March 2012
2 posts
I am starting a new adventure
I’ve founded a new company, this time all by my lonesome. Depending on how you count, this is at least my sixth startup:
Dial Info/Automated call processing - went there right out of school as a secretary, ended up as a product manager
Infonautics - joined to run product management as about employee 30, left less than a year later after we’d gone public and grown to 150
Destiny...
October 2011
1 post
Paying a steep price for taking your husband's...
If I needed any more reason to get my name back:
http://bigthink.com/ideas/40387?page=1
Even after controlling for education levels and work hours, a woman who took her husband’s name earns less — €960 compared to €1156.
Probably because:
Despite the fact that other than their name choice the women were identical, the participants overwhelmingly described the woman who had taken her...
August 2011
3 posts
Persistence Hunting
I just finished reason a really terrific book, Born To Run, by Christopher McDougall. An acquaintance suggested that I read it after I mentioned that I recently started and am loving barefoot trail running. I’m very grateful that she followed through and got the book to me.
It’s a shaggy-dog story that leads through the crazy world of ultra marathons, the Sierra Madre and the...
P90X, knees, and minor miracles
This is a special-topic post. Super-boring for anyone not interested in knee injuries or P90X. Sorry.
I have bad knees. First of all, I’m knock-kneed (officially, genu valgum). I don’t much like the look of it, but more concerning is that it makes the supposedly straight hip-knee-ankle line more more of a triangle. It results in all sorts of problems, including chondromalacia patella...
Slowing Down
In addition to being full-time Mom, I’ve been spending my post-ClickEquations time:
Advising Kerathin and PartySpace.com
Serving on the Board of Directors at Monetate
Consulting with London-based social analytics platform UberVU
As Acting Executive Chairman Semprae Labs
Talking with lots of entrepreneurs and companies
Working with a team on a possible next venture (VERY exciting)
So...
July 2011
1 post
What's wrong with the hoopla about Sheryl...
The New Yorker just published a long, loving profile of Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s COO, appropriately titled “A Woman’s Place”. For a brief moment in time it was at the top of Techmeme. Sheryl also did a popular TedTalk.
She mostly blames the male domination of the tech industry (and world leadership) on women. I think, mostly, she’s on the right track. She gives...
June 2011
2 posts
My Name Change
After receiving the 10th email asking why I’m changing my name, I decided I’d just explain.
My parents named me Lucinda Bromwyn Duncalfe. Roughly, it means light princess of the cowshed (yeah). Lucinda is an old family name from my Mom’s side. Bromwyn is what they really wanted to name me but were worried about how unusual it is - it’s Welsh. My full name is (truncated)...
Starting Again
We sold ClickEquations today. And I’m changing my name back to Lucinda Bromwyn Duncalfe (long story, and no I’m not getting divorced). So it seems like a good time for a fresh blog - and you found it! (My old stuff is still at www.cerealceo.com.) I also have a new email address: lucinda at duncalfe dot me and a new Twitter handle: @LucindaD.
I will help with the transition for a month...
