#253 Startup Secrets From The "Unicorn Whisperer" | Heather Wilde

<p>Heather Wilde is a multiple award-winning, <strong>6-time CTO</strong> and <strong>5x-certified executive coach</strong> with over <strong>20 years</strong> of experience engaging with the world’s best leaders on how to improve their communication, their organization, and their execution.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Heather Wilde is <strong>CTO of ROCeteer</strong>, and is also known as the <strong>“Unicorn Whisperer”</strong> due to her special focus on entrepreneurs. She is a personal and professional growth expert, executive coach, author, and speaker. Affiliated with <strong>3 Entrepreneurial accelerators</strong>, she has also worked with governments on Economic Development projects for over 20 years.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Heather Wilde writes for<strong> Forbes and Inc Magazine</strong>, where she hosts the <strong>“Entrepreneurial Revolution”</strong> column.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Heather was an early employee of Spirit Airlines and a founding member of Evernote, where she oversaw the company’s growth from thousands to <strong>100 million customers</strong>.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Heather was also one of the only women to have programmed, designed, produced, and published a game at the company THQ. She has worked with the <strong>U.S. Navy, NASA,</strong> and state and local governments around the world.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>She has led the development, scalability, and reliability engineering of websites with <strong>60+ million unique monthly visitors, 1.7+ billion monthly page views, and 99.99% uptime SLA requirements.</strong></p><p>Heather has received commendations for her work from the United States Government, as well as Awards for Mentor/Coach of the Year,<strong> Female Executive of the year</strong>, Business Role Model of the year, Entrepreneur of the Year, and CIO of the Year and has been named <strong>Top Writer on Quora 3 years in a row</strong>.&nbsp;</p><br><p><strong>RESOURCES</strong></p><br><p><strong>Linkedin: </strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherwilde/" rel="noopener noreferrer" t