Kathy Zhou's guest appearances

Kathy Zhou

Sand Hill Road

Asian Hustle Network 

Lady Empire 

David Choi

Lisa Ling

Jim Kwik

Eric Feng

Phoebe Yu

Justin Kan

Kevin Lee

Joe Jitsukawa

Anna Lee

AJ Rafael

Sean Lee

Abigail Hing Wen

Christina Qi

Jason Wang

Mike Kim

OwlTail

Kathy Zhou is the CTO &amp; Co-Founder of Queenly,  the leading marketplace and search engine for the formalwear industry. Kathy graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a double major in computer and environmental science. Afterward, she was a full-stack software engineer at Pinterest, building end-to-end products from the ML/data backend to web and mobile front-end applications. Kathy will discuss how Queenly came to be and how being a female software engineer in Silicon Valley has shaped her into being an elite businesswoman. Kathy Zhou Bio:Kathy is a University of Pennsylvania graduate with a degree in Computer Science and Environmental Science. She has worked at Venmo and most recently Pinterest, where she has drawn a lot of inspiration from, in order to Queenly's robust search engine. She is a super full-stack product engineer that has built web, iOS, and backend and she has also competed in a handful of pageants prior to building the largest marketplace for formalwear."Queenly, a marketplace for formalwear, launched into a world where its core product of dresses and gowns had a massive competitor, bigger and more elusive than Poshmark: quarantine.The coronavirus pandemic has caused the fancy in-person events that one might attend, such as award shows, pageants, proms, and weddings to be canceled to limit spread. But despite the fact that you might be rocking sweats over slacks, Queenly co-founders Trisha Bantigue and Kathy Zhou say that they had half a million in sales last year, and over 100,000 people visit their website every day.“So many women bought dresses to just dress up and feel normal at home when everything else around the world was not,” Bantigue said. “It helped them feel grounded and stabilize themselves in this crazy chaotic pandemic environment.” The canceled events have also found new homes, such as Zoom weddings, Twitch pageants, socially distant proms, and graduation car parades. The co-founder added that content creators on TikTok and YouTube have also bought Queenly dresses." https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/18/yc-backed-queenly-launches-a-marketplace-for-formalwear/Make sure to subscribe &amp; review Lady Empire above for the opportunity to be featured!

Kathy Zhou is the CTO &amp; Co-Founder of Queenly,  the leading marketplace and search engine for the formalwear industry. Kathy graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a double major in computer and environmental science. Afterward, she was a full-stack software engineer at Pinterest, building end-to-end products from the ML/data backend to web and mobile front-end applications. Kathy will discuss how Queenly came to be and how being a female software engineer in Silicon Valley has shaped her into being an elite businesswoman. Kathy Zhou Bio: Kathy is a University of Pennsylvania graduate with a degree in Computer Science and Environmental Science. She has worked at Venmo and most recently Pinterest, where she has drawn a lot of inspiration from, in order to Queenly's robust search engine. She is a super full-stack product engineer that has built web, iOS, and backend and she has also competed in a handful of pageants prior to building the largest marketplace for formalwear. "<a href="https://www.queenly.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Queenly</a>, a marketplace for formalwear, launched into a world where its core product of dresses and gowns had a massive competitor, bigger and more elusive than Poshmark: quarantine.The coronavirus pandemic has caused the fancy in-person events that one might attend, such as award shows, pageants, proms, and weddings to be canceled to limit spread. But despite the fact that you might be rocking sweats over slacks, Queenly co-founders Trisha Bantigue and Kathy Zhou say that they had half a million in sales last year, and over 100,000 people visit their website every day.“So many women bought dresses to just dress up and feel normal at home when everything else around the world was not,” Bantigue said. “It helped them feel grounded and stabilize themselves in this crazy chaotic pandemic environment.” The canceled events have also found new homes, such as Zoom weddings, Twitch pageants, socially distant proms, and graduation car parades. The co-founder added that content creators on TikTok and YouTube have also bought Queenly dresses." <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/18/yc-backed-queenly-launches-a-marketplace-for-formalwear/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/18/yc-backed-queenly-launches-a-marketplace-for-formalwear/</a>Make sure to subscribe &amp; review Lady Empire above for the opportunity to be featured!

Kathy Zhou - Female Software Engineer in Silicon Valley

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Queenly co-founders Trisha Bantigue and Kathy Zhou about building a consumer marketplace and tackling the formalwear industry.   00:00 Intro  00:56 The Queenly Elevator Pitch  01:52 Launching Queenly during lockdown  04:04 The pageant dress market   08:06 Formal wear resale market microstructure  10:16 The Queenly minimum viable product  12:37 Go to market strategy  14:56 Queenly marketplace metrics  16:36 The Queenly fundraising journey  20:40 Raising $6.3m From Andressen Horowitz   22:58 Solving the marketplace chicken and egg problem  24:58 Unlocking supply  27:02 Offering power seller tools to boost supply  28:15 Cracking the demand side  29:12 Facilitating Marketplace Transactions  31:36 Marketplace take rate  32:43 Competition And Playbook  35:16 Formal wear Price dynamics  38:22 The Queenly Vision

In this episode, Erasmus Elsner is talking to Queenly co-founders Trisha Bantigue and Kathy Zhou about building a consumer marketplace and tackling the formalwear industry.   <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMSaRMCmf9Q&amp;t=0s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">00:00</a> Intro  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMSaRMCmf9Q&amp;t=56s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">00:56</a> The Queenly Elevator Pitch  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMSaRMCmf9Q&amp;t=112s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">01:52</a> Launching Queenly during lockdown  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMSaRMCmf9Q&amp;t=244s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">04:04</a> The pageant dress market   <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMSaRMCmf9Q&amp;t=486s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">08:06</a> Formal wear resale market microstructure  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMSaRMCmf9Q&amp;t=616s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">10:16</a> The Queenly minimum viable product  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMSaRMCmf9Q&amp;t=757s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">12:37</a> Go to market strategy  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMSaRMCmf9Q&amp;t=896s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">14:56</a> Queenly marketplace metrics  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMSaRMCmf9Q&amp;t=996s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">16:36</a> The Queenly fundraising journey  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMSaRMCmf9Q&amp;t=1240s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">20:40</a> Raising $6.3m From Andressen Horowitz   <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMSaRMCmf9Q&amp;t=1378s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">22:58</a> Solving the marketplace chicken and egg problem  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMSaRMCmf9Q&amp;t=1498s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">24:58</a> Unlocking supply  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMSaRMCmf9Q&amp;t=1622s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">27:02</a> Offering power seller tools to boost supply  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMSaRMCmf9Q&amp;t=1695s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">28:15</a> Cracking the demand side  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMSaRMCmf9Q&amp;t=1752s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">29:12</a> Facilitating Marketplace Transactions  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMSaRMCmf9Q&amp;t=1896s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">31:36</a> Marketplace take rate  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMSaRMCmf9Q&amp;t=1963s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">32:43</a> Competition And Playbook  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMSaRMCmf9Q&amp;t=2116s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">35:16</a> Formal wear Price dynamics  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMSaRMCmf9Q&amp;t=2302s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">38:22</a> The Queenly Vision

E34 Tackling the formalwear industry with Queenly co-founders with Trisha Bantigue and Kathy Zhou

Welcome to Episode 54 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Trisha Bantigue and Kathy Zhou on this week's episode. We interview Asian entrepreneurs around the world to amplify their voices and empower Asians to pursue their dreams and goals. We believe that each person has a message and a unique story from their entrepreneurial journey that they can share with all of us. Check us out on Anchor, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, TuneIn, Spotify, and more. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a positive 5-star review. This is our opportunity to use the voices of the Asian community and share these incredible stories with the world. We release a new episode every Wednesday, so stay tuned! Trisha is the CEO &amp; co-founder of Queenly, and she graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Political Science. She then worked at Google, Facebook and most recently, Uber, working directly with the CTO to recruit engineering executives. Kathy is the CTO &amp; cofounder, and she graduated from University of Pennsylvania with a degree in both Computer Science and Environmental Science. She then worked at Venmo and also was a full-stack software engineer at Pinterest. Both co-founders have competed and have been titleholders for various pageant organizations such as Miss USA, Miss America, Miss Earth USA, Miss Asian Global, and more. Trisha &amp; Kathy are also the best of friends, and they have a shared passion for empowering women, providing accessibility &amp; resources for all, breaking barriers for female founders &amp; women in STEM and really cute doggies. Please check out our Patreon at @asianhustlenetwork. We want AHN to continue to be meaningful and give back to the Asian community. If you enjoy our podcast and would like to contribute to our future, we hope you’ll consider becoming a patron.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/asianhustlenetwork/support

Welcome to Episode 54 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Trisha Bantigue and Kathy Zhou on this week's episode. We interview Asian entrepreneurs around the world to amplify their voices and empower Asians to pursue their dreams and goals. We believe that each person has a message and a unique story from their entrepreneurial journey that they can share with all of us. Check us out on Anchor, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, TuneIn, Spotify, and more. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a positive 5-star review. This is our opportunity to use the voices of the Asian community and share these incredible stories with the world. We release a new episode every Wednesday, so stay tuned! Trisha is the CEO &amp; co-founder of Queenly, and she graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Political Science. She then worked at Google, Facebook and most recently, Uber, working directly with the CTO to recruit engineering executives. Kathy is the CTO &amp; cofounder, and she graduated from University of Pennsylvania with a degree in both Computer Science and Environmental Science. She then worked at Venmo and also was a full-stack software engineer at Pinterest. Both co-founders have competed and have been titleholders for various pageant organizations such as Miss USA, Miss America, Miss Earth USA, Miss Asian Global, and more. Trisha &amp; Kathy are also the best of friends, and they have a shared passion for empowering women, providing accessibility &amp; resources for all, breaking barriers for female founders &amp; women in STEM and really cute doggies. Please check out our Patreon at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/asianhustlenetwork" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@asianhustlenetwork</a>. We want AHN to continue to be meaningful and give back to the Asian community. If you enjoy our podcast and would like to contribute to our future, we hope you’ll consider becoming a patron.--- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/asianhustlenetwork/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/asianhustlenetwork/support</a>

Trisha Bantigue and Kathy Zhou // Ep 54 // Revolutionizing Formalwear Shopping with Queenly