weskao.com

I typically work with tech leaders on: managing up to a CEO/VP, strengthening your executive communication and presence, and delegating to a team of ICs while raising the bar. Clients are leaders at Amplitude, 1Password, Amazon/AWS, DoorDash, AngelList, Product Hunt, Google, etc. If you’re interested in how I can support you, learn more about my coaching approach:

-> weskao.com/coaching

Writing for 300,000+ tech operators across LinkedIn, Twitter, and Substack.

-> weskao.com/newsletter

Check out my 2-day intensive course: Executive Communication & Influence for Senior ICs and Managers. Alumni include 1,200+ students from companies like Uber, Amazon, Grammarly, Workday, Google, Pinterest, Meta, Expedia, Twilio, Spotify, Anthropic, GitHub, Zillow, PayPal, Atlassian, Netflix, Square, Figma, Stripe, and more.

-> weskao.com/course

Reach out at wes@weskao.com

Executive coach, advisor, instructor

Maven

Maven is a platform for live, cohort-based courses. Learn more at maven.com

Co-founder

Various courses

Built, launched, and grew courses that have reached 500k+ students. Clients included: Section (Professor Scott Galloway), Outlier (from cofounder of MasterClass), Build a Second Brain, Write of Passage, Poo~Pourri, Morning Brew, and more.

Cohort-based courses

altMBA

Created and built the altMBA with bestselling author Seth Godin. One of the first mainstream cohort-based courses. Grew from zero to thousands of students in 45 countries and 550+ cities at $3,000 price point (10x higher than avg online course at the time).

Flite

Head of Digital Marketing

Bare Escentuals

Global Brand Management Marketing

Gap Inc.

Business Analyst

L'Oréal

Brand Management Marketing

Wes Kao is an executive coach, advisor, and entrepreneur who writes at newsletter.weskao.com. She is co-founder of Maven, an edtech company that raised $25M from First Round and Andreessen Horowitz. Previously, she co-founded the altMBA with bestselling author Seth Godin.

Newsletter for 60,000+ high performers on Wednesdays at 8am ET
-> weskao.com/newsletter

Live, 2-day course on Executive Communication & Influence 
-> https://maven.com/wes-kao/executive-communication-influence

1:1 executive coaching for tech leaders 
-> https://www.weskao.com/coaching

Wes Kao

Excited to share my conversation with First Round Capital! I talk about some of my favorite communication frameworks, including a checklist of questions to ask yourself to maximize your chances of getting buy-in.

Would love to hear what you think. Link in the comments.

a16z-backed founder turned executive coach. Helping tech operators improve their executive communication, leadership, and influence

Crackle PR

New PR agency that works with good companies only.

Vice President, Account Services

RevGenius

RevGenius is a group of revenue generating marketing and sales professionals brought together to learn, share, support, and grow with each other.

Member

Raw Restaurant Group

Shareholder

March Communications

Select accounts I've worked on: Aldebaran/SoftBank Robotics, ArcTouch, Comptel, CSR/Qualcomm, Dialog, IoT Solutions World Congress, National Grid, Nokia, Pitney Bowes, SiriusDecisions

• Leading overall campaign strategy, oversight and serving as an editor to ensure messaging consistency
• Focusing on building relationships and awareness with top-tier influencers
• Creative ideation and building awareness at the various stages of the buyers journey through creative vehicles

Account Director

• Managing PR strategy and execution across B2B and B2C technology and marketing accounts
• Cultivating relationships with key influencers, including top tier business and technology journalists, bloggers and analysts
• Writing and editing various forms of content, including press releases, bylined articles, case studies and blog posts, aligned with clients’ key value propositions

Account Manager

JDG PR

I provided strategic direction for B2B and B2C companies' PR, copywriting, social media and marketing. 

• Wrote and distributed press releases, both in the US and abroad
• Connected clients with key influencers, which resulted in top-tier publication hits
• Drafted blog posts, bylined articles, email and website copy
• Developed in-depth PR plans for numerous start-ups

Freelance

Prompt Communications Ltd

Select accounts: Oracle, Yell Group, MIT, Openbravo, Hippo, Concursive/CentricCRM, ApacheCon, Colosa, smartFOCUS, Corizon and Webtide.

•	Managed international accounts and developed PR, marketing and social media plans for clients ranging in size from Fortune 500 enterprises to startups and in locations from Los Angeles to Boston, NYC, the UK, Spain, Germany, Bolivia and the Philippines
•	Wrote and distributed hundreds of press releases, articles, white papers and blog posts which led to pick-up from the press and traffic to client websites
•	Worked with journalists in the UK, Benelux, France, Germany, Italy and the Philippines

Aviva Life Insurance

Quality Assurance Specialist

Bentley University

•	Wrote press releases that appeared in the faculty newsletter and were showcased on the front page of Bentley’s website
•	Managed database of news clippings

Public Affairs Assistant

Award-winning public relations expert passionate about telling stories that matter, making people believe in world-changing ideas and taking the next step to say "I want in." 

I connect start-ups with their audiences, game-changing technologies with true believers and established businesses with disruption.

The channels are evolving. Digital PR, brand storytelling, content marketing, demand gen, social media, paid media and more all need to work together.

Specialties: Public relations, external communications, thought leadership programs, media and analyst relations, social media, inbound marketing, demand gen, content marketing, search engine marketing (SEM), native advertising..

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