Designed / Edited 100+ websites

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20 Years of Design Experience

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Taught 400+ Students

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Designed / Edited 100+ websites ⏺ 20 Years of Design Experience ⏺ Taught 400+ Students ⏺

Behind the Screen

Hi, I’m Katelyn! Your nerdy web friend who swears a bit.

I'm the Squarespace web designer and educator behind Launch the Damn Thing®. I design custom Squarespace websites for service providers, and teach fellow web designers the systems and processes that keep their businesses from running their lives.

My life’s story in pictures‍ ‍(the scenic route)

Not a scroller? Skip the scenic route ↓

For My Clients

Custom Squarespace websites for service providers who want an unboring site, launched in about two weeks.

For Fellow Designers

The client portal system, templates, and community I wish I'd had when I started (minus the years of trial and error).

HOUSE RULES

The Launch the Damn Thing® Manifesto

Most of the online business world runs on the idea that the answer is always more. More tools, more platforms, more content, more hustle, more growth.

But that’s not the whole story & is often not the right mindset. So, I live by these house rules instead.

  1. Your website should feel like you, not like a template someone else filled out.

  2. Perfectionism is just procrastination in a blazer. Launch the damn thing.

  3. Everything is an experiment. Try it, look at the data, then decide.

  4. You don't have to be everywhere. Show up where it actually works.

  5. The details matter. They're the difference between spinning your wheels and making progress.

  6. Being yourself isn't a liability. It's your biggest differentiator.

  7. You don't need a massive audience to build a real business.

  8. Systems aren't sexy, but they're what let you sleep peacefully at night.

  9. The "professional" version of you isn't more credible. It's just less memorable.

  10. Teaching from past memories is a disservice. I prefer to stay in the work to know what’s working or not working right now.

  11. A business that fits around your life beats one that owns it. Protect that unapologetically!

  12. Mistakes don't mean you're bad at this. They're proof you're working on it.

  13. Confusion means you need better information, not that you're failing.

  14. "I don't know yet" and “No” are both complete sentences.

  15. Your clients deserve someone who gives a damn, not just someone who pushes pixels and delivers files.

  16. Radical honesty beats polished performances every time.

  17. Nobody learns from someone who's never struggled. Show the messy middle!

  18. Community over competition. Someone else winning doesn't mean you lose.

  19. Honest commerce beats slimy sales. If you feel icky about it, just don't do it.

I’ll let these folks do the talkin’ 🥰

FAST FACTS

  • Pronunciation: Kate-lynn Dee-kull

  • Located in: Vermont

  • Visited US States: 17 & counting

  • 1st design job: 2006

  • Degree: 2 classes shy of a Bachelor of Arts (long story!)

  • Started side hustle: 2015

  • Started full-time freelance: June 2020

  • Experience: print, graphic, & web design

  • Business Name: Launch the Damn Thing®!

  • Family:

    • husband & no kids (on purpose)

    • a shy AF hound mix, Rowan, + a crazy AF orange tabby cat, Willow

  • Last trip: road trip through Quebec, Canada

Loving...

  • reading anything, from fiction & fantasy to business & nonfiction

    • I have 2 copies of most books: Kindle + Audible, but I’ll have a 3rd copy of my fav books, –a physical copy on my shelf!

  • learning & honing new skills

  • organizing, even if it’s tedious

  • finding more efficient ways to do things –to my detriment sometimes!

  • teaching & sharing what I learn along the way

  • fixing things & solving puzzles

  • (hot) chai tea with honey, or coffee with flavored creamer & sugar

  • Marvel & any epic fantasy fiction shows/movies (Rings of Power, Wheel of Time…)

Watching on repeat...

  • Big Bang Theory

  • Gilmore Girls

  • Seinfeld

  • Game of Thrones

  • The Office

  • Star Trek anything

Stop talkin’ about it & start doin’ somethin’!