Startup vs Big Brand: What Did Katya Kotlyar Learn Switching Sides?

Katya Kotlyar has moved through this industry in ways most people don't from small to big agency, some freelance, co-founding a cross-border donation startup with her sister (raising $2 million), and eventually winding it down before coming back to brand and startup strategy—often both at once. In this episode, she joins Lynette and Lynette to work through what big-brand thinking actually survives contact with startup reality, and what has to go. They get into burn rate as a creative constraint, the case for 80% and shipping, why brand can outlast a pivot, and why every marketer should probably try building something at least once.