E06 - Natasia Malaihollo | Her Silicon Valley Days, Business Failures and Success in Tech, Working at PopCom

Natasia Malaihollo is the Vice President of Business Development at PopCom, and was the CEO and co-founder of Wyzerr (acquired by PopCom), a startup company that gammifies customer feedback collection, analytics, and reporting.

At Wyzerr, Natasia grew its’ customer base to over 2,100 small and large businesses in 42 countries in less than 2 years, and counts Google, Facebook, P&G, Unilever, Walmart, and Kroger as clients.

Natasia has won multiple business and innovation awards for her customer feedback work with Wyzerr. In 2017, Smithsonian Magazine named Natasia to their annual Eight Innovators to Watch List. Other awards include: Forbes Under 30 Global Change the World, FedEx’s 36|86 Entrepreneurial award, CART Retail Innovation, Cincinnati Courier's Women Who Mean Business, and Kentucky's Thoroughbred Award.

Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Natasia was a patent specialist in Washington, D.C. and Silicon Valley, where she prosecuted patent applications on behalf of large tech companies like IBM and Samsung.

You can follow more of Natasia's Journey at LoveNatasia.com!