Kate Brodock

About

Achievements

I'm Founding Partner of the W Fund and CEO of Women 2.0, one of largest global platforms focused on gender and inclusion in startups.

I've been active in the tech startup ecosystem for 15+ years, and have played a central leadership role in representation in the sector, having led a global organization of 60+ chapters focused on women in entrepreneurship as its President. I'm also an EIR at LaunchNY, and a long-time mentor for Techstars.

I've spoken at and been featured in 100s of places, including SXSWi, Web Summit, Collision Conference, Fast Company, Techcrunch, MSNBC, IBM, TechCrunch and Al Jazeera America.

I'm a very non-professional (but adventurous!) athlete and musician, love a good meal with bubbly, craft beer and friends, and live with my husband, a startup-web-developer-turned-beer-guy on a hops farm in Upstate, NY with our two boys.

Describe the most impressive thing you've done.

Skills

Business Strategy Competitive Analysis Consulting Data Analysis Due Diligence Integrity Management Marketing Management Messaging Product Marketing Research Strategic Planning Training Content Production Writing Brand Management Startups Early-Stage Startups Venture Capital Entrepreneurship

Locations

New York City Cazenovia

Experience

Women 2.0

CEO 2016 - Present (about 10 years)

A global platform for women and underrepresented startup founders.
- Acquired brand in Aug'16
- Rebuilt biz model, created new 10-year strategic vision to align w/... more

W Fund

Founder, Founding & Managing General Partner 2019 - Present (about 7 years)

VC firm investing in women and underrepresented early-stage technology founders.

Launch NY

Entrepreneur-in-Residence 2019 - Present (almost 8 years)

Techstars

Mentor 2016 - Present (over 10 years)

Marketing, Growth and Strategy Mentor for several Techstars cohorts, most recently the "Anywhere Accelerator".

DesignerInc

Advisor

untapt

CMO 2015 - 2017 (over 1 year)

-Led all marketing, branding and content efforts across the organization
-Developed short-, medium- and long-term strategies for all external and internal communications
-Managed... more

Girls in Tech

President 2008 - 2015 (over 7 years)

Global nonprofit for women in tech and entrepreneurship.
- Developed short- and long-term organizational strategy
- Led all efforts around marketing and operations
-... more

Forbes

Contributor 2012 - Present (almost 15 years)

Write articles on women in business, entrepreneurship, technology and leadership

The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University

Adjunct Professor 2014 - 2015 (9 months)

I taught undergraduate level Digital Marketing course

The Newhouse School

Adjunct Professor of PR 2013 - 2015 (about 2 years)

Teach graduate and undergraduate level Data & Analytics course and Advanced PR Writing and Social Media course

W2O Group Center for Social Commerce

Director 2013 - 2014 (9 months)

Center focused on the use of social, digital and mobile data to understand audience behavior and create effective engagement between brands and audiences.

- Led efforts... more

Syracuse University

Executive Director of Digital and Social Media 2011 - 2013 (about 2 years)

- Developed first university social media marketing strategy
- Led the process of integration of social media into existing marketing, web and PR processes
- Oversaw... more

Founder & CEO

Other Side Group 2008 - 2014 (almost 7 years)

Integrated marketing & communications strategy firm that worked primarily with technology companies ranging from large software companies to 10-person UX shops.
- Started,... more

Bose

MBA Product Marketing Intern 2007 (about 1 month)

- Responsible for sales analysis and customer satisfaction analysis for premium product line
- Projects included compilation and dissection of data, presentation of findings... more

Priority 5 Group

Senior Analyst, European Markets 2005 - 2006 (9 months)

Start-up focusing on Critical Infrastructure Preparedness for private firms using simulation software

- Proved a major decision-maker in firm, and part of the three... more

Harvard University

Research Assistant, History of Science 2003 - 2005 (about 2 years)

Ignition Ventures

Marketing Research 2003 - 2005 (over 2 years)

Technology Transfer firm focusing primarily, but not exclusively, in the biotech field
- Performed major qualitative and quantitative research for a small technology transfer... more

Founder

W Fund

Employee

Techstars, Harvard University, Forbes, Women 2.0, Girls in Tech, Syracuse University, Ignition Ventures, W2O Group Center for Social Commerce, The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, Kris-Tech Wire, Priority 5 Group, Bose, Founder & CEO, The Newhouse School, untapt, Launch NY

Advisor

DesignerInc