Kathryn Minshew is the CEO and co-founder of The Muse, a career-development platform.
Career
Minshew was a management consultant at McKinsey. She worked for the Clinton Health Access Initiative until 2010, when she co-founded Pretty Young Professionals, a networking site for young professional women. In 2011, Minshew co-founded The Muse, a "career platform and job discovery tool serving more than 5 million professionals worldwide," with Alexandra Cavoulacos and Melissa McCreery. Minshew is the CEO of The Muse and Cavoulacos is the COO. The Muse has raised $28.7 million in total funding from 22 Investors. The Muse was accepted into tech accelerator YCombinator for the Winter 2012 class.
Recognition and awards
She was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media list in 2011 and 2012. Minshew and her co-founders were also on the Inc. 2012 list of 15 Women to Watch in Tech. She has been featured in publications including Wired, Forbes, Inc., Huffington Post, Teen Vogue, and Stylecaster. Minshew represented The Daily Muse in the Wall Street Journal Startup of the Year competition in Fall 2013, where she made the finals. In 2016, Minshew was named a New York Future 50 Award winner by SmartCEO magazine and a Workforce Magazine 2016 Game Changer. Minshew was also an EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist in 2016. Minshew and her co-founder were named to the Silicon Alley 100 in 2012 and 2015. Minshew was also featured in the "Global Citizen" campaign by Tumi in 2014 and the "Women of Substance" campaign by Anthropologie in 2015. In 2019, Minshew was named as one of the winners of the inaugural One Young World Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
Writing and speaking
Minshew has contributed to publications including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Inc.. She has been featured as a career expert on programs including The Today Show, Bloomberg Television, FOX, MSNBC. In addition, Minshew is a frequent speaker at Technology, Media and Human Capital events, in 2016 appearing at the Tribeca Film Festival: Tribeca Talks Daring Women Summit, The Next Web Europe, Y Combinator's Female Founders Conference, Employer Branding Strategies Conference, NCHRA's Recruiting & Selection Conference and numerous others.
Values and inspirations
For Anthropologie's Women of Character feature, Minshew shared some of her values and inspirations. These included:
Books
2017:The New Rules of Work: The Modern Playbook for Navigating Your Career, Crown Business, 336 pages.
