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Nikki Durkin

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Nikki Durkin has founded two companies, the first being 99dresses, a company that allowed women to trade fashion items with other users. 99dresses was a Y-combinator backed startup that had thousands of users and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars before having to shut down. For anyone who is interested in startups or looking to start their own, I highly recommend her post on Medium titled, My startup failed, and this is what it feels like. Nikki’s second startup is called CodeMakers, a company that teaches children how to code using Minecraft.

Nikki Durkin has founded two companies, the first being 99dresses, a company that allowed women to trade fashion items with other users. 99dresses was a Y-combinator backed startup that had thousands of users and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars before having to shut down. For anyone who is interested in startups or looking to start their own, I highly recommend her post on Medium titled, My startup failed, and this is what it feels like. Nikki’s second startup is called CodeMakers, a company that teaches children how to code using Minecraft.

Ep: 041 - Nikki Durkin - You Can Only Have One Steve Jobs

What were you doing when you were 18? Nikki Durkin was finding co-founders, doing the Y-Combinator thing, raising venture capital, dealing with reporters, replacing co-founders, raising more venture capital and otherwise trying to grow her start-up. Listen in to find out what she learned when it all collapsed. My Guest Nikki Durkin hails from Sydney, Australia.  At the ripe old age of 18 she launched 99Dresses, an online exchange for used fashion. After starting in Sydney, she moved to Silicon Valley to participate in Y Combinator.  While 99Dresses got its fair share of press, Nikki attracted more press than most entrepreneurs both because of her age and her gender.  When 99Dresses ultimately failed, Nikki took the courageous step of posting two long articles on Medium.com, one about being a woman in the tech industry and the other about the emotions of failing.  She discusses both with me on this episode of the podcast. The Take Home Lessons Unlike a lot of my conversations, Nikki and I spent less time on the lessons she learned about raising venture capital and managing and growing a start-up.  She spoke candidly about her relationships with her co-founders and her family.  She also offers a very balanced and candid perspective on being a young woman in the start-up tech game.  Lessons she learned about these things in her late teens and early 20's are often missed or ignored by people twice or three times that age.  Nikki's story reminds us that the people in our lives are ultimately what make any start-up story a success or failure. Resources &amp; Links Nikki on Twitter Nikki's article about closing down 99Dresses Nikki's post about Why I'm Sick To Death of Being A 'Woman In Tech' Subscribe With Your Favorite App Share With Entrepreneurial Colleagues &amp; Friends Connect With Me Why a Venture Capital Podcast About Failure? From early childhood you've always heard the saying “Learn from your mistakes.” In the venture capital industry you frequently hear “Fail fast” to learn and get to the right idea.  Great advice. So, for this venture capital podcast I interview venture capital backed entrepreneurs about what they learned when their start-up didn't go as planned. I hope you can learn from their valuable experience. The post Co-founders, Paparazzi &amp; Family…Oh My! Nikki Durkin on Start-up Relationships appeared first on Venture Capital Coroner's Report.

What were you doing when you were 18? Nikki Durkin was finding co-founders, doing the Y-Combinator thing, raising venture capital, dealing with reporters, replacing co-founders, raising more venture capital and otherwise trying to grow her start-up. Listen in to find out what she learned when it all collapsed. My Guest Nikki Durkin hails from Sydney, Australia.  At the ripe old age of 18 she launched 99Dresses, an online exchange for used fashion. After starting in Sydney, she moved to Silicon Valley to participate in Y Combinator.  While 99Dresses got its fair share of press, Nikki attracted more press than most entrepreneurs both because of her age and her gender.  When 99Dresses ultimately failed, Nikki took the courageous step of posting two long articles on <a href="http://Medium.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Medium.com</a>, one about being a woman in the tech industry and the other about the emotions of failing.  She discusses both with me on this episode of the podcast. The Take Home Lessons Unlike a lot of my conversations, Nikki and I spent less time on the lessons she learned about raising venture capital and managing and growing a start-up.  She spoke candidly about her relationships with her co-founders and her family.  She also offers a very balanced and candid perspective on being a young woman in the start-up tech game.  Lessons she learned about these things in her late teens and early 20's are often missed or ignored by people twice or three times that age.  Nikki's story reminds us that the people in our lives are ultimately what make any start-up story a success or failure. Resources &amp; Links Nikki on Twitter Nikki's article about closing down 99Dresses Nikki's post about Why I'm Sick To Death of Being A 'Woman In Tech' Subscribe With Your Favorite App Share With Entrepreneurial Colleagues &amp; Friends Connect With Me Why a Venture Capital Podcast About Failure? From early childhood you've always heard the saying “Learn from your mistakes.” In the venture capital industry you frequently hear “Fail fast” to learn and get to the right idea.  Great advice. So, for this venture capital podcast I interview venture capital backed entrepreneurs about what they learned when their start-up didn't go as planned. I hope you can learn from their valuable experience. The post <a href="http://www.venturecapitalcoroner.com/co-founders-paparazzi-family-oh-my-nikki-durkin-on-start-up-relationships/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Co-founders, Paparazzi &amp; Family…Oh My! Nikki Durkin on Start-up Relationships</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.venturecapitalcoroner.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Venture Capital Coroner's Report</a>.

Co-founders, Paparazzi & Family...Oh My! Nikki Durkin on Start-up Relationships - The Venture Capital Coroner's Report

This is a story not to be missed. So often in the startup world, we only hear about the successes, the acquisitions, and how much money this person is making. But how about the real story of entrepreneurs? The struggles? The failures? Enter Nikki Durkin. Nikki Durkin founded 99dresses, a company that allowed women to trade fashion items with other users. 99dresses was a Y-comibnator backed startup that had thousands of users and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for it, but recently had to shut down. In this interview you will learn: •How Nikki started her business•What her biggest lessons and realizations were as an entrepreneur and what you can learn from her mistakes•The best way to approach launching a startup•Why you have nothing to lose when starting a business•How to overcome the fear of failure•Why she has no regrets what so ever•The power of vulnerability•How the media really thinks and glamorizes success•Biggest takeaways a startup founder•Future plans for her next startup I Need Your Help! If you haven’t already, I would love if you could be awesome and take a minute to leave a quick rating and review of the podcast on iTunes by clicking on the link below. It’s the most amazing way to help the show grow and reach more people! Leave a review for the Foundr Podcast!

This is a story not to be missed. So often in the startup world, we only hear about the successes, the acquisitions, and how much money this person is making. But how about the real story of entrepreneurs? The struggles? The failures? Enter Nikki Durkin. Nikki Durkin founded 99dresses, a company that allowed women to trade fashion items with other users. 99dresses was a Y-comibnator backed startup that had thousands of users and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for it, but recently had to shut down. In this interview you will learn: •How Nikki started her business•What her biggest lessons and realizations were as an entrepreneur and what you can learn from her mistakes•The best way to approach launching a startup•Why you have nothing to lose when starting a business•How to overcome the fear of failure•Why she has no regrets what so ever•The power of vulnerability•How the media really thinks and glamorizes success•Biggest takeaways a startup founder•Future plans for her next startup I Need Your Help! If you haven’t already, I would love if you could be awesome and take a minute to leave a quick rating and review of the podcast on iTunes by clicking on the link below. It’s the most amazing way to help the show grow and reach more people! <a href="http://www.foundrmag.com/itunes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leave a review for the Foundr Podcast!</a>

22: My Startup Failed & Here is What You Can Learn From it with Nikki Durkin