Hello!
I’m Eddie Nguyen. I’m a leadership coach who has been training and supporting startup founders and leaders (backed by YC, GV & A16Z) for the past 4 years. Previously, I’ve built and grown GTM teams at startups like Optimizely (seed stage to $90M ARR) and Marketo (pre-product launch to IPO).
I’m now expanding my leadership coaching practice with Growth Programs specifically designed to help new managers build great teams. Together with friends who are leading teams at innovative companies like LinkedIn, Change.org and Dropbox, we’re helping new managers learn critical management skills faster and design effective strategies to scale their impact.
We welcome new managers at startups with 3 months to 3 years of management experience, but those with more experience and at bigger companies have joined to refresh their skills and build relationships with motivated leaders.
Let's learn and grow, together! :)
How we help
Peer & Mentorship network
Sometimes being in a leadership role can feel lonely. Am I doing this right? How do other leaders solve for X?
We help new managers connect with each other to share experiences, serve as sounding boards, get actionable feedback and build authentic relationships.
Through our personal networks, we have access to world-class leaders and operators who join our community programs to share their experiences, strategies and tactics that helped them build amazing teams, earn the trust of their peers and accelerate their career growth into senior executive roles. Here are just a few:
Hallie Pond - led CS teams at Glassdoor and Brightwheel
Luke Diaz - led BD and CS teams at Clearbit and Alto
Keiko Tokuda - led Marketing teams at Front and Eventbrite
Young Kim - led Eng teams at LinkedIn and NerdWallet
Olga Narvskaya - led Ops teams at Segment and Dropbox
Zo Silver - led CX teams at SafeCorp and Change.org
Roz Greenfield - led Sales teams at Level213 and Oracle
Mustafa “Moose” Paksoy - led Eng teams at Optimizely and Salesforce
Career growth
We’ve been in your shoes. In the beginning, we relied
New opportunities
When you're ready for your next career move, we can help with interview strategy, backdoor intel on companies, compensation benchmarks, and offer package negotiations. We are also directly connected to the best VC firms and executive recruiters in the Valley. We can make introductions whenever you are ready.
From new managers
“Eddie has been a trusted partner and sounding board. His coaching style is direct, tangible and immediately actionable. His work experience allows him to be empathetic towards the unique constraints of working cross-functionally within a young team.”
CHRISTINE KEUNG | VP BUSINESS OPERATIONS | DROPBOX, FOUNTAIN
“Mentorship Circles was a productive and fun experience! Really enjoyed getting to know the mentors, the other students, and making connections with other SaaS leaders. The program covered a lot of great fundamentals for leadership that have made a lasting impact on me.”
MIJI ZHOU | MANAGER, CUSTOMER SUCCESS | UPKEEP