Who is?

About: Kate Kendall is a strategical digital and community thinker who gets things done. She has expertise in marketing, social media, communications, product development, publishing and community engagement – after writing, speaking and working in these areas for a number of years. She grew up in the UK and Australia, and has recently divided her time between Melbourne, San Francisco and Berlin. She’s familiar with the Australian, European and US markets and has a deep knowledge of city-level startup and tech initiatives.

In 2011, Kate created The Fetch – a what’s on guide to your city’s business, digital and creative communities. The all-you-need-to-know biweekly curated emails are now in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, London and Berlin with plans to spread to New York and San Francisco in Q2 2012.

Some recent mentions:

Top 15 Recommended Australians to Follow, Twitter
Top 20 Young Professionals to Watch 2012, Brazen Careerist
Top 100 Influential People of 2011, The Age Melbourne Magazine
Top 10 Female Entrepreneurs, Startup Smart
Top 20 Aussie Startup Mentors, Shoe String Startups

Kate also kicked off and seeds the Social Media Melbourne community, which involves inclusive conversational gatherings of people interested and working in the digital space. The group is renowned for facilitating discussion across industry and is a catalyst for collaboration, idea generation and knowledge transfer.

In 2012 Kate has advised and contributed in regards to digital and community development at Dumbo Feather – a magazine featuring conversations with extraordinary people.

Other projects that are coming soon or on hold include Cloud Peeps (a platform to connect community managers with startups and small businesses) and Women Hack (Australia’s women-focused entrepreneurial virtual incubator, startup community and knowledge space for tech and web-based businesses).

She has a Bachelor of Science from The University of Melbourne in biotechnology and microbiology, and did her Masters of Business (Marketing) at RMIT University with a thesis on social media strategy.

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In 2011 she worked with Travellerspoint (one of the largest travel communities on the web) and The Conversation (a recently-launched news and analysis site). She has also appeared on community radio via Triple R’s Byte into It and co-organised the tech entrepreneurship focused meetup Silicon Beach.

In 2010 she worked with a Y Combinator-funded travel startup called Adioso as the marketing and communications director. Prior to this, she was the digital director at the magazine company Niche Media, which publishes titles such as Australian Macworld, Marketing, Desktop and Architectural Review Australia.

Kate started at Niche Media in 2008 as the online editor and feature writer of Marketing magazine, and wrote cover stories on global superbrands such as Google, L’Oréal and Microsoft.

Before this, Kate worked in a mixture of editorial, marketing and communication roles in the magazine and retail industries at companies such as Universal Magazines, ACP Magazines and Bed Bath N’ Table.

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You can follow Kate on Twitter via @katekendall and @thefetch or visit any of the ‘Connect with me’ links on the right. For recommendations, visit LinkedIn.

Kate is interested in entrepreneurship and startup culture, innovation in publishing and journalism, empowering women, connecting networks and people, experiencing the world and generally, being kind.

Current short bio:

Kate Kendall is a community-minded digital thinker and doer working across the marketing, media and startup space. She is the founder and CEO of The Fetch – a what’s on guide to your city’s business, tech and creative communities and can be often be found in coworking spaces across Melbourne, San Francisco and Berlin.

Images for mugshot purposes:

Available in the following Dropbox folder:

• kate-kendall.jpg (colour, mid-length)
• kate-kendall1.jpg (current avatar)
• kate-kendall2.png (most recent)