NVIDIA

Bloomberg

LinkedIn

Microsoft

Visa Inc.

Erikan | Speak. Storytell. Sell.

NVIDIA VC Alliance, Ex-Linkedin, 3x Bloomberg TV Guest, Closed $1M in 1 Minute

How to Close $1 Million Dollars in 1 Minute

How to build a community around your MVP on social media.

Live Speaking & Storytelling

How to position, price, and personalize your MVP for your ideal customer persona (ICP).

Live Strategy

Live Selling

Master the psychological triggers and strategic alignment frameworks used by VPs and Directors to assess leadership potential.

Ex-Amazon Director/General Manager

Amazon

Google

Apple

Mike Li

Ex-Amazon Director/General Manager | Entrepreneur | Executive Coach

Cohort 16

Cohort 18

Update: The August and September cohorts are both SOLD OUT. The October cohort is now open for enrollment.<ul><li>This course is Maven Top 30 Course of All Time. Top 10 course among Maven Top 100 instructors.</li><li>If you are self funding this course, use the Promo Code: TOP10 to take $274 off. Or <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://maven.com/mikeli/beyondthescript?promoCode=Top10">use this LINK</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikelaoli/">Mike Li </a>is ranked as <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mikelaoli_honored-to-be-featured-as-mavens-top-10-ugcPost-7468459560329101313-x6wP/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAAnTxBMBbQFsahl4HohIySnffFpuYyd1174">Top 10 Leadership Instructors in 2026</a>.</li></ul>Have you ever thought "Why does my manager keep telling me to improve communication skill?" ,"Why did the promotion go to someone louder?" You're in the right place. There's a gap between technical competence and the unwritten rules of how workplaces decide who gets seen, heard, and trusted. In the AI era, execution is commoditizing, closing that gap is the job.This course compresses that 10+ year learning curve into two intensive weekends. We shift your trajectory from an overlooked contributor to a respected, confident leader.What students say:<ul><li>300+ students from Big Tech, banking, consulting, and traditional industries.</li><li>Real-time feedback from <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikelaoli/">a former Amazon Director</a> — the small moves that change how you show up.</li><li>Most common feedback: "I wish I'd taken this earlier."</li></ul>

Level Up Your Career and Become Indispensable

Manage up your leadership & stakeholders

Strategic Influence & Reframing Conflict

Leading & Facilitating Effective Meetings

Students must have proficiency in Business English. This course will focus on communication strategy, not basic grammar or vocabulary.

English Proficiency:

Students should be currently working in or seeking roles that require regular interaction with international or English-speaking teams.

Professional Experience:

A willingness to shift focus from mere language fluency (grammar, accent) to strategic impact (structure, delivery, and cultural decoding).

Mindset:

This course is designed for high-performing leaders who realize that technical excellence is no longer enough to move the needle.

You should enroll if you feel your contributions are overlooked or underestimated in high-stakes meetings or email chains.

ICs/managers who are ready to start mastering strategic communication to build credibility and influence your career trajectory

Learn the 8 critical skills to make you a confident and compelling leader. 

July 2026

Prev. VP in AI, Trusted by 10K+ leaders

Notion

Netflix

Jess Goldberg - Teaches Leadership @ Columbia

Teaches @ Columbia, Top-Ranked Executive Coach & Prev. VP in AI Robotics

April 2026

Feb 2027

If you're here, you're probably incredibly smart. You’ve proven yourself by landing a leadership role. But in the moments that matter most, your message doesn’t always land the way you intend.<ul><li>You share a new strategy with your team… and get pushback.</li><li>You give feedback… and nothing actually changes.</li><li>You leave some conversations at work thinking, ...“That could’ve gone better.”</li></ul>In this live cohort, you'll learn how to step up without stepping on toes, inspire your team to take meaningful action, and communicate in a way that gets your ideas heard and valued.Whether you're delivering a presentation, leading a meeting, or having a difficult 1:1 conversation, leadership expert Jess Goldberg will give you clear frameworks for what to say and how to say it, so you can drive results, build trust, and position yourself for your next promotion or raise!

Become the Leader People  Listen To 

Give feedback that actually results in change

Accelerate your team's perfromance

Get your team to say “yes” faster to your ideas

Negotiate and resolve conflict with confidence

Command respect from your boss & peers

Build unshakeable executive presence

Experienced leaders looking to improve their skillsQuickly ﻿establish trust, improve productivity and amplify your influence

Startup founders &amp; business ownersBuild a culture that will empower your employees to create their best work

First-time managers (Congrats!) Develop the critical skills that differentiate a follower from a leader

Position yourself online so clients, media,  & AI tools recognize your expertise

$3M in Earned Media. Authority Builder.

Forbes

The New York Times

HuffPost

Entrepreneur

Iza Montalvo

Ranked #1 in Branding & Positioning. Top 1% LinkedIn Creator. Media Expert.

Gain the freedom to design your work and your life on your own terms.

Become The Expert AI Recommends

AI is the new first impression. Before a client meets you, they ask an AI. This workshop fixes what they find.Raise Your Hand If You've Heard That You Have To:<ul><li>✕ Grow to 10,000 followers before anyone will take your LinkedIn presence seriously.</li><li>✕ Post every day for a year before you can charge for your expertise.</li><li>X Speak for free before you can land a $5k to $25k keynote</li><li>✕ Go viral before you pitch yourself to media, stages, or corporate clients.</li><li>✕ Hire a PR firm or a personal branding agency before executives will pay attention to you.</li></ul>Is This You?<ul><li>✓ You have been in your industry long enough that your results speak for themselves</li><li>✓ You have credentials that should be opening more doors than they are</li><li>✓ You searched your name on AI last week and did not love what you found</li></ul>If any one of those is true, your authority needs AI exposure. And the right positioning is what gets you in the room and on the shortlist. That's exactly what this workshop fixes.

Skip the line and land premium opportunities

Own Your Identity 

How To Stop The Scroll

The 1-system that trains AI to position you as the authority

Use AI Without Becoming One

Pitch Like A Publicist 

Build Inbound In 1 Hour A Day

A consultant or professional with 10-plus years of experience and a client roster that proves their value. Their pipeline is slowing.

A C-suite leader, VP, or senior director who has decided their next move requires a public profile that matches their private reputation.

An entrepreneur whose credibility runs through their personal name. They cannot afford to have that answer be incomplete, vague, or wrong.

Transform your narrative into a powerful professional brand with tools, strategies and confidence to stand out from the noise & competition.

This is an asynchronous, self-guided course with online support from your instructor.

Cohort 1 - Self-Guided Course

Helping Leaders & Companies Thrive

NBCUniversal

Warner Bros. Discovery

Nike

Unilever

Shawn Johnson - SocioPunk

Founder of SocioPunk: 25 yrs building global brands, products & successful teams

In today’s competitive market, your story and presence create your opportunities. This self-paced, asynchronous workshop gives professionals, emerging leaders, and founders the clarity and confidence to stand out in an AI driven market.Throughout the course materials, you’ll learn how to communicate your value with authority, shape a narrative that reflects your strengths, and build a strong presence that opens doors.This is not just theory; it’s a practical and proven framework designed to elevate how you show up in conversations, online and in your career.You’ll walk away with a clear plan, roadmap, foundational system, and tactical plan you can execute immediately.Drawing from 25+ years building &amp; leading high-performing teams at Microsoft, NBC, and Warner Bros. Discovery, this course will help you craft a professional identity that captures attention and positions you for what’s next.Key Takeaways: • Clear, memorable narrative that is differentiated • Foundational brand system to guide your voice + visibility • 30-day plan to consistently grow your presenceBecause this is a self-paced course, feedback will be via the Maven portal, and include a 1:1 meeting to review together.

Build the Brand, Visibility & Executive Presence to Stay Relevant

Clarify Your Professional Story

Build Your Core Brand Pillars

Design a Messaging Framework That Resonates

Create Your 30-Day Visibility & Networking Plan

Strengthen Your Executive & Leadership Presence

Professionals in TransitionProfessionals looking to reposition themselves in a constantly shifting market.

Emerging LeadersProfessionals aiming for promotion, build executive presence, sharpen communication, and elevate visibility.

Founders, Owners &amp; IndependentsFounders and professionals who want to stand out with clear distinction and an "ownable" voice.

Agentic AI

Coding with AI

AI Workflows

Claude Code

OpenClaw

Vibe Coding

AI Evals

AI Transformation

RAG & Search

AI for PMs

AI for Engineers

AI for Designers

AI for Marketers

AI for Founders

Product Sense

Product Discovery

User Research

Prototyping

Growth

Analytics

Tech Foundations

Strategy

Influence

Leadership

Career Growth

Machine Learning

LLM Ops

Context Eng

Security

System Design

Figma

Design Systems

Visual Design

Design Strategy

Automation

Content Marketing

Demand Gen

Go-to-Market

Product Marketing

Positioning

Social Media

Brand

B2B Marketing

SEO & AEO

AI for Leaders

AI Governance

Communication

Management

People Operations

Exec Presence

Storytelling

Goal-setting

Personal Brand

Fundraising

Everyone

Operators

Data Scientists

Business Analysts

User Researchers

Customer Success

Project Managers

HR Professionals

Sales People

Lawyers

Finance

Investors

Real Estate

Educators

Creators

Marketers who drive brand awareness, customer acquisition, and growth across channels.

Sales professionals who drive revenue through client engagement and pipeline management.

Startup founders building new businesses, from MVP to scale.

Setting strategic direction, making high-stakes decisions, and translating vision into execution.

Driving user acquisition, activation, retention, and monetization through product-led growth strategies.

Crafting compelling narratives to inspire teams, communicate vision, and drive action.

Defining how a product or company is differentiated and perceived relative to competitors.

Social media strategy, content creation, community management, and platform-specific best practices.

How to Close $1 Million Dollars in 1 Minute

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Erikan | Speak. Storytell. Sell.