It's not the millions of ideas that matter ... it's the ideas that actually stick. I guess this is the part of my blog where I talk about who I am and why you might want to spend 2 minutes out of your busy life to check out my blog. Here goes - I was born in a green paster overlooking the swiss alps. My father was a sheep herder and my mother was a seamstress. I have 4 younger sisters and 5 older brothers. We all play different instruments and have recently decided to go on tour calling ourselves Delta Spirit. Sounds pretty cool huh... wish that was true. I frequently forget that I'm not a rock star and have this cool emo backstory, although many times during the day I like to daydream that's the case. Delta Spirit is actually my favorite band. And I'm not from the Swiss Alps, but I'm close. I live in a remote, deserted town called Los Angeles, California. I have 2 younger sister, a dad that's an engineer and a mom that's a nurse. Pretty plain jane if you ask me. But thats okay. I'm playing with the cards that were dealt to me and although those cards don't consist of having an amazing singing voice, olympian athletic ability or Einstein E=MC square smarts, I've found a nice place in the wonderful world of technology and music that I throughly enjoy and frequently try to push boundaries in. Graduating from UC San Diego with a BA in Economics sounded like the most practical thing to do, so being the asian "follow the dotted lines" type of girl I am, that is what I did. Finance, Wall Street, Real Estate all sounded like fun cash cows I could possibly venture towards, but to put it simply, it didn't sound like my cup of tea. I'm more of a herbal ginseng with a touch of lemon girl vs. Lipton instant tea. Two rules I like to live life by. One - don't associate with people that suck. Take your bad energy and go rub it somewhere else. I mean it. Two - passion for life, work, and exploring new people is a must. So I guess the big question is - what do I do? I'm really compelled to re-type out my whole entire linked in profile and go through the step by step progression of my career to date, but the black crow outside my window is telling me that's boring and you probably really want to know how am I different from the rest and how do I expect to make my footprint in this big bad world. I guess my answer is that the launch of my own company is eminent and it will certainly be in the technology and music space. Stick with what you know right? I've worked in this industry for the last 8 years, built tech platforms, created digital strategy for companies like the big 4 major record labels, created interactive live events with artists like Busta Rhymes, and managed to take Keanu's red pill which lead me to my 5 minutes of fame on MTV's Road Rules and win Mastercard's national "Internship in the music business - priceless" contest when I was in college. I like to write, I like to rant, and I like to take pictures and share them with my new android phone so I can show it off ... so I guess the result of that is this blog. Also - I tend to be the type of person that sits listening to panels and always has something to say. SO instead of bugging colleagues I drag with me to the convention with unnecessary comments, I'll write everything here. I promise it will be semi interesting and if it's NOT, post something and let me know. Nobody gets better by pretending they smell like roses when they really stink like doo doo. *** 2013 update: It's been a coupe years since I've updated this bio, so here's an update! I guess my predictions for my future were correct and I did start my own company called VoxBloc. It was acquired a year later and I dived into the wonderful world of women in tech. I now lead an organization called Girls in Tech - LA, consult, write and have become insanely addicted to yoga. ***For those of you that do want to know what I've done check out www.patriciadao.com ***Feel free to reach out on Twitter @pattydao
Speaking at the dailyKARMA event at the Museum of Craft and Design in San Francisco. Honoring 12 businesses in SF that give back on a local level to our community. It was a great night filled with people that genuinely wanted to play a positive impact on society.
#getdailykarma first ever #causelocaleffect awards! What an amazing turnout to recognize 12 top businesses that give back in SF. It's been such a pleasure working alongside amazing entrepreneurs across the world to help drive positive change in the world. It was also amazing to see old friends that I've worked with in the last and to hear about all their entrepreneurial successes.
Joined inspirational women today at the Women's Leadership Conference in West Hollywood today! As always, I met so many amazing and inspiring women through the experience.
Girls in Tech LA Leadership Team and Executive Speakers - CEO of Ouya, Julie Uhrman; VP of Product Marketing, Lily Knowles; Sr. VP of Technology for ABC/Disney, Renu Thomas
Judged #technovation #hack4la #williamfoundation middle school and high school hackathon yesterday. Kids floored me with their confidence in pitching under 2 min and brilliant app ideas. #stem #youthstem #thefuture @gitlosangeles. Amazing job @xmurriel !!
Tech Affect Week 2 on Pivot TV! Reviewing Apps that elevate your social media. http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/11/06/apps-help-you-make-healthier-choices-takepart-live-tech-affect
Lived in #dtla for 2.5 years and never visited this hidden gem until I moved. So much fun w my #gitla ladies @xmurriel @chicaintelligente @shirlinhsu . Again please!
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