Kat Yalung is the Director of Bixel Exchange's Startup LAunch Program, a not-for-profit tech incubator that provides no cost, no equity one-on-one mentoring for early stage tech entrepreneurs in Los Angeles. She's also one of Miki Reynold's – episode 1- possibility models!
Kat's family immigrated to the US from the Philippines when she was two. Her lifelong focus on service and social responsibility led her down a career path that includes the Peace Corps in Nicaragua and to her present job leading a not-for-profit tech incubator here in Los Angeles.
Find Kat online
Career advice to her younger self
Mentioned in the Episode
- Philippines ◆ Spanish Colonization of the Philippines ◆ Spanish-American War
- Bixel Exchange: Website | Twitter
- Entertainers who influenced her style in high school 🙂 : TLC ◆ Puffy/Sean Combs/P Diddy ◆ Mase ◆ Master P ◆ Kobe Bryant ◆ Chicago Bull era with [Michael] Jordan, [Scottie] Pippen, and [Dennis] Rodman
- Kenpo Karate & Muay Thai
- Gonzaga University
- 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa
- Apartheid
- Peace Corps: Nicaragua
- Pimp My Ride, hosted by rabbit Xzibit
- Dancing: Bachata & Salsa
- Y Combinator
- TaskRabbit (startups she worked with): Stitch Fix ◆ Kip
- General Assembly: Design Thinking for Social Innovation (first course she took at GA)
- Megan Sette
- Espree Devora
- Harvard Business Review: Why Women Don’t Apply for Jobs Unless They’re 100% Qualified
- Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code: “Teach girls bravery, not perfection.”
- Kat Yalung honored as one of “L.A. Biz's Women of Influence” for 2018
- Arianna Huffington: Evict the obnoxious roommate in your head
- Apps or Services She Can't Live Without: Calendar ◆ ClassPass ◆ Eventbrite ◆ Meetup ◆ Meditation Minis podcast (mentioned: “From Fear to Fun” episode)
- Kat's geeks out on: gaming (Diablo); Hyperloop, Superhero Movies (Marvel, Wonder Women, Black Panther, Transformers)
- Possibility Models: Shivani Siroya (Founder & CEO, Tala) ◆ Jacqueline Johnson (Chief Operating Officer) ◆ Miki Reynolds (Executive Director, Grid110)
Music Credit: Lipp Gloss by Podington Bear