I'm hiring an executive assistant to work alongside me and the team at Reaction Commerce. To be honest, I debated the title for this role, because it spans executive assistant, office manager, culture admin, and more! The details of the job are below. It's a great, demanding, fun, and rewarding…
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Sara Hicks
Sara is the Co-Founder and CEO of Reaction Commerce. Her skills span product management, team building, user experience, operations and strategy in ecommerce, advertising, hosting and marketplaces.
Big News: Our Series A and our Marketplace Launch
It's a big day for us! We just announced Reaction Commerce's $8.5M Series A, led by GV (formerly Google Ventures), and we've also announced our Marketplace launch. I couldn't be more excited for both of these major milestones. We found the ideal partner in Dave Munichiello and GV. Within…
Ikigai: A Reason for Being
I recently came across this article from the World Economic Forum about the Japanese concept of Ikigai, which loosely translates to this: "A reason for being." From Wikipedia, Ikigai is: The word ikigai is usually used to indicate the source of value in one's life or the things…
End of Summer
It's Labor Day, and the end of summer is upon us. I spent the weekend out in Palm Springs. It was extremely hot, but the early morning was perfect for running followed by a refreshing jump into the pool. Palm Springs is one of my most favorite places to run.…
5 Things
My Pocket app is full of saved articles from the past several months. Here are five things that caught my eye recently. In the Master's Classroom by Ben Yagoda, WSJ ($$). I'm a big John McPhee fan. Google is sharing its management tools with the world by Leah Fessler, Quartz. I…
Taking my Seat in the Warrior's World
At about the same time we successfully launched our General Availability v1.0.0 release, our new website, and unveiled Reaction to the world at a large industry conference, we moved from our beloved home in Venice, and my dad started hospice. I know that's a big sentence. I lived…