded, the Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Your First Round’ from O’Reilly draws from her experience. Advertising Inquiries: <a href="https://redcircle.com/brands" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy &amp; Opt-Out: <a href="https://redcircle.com/privacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

Katherine Hague and 1000 New Women Angels

This is the forty-fourth episode of Hack To Start. Your hosts, Franco Varriano (on Twitter @ FrancoVarriano) and Tyler Copeland (on Twitter @ TylerCopeland), speak with Katherine Hague (on Twitter @ KatherineHague), the co-founder of ShopLocket, an ecommerce platform for hardware entrepreneurs. Founded in May 2012, Katherine raised a $1 million seed round, led by Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures and Rho Canada. The company was acquired in early 2014 by PCH, a global leader in custom manufacturing solutions. Katherine now acts as VP of Community Engagement &amp; Hackathons for PCH. Katherine has a passion for supporting other entrepreneurs that has naturally led her to becoming an active angel investor. Katherine investments tend to focus on seed stage companies in the consumer hardware and lifestyle space. Katherine has been named one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women, was listed as one of Canada's 7 Tech Stars by the Financial Post, and was named one of 5 Women to Watch in Wearable Tech. She joins us to share her insights on startups, fundraising, and more.

Hack To Start - Episode 44 - Katherine Hague, Co-Founder, ShopLocket