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.

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Wes Kao

Excited to be featured in Lenny Rachitsky’s “The AI-Native Product Manager” series. I’ll be teaching a free workshop on the topic “how to get buy-in as a PM.”

Of the 1,700 tech operators who have taken my course in the past 1.5 years, product managers are one of the biggest groups represented. About 1/3 of my private coaching clients are product leaders at companies like Meta, DoorDash, Atlassian, Amazon, Google, etc. I love working with product folks, and want to help you succeed because the bar for PMs is getting increasingly higher.

In this session, I’ll cover how to:

1. Present to impatient executives: Be prepared to move fast, speak directly, etc.

2. Manage up to senior leaders: Most PMs suck at managing up. We'll cover principles that will serve you now and throughout your career.

3. Anticipate questions and prevent skepticism: How to anticipate questions to avoid endless back-and-forth.

You will be able to apply these principles to stakeholders upwards, downwards, and laterally. 

The workshop will be on Friday, March 13 at 12pm ET. It will be an action-packed 30 minutes.

I rarely do free workshops, so if you’ve been curious about my course or found my Lenny podcast episode helpful, I hope to see you there.

Sign up link is in the comments.

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

Toby Goldstein

I help executives make their companies more efficient, productive, and successful by identifying and fixing blockages > My workshops and coaching have transformed over 50 national companies 👉 DM to learn more!

You know your company’s got potential. 

Your staff and teams are great. 

But something’s stuck somewhere in the operation, isn't it?

You need an expert eye to identify the weak points and smooth them out, turning inefficiency or even dysfunction into well-oiled performance. 

What does doing this cause?

It turns your entire company into a more powerful, profitable, and successful machine. 

Hi! I’m Toby Goldstein, founder of Bite-Size workshops. 

First, I work with you to IDENTIFY the points of stuckness, root out the blockage, and bring it into full view. 

Then we FIX it with workshops and/or coaching that turn lackluster performance into smooth and seamless operation.  

What's going wrong?

It can be time management, communication, leadership, prioritization, or reactivity vs. PROactivity. 

We zero in on whatever it is - to teach and implement the “soft-skills” needed to transform it. 

I hold your hand, keep you accountable, and follow up to ensure that the change is permanent - that it stays with you after I’m gone. 

My clients (many of whom are nationally recognized companies) are operating at higher levels, doing more business, and enjoying a more pleasant workplace atmosphere.

Which of these fits your needs?



👉 TAILOR-MADE WORKSHOPS
After rooting out what’s holding you back, we design a workshop schedule that hands your team the skills they need to soar.

These hands-on workshops are laser-focused, fully interactive, and each challenge your employees to choose one action item to implement.

Bite-size means you get enough at a time to make crucial changes, but not too much that causes overwhelm.

I then follow up to ensure action is being taken. I keep you ACCOUNTABLE so the change is permanent. We don’t do band-aids.



👉 PERFORMANCE COACHING
After clarifying where the blockage lies, I coach your c-suite team, leadership team, or employees 1:1 to refine and upgrade specific soft skills such as leadership, communication, prioritizing, and time management.

This coaching uncovers the root of underperformance and turns that very blockage into the cornerstone of massive success.



👉 PRIVATE MASTERMIND
This is where ambitious female entrepreneurs meet monthly to give and receive critical support, knowledge, and experience. DM me to find out more.



You know that your status quo is only a stepping stone toward your potential. 

There’s so much more that you are. 

Are you ready to actualize it?

Reach out.

Let’s do this. Together. 

Toby G.

Group Coaching/ Employer Employee 

Are you responsible for your team? 
Are you struggling with productivity and motivation?

Being responsible is difficult, not empowering is even more so. Your team relies on you. Are you giving them what they need?
How do you know what they need?

Bite-size workshops make sure to bring out everyone's best.
We empower them all, through working on soft skills.

This includes:
communication 
creative thinking
work ethic, 
teamwork,
time management , 
motivation, 
goal setting, prioritizing
emotional awareness 
and conflict resolution.

Want to bring out everyone's best, go with Bite-size.

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