Katie Kirsch

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Hi! 👋 I’m a hybrid product x design x startup leader trained at Stanford, IDEO, &…

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Honors & Awards

  • Forbes 30 under 30

    Forbes

    Consumer Tech, 2024

  • First Year Honors

    Harvard Business School

    Selected by HBS faculty out of top 15-20% of class to receive honors for academic excellence.

  • Entrepreneurship Fellowships

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    Galvanizer (Summer 2022)
    Female founders program spun out of the Stanford GSB.

    Rock Summer Fellows Program (Summer 2022)
    Entrepreneurship program run by Harvard i-lab and Rock Center.

    Cleo Capital (Summer 2020)
    Entrepreneurship program.

  • Press Features & Speaking Engagements

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    Featured by Fast Company, IDEO Futures, Stanford Magazine, Ms. Magazine, Gentry Magazine, Lean In, IxDA, and Expo for Design, Innovation, and Technology in Toronto, among others.

    Speaker at Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Association (2021), IESE Women in Business Conference (2021), frog design (2019), Designers+Geeks (2019), Stanford Women in Entrepreneurship Summit (2019), Women of IDEO (2019), Stanford Technology Ventures Program (2018), Gentry’s Women in Technology Conference at SAP…

    Featured by Fast Company, IDEO Futures, Stanford Magazine, Ms. Magazine, Gentry Magazine, Lean In, IxDA, and Expo for Design, Innovation, and Technology in Toronto, among others.

    Speaker at Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Association (2021), IESE Women in Business Conference (2021), frog design (2019), Designers+Geeks (2019), Stanford Women in Entrepreneurship Summit (2019), Women of IDEO (2019), Stanford Technology Ventures Program (2018), Gentry’s Women in Technology Conference at SAP (2018), National Charity League Awards Ceremony (2018), GEL Conference (2017), and SXSW Edu (2016), among others.

  • Microsoft Art of Teamwork Campaign Video

    Microsoft

    Selected to be featured in Microsoft's Art of Teamwork Campaign Video alongside a group of ~12 incredible leaders—the CEO of UNICEF; the Executive Producer of the Daily Show; a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and entrepreneur; an Olympian athlete; and award-winning journalists, chefs, and authors: https://products.office.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/teamwork-in-the-workplace

  • Robert H. McKim Design Award

    David Kelley and the Stanford d.school

    When I graduated from Stanford, David Kelley honored me as the first recipient of the Robert H. McKim Award, acknowledging my accomplishments as the top undergraduate design student of the year at Stanford.

  • Academic Achievements

    Stanford University

    Graduation with Distinction (2016)
    Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society (2016)
    Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society (2016)
    Public Service Honor Society (2016)
    Cap and Gown Women's Leadership Society (2015)
    Symposium for Undergraduate Research and Public Service, Presenter (2015)
    Public Service Fellowship (2015)
    Kairos Society Fellowship (2015)
    Boothe Prize for Writing Award, Finalist (2015)
    Psychology One Scholar Award, Honorable Mention (2014)

  • $35k-winning Kickstarter Campaign Producer

    Kickstarter

    I edited and produced the video for our $35k-winning Kickstarter campaign (using Final Cut Pro), which was honored by Kickstarter as a Staff Pick and the Project of the Day. We gathered 500+ backers and exceeded our crowdfunding goal by $10k. With our Kickstarter income + corporate sponsorships, we raised $60k in 30 days.

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1066334211/girls-driving-for-a-difference-a-design-studio-on

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  • English

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  • French

    Professional working proficiency

  • Italian

    Limited working proficiency

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