From Code to Cats: Where Systems Support You

🎯 Purpose of the Workshop

​Join HERA Labs and Women in Tech Alliance for an inspiring and refreshingly honest look about what happens when thoughtful tech thinking meets real life - and yes, even a Cat Hotel.

​Katie Lundhoff - expert in Price, Product, Project Management, and Data -shares her journey of treating her Cat Hotel like a tech product while balancing a 9–5 with a passion-driven 5–9. 

​With her entrepreneurial mindset and talent for building community-focused businesses, Katie will show how systems, tools, and smart workflows can make work and life run effortlessly. 

​🧠 What we will explore (Agenda)

• ​The Story: From Code to Cats - applying product thinking to a passion project

• ​The Tech Stack of a Cat Hotel:

  • ​low-code/no-code tools that keep things flexible

  • ​automation

  • ​bootstrapping

• ​Interactive Activity: The Tech-to-Hustle Translator

• ​3 Key Lessons Learned

• ​Q&A + Closing

​ ✨What You Will Gain - You will walk away with ...

• ​A fresh way of thinking about your work or side project - one that values ease, sustainability, and intention

• ​Practical advice and relatable stories drawn from real experience

• ​Tangible examples of how tech and product thinking can support both work and life

• ​Reassurance that steady, thoughtful growth is powerful

​ 👥 Who this workshop is for

​Anyone balancing a full life with a growing idea, who wants to build something meaningful, use smart tools and create steady progress without burning out.