Heather Shoemaker (Language I/O) \\ The Language of Coding

In today’s episode, we have Heather Shoemaker, who is the CEO and co-founder of LanguageI/O. She’s a linguist, but she doesn't just speak multiple languages. She also speaks programming languages. As a matter of fact, she wrote the first version of her company's enterprise software, the epitome of a technical founder and CEO, meet one of Wyoming's most accomplished startup founders, Here’s a closer look at the episode:Heather’s love of language and communicationFrom linguistics to Java programmingWorking as a globalization engineer on software globalizationLearning from experience at eCollege during the acquisition by Pearson EducationThe importance of understanding the corporate world and culturesThe connection between coding and languagesJumping off the entrepreneur cliffBuilding the translation solutionLicensing the solution to other companiesGoing from FAQ translation to real-time translation for email and chatSolving the problems of nuances in different languagesFrom solving the problem to becoming LanguageI/OCommitted to staying in CheyenneGoing from Angel funding to VC fundingThe unique journey as a woman fundraising in techWhat is coming up for LanguageI/OThe future of tech in WyomingAdvice for foundersResources:Language I/O Website: https://languageio.com/ Heather's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heathermorganshoemaker/Heather's Twitter: https://twitter.com/heathershLanguage I/O Twitter: https://twitter.com/languageioLanguage I/O LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/languageio/Language I/O Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LanguageIO