Cheryl Marquez

Cheryl Marquez is the Chief Mom Officer and co-founder behind HandThingsDown.com, the social trading application for busy moms to give away the precious things their kids have outgrown. Prior to launching her career as an entrepreneur, she was a product manager at Hewlett-Packard’s consumer PC group, where she developed a passion for creating products. She got the startup bug when she joined Skyfire Labs, where she evaluated and led the implementation of the Skyfire forums as their first community manager. She splits her time between Phoenix, San Francisco, and Seattle; her passions are technology, product development, streamlining remote collaboration, Zumba, yoga, and traveling.


Recent Posts by Cheryl Marquez

Just How Glamorous is a Founder's Life?

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After four months of intense work and introspection, my co-founder, Bill Lee and I graduated from the Founder Institute.

It was quite an accomplishment, we learned a lot about execution, we pushed each other, we fought and we saw the light of reprieve at graduation.… Read the rest


How Showing Up Can Change Your Day

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Have you ever stayed out too late when you only planned on a quick happy hour?

Have you lost track of time engrossed in a good book?

If you're in your twenties, it's more likely the first reason and not the second.

Either way, the… Read the rest


Would You Walk Away From Everything You Love to Follow Your Passion?

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What would you do if you were given a chance to participate in a startup incubator to work on your dream project? The answer for anyone with the entrepreneur gene would say yes absolutely, I'm in! What if participating in this program meant you had… Read the rest


How to Get More Done: Have Shorter Meetings

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Meetings are a necessary part of business yet sometimes, they can feel like a
colossal waste of time. When you are running your own business, time in a meeting often means time spent away from getting things done, especially when you wear multiple hats. This… Read the rest


Backstage Without Pimping Yourself at Conferences

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Do you wonder how you can attend conferences to learn everything you need to know about development, entrepreneurship, and all things related to social media, while still having time to get work done in your business? Are you a developer who needs to keep up… Read the rest


How to Communicate Like Kim Kardashian

My co-conspirator and I live in different states, with the distance and inability to meet in person; we needed to find a way to communicate regularly without burning through all of our mobile minutes. This week’s bootstrap business tip covers some of the tools we… Read the rest