Good Work with Barrett Brooks The Hardest Decision of My Career: Inside Kieran Snyder’s CEO Journey
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Jan 28, 2025 Kieran Snyder, co-founder and former CEO of Textio, dives deep into her transformative journey from academia to tech leadership. She shares insights on raising over $40 million in funding while building equitable teams. Kieran candidly discusses her experience with burnout and the difficult decision to step down as CEO. Passionate about mentoring women, she highlights her efforts in coaching girls' basketball and her unique storytelling approach in her newsletter, Nerd Processor. This conversation offers both inspiration and practical advice for aspiring leaders.
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April Fool's Computer
- Kieran won her 8th-grade science fair by recreating a computer made of ropes and pulleys.
- The design, featured in a science magazine, was later revealed to be an April Fool's joke.
Parental Influence
- Kieran's parents, an engineer and a writer, shaped her career by demonstrating perseverance.
- Witnessing their pursuit of challenging goals influenced her own drive, despite not initially intending to follow their paths.
Linguistics: A Broad Field
- Linguistics is a broad field, ranging from mathematical analysis of language to its social impact.
- Kieran's interdisciplinary program at Penn combined these aspects, contributing to her and several classmates' later success in tech entrepreneurship.
