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Minnie is a long-time Silicon Valley product and operations executive with experience building and scaling impact through elegant technical solutions and great teams. She recently moved back to LA after 20+ years in the Bay Area and is excited to be a part of the growing tech ecosystem of Southern California. Minnie started her career as an early product manager at Google. After 11+ years, she left Google to begin her own entrepreneurial journey as the co-founder and COO of Shift, an online marketplace for used cars. In her spare time, she hosts the LA Venture podcast!
Grew up in Pasadena, Stanford Computer Science
Legacy industry SAAS, logistics, climate tech and some other things.
Founder of Shift.com, Early Product manager at Google
The house I grew up in was called the Commune for Hardworking Scientists.
I've skied and surfed on the same day.
I moved back from the Bay Area to live with my parents in the house that I grew up in.
Don’t underestimate the effect you can have on someone’s career with small acts of kindness.
Show up, tell the truth, hope for the best.
Raising baby people and surfing baby waves.
Our first warehouse had pigeons over where we parked the cars. We spent time brainstorming pigeon poison, bb guns, or getting a hawk. OR I still get really excited whenever I see a Shift car on the road.
Hardest part: I thought I was a reasonably good communicator... until I had a large diverse team to manage. Best part: I still get really excited whenever I see a Shift car on the road.
Take the fund size and divide by 50 and that's the size check they want to write.
I'd love to meet more founders working on climate tech and economic opportunity.
