Rachel K. from Maven

Maven Town Hall: Spring 2026

Gagan Biyani

CEO and Co-Founder at Maven

Rishin Banker

VP of Product at Maven

Rachel Kennedy

Head of Instructor Success at Maven

Learn tips for success and how to take advantage of enrollment trends after our April marketing campaign

Concrete steps to maximize your earnings

Be the first to see our plans and learn how upcoming product changes will benefit your Maven school growth

Sneak peek into upcoming product updates

Get insight into our marketing plans for the coming quarter and learn how you can participate

Upcoming marketing opportunities

Sell your ideas, manage up, gain buy-in, and increase your impact. Sharpen your skills via hands-on exercises, deep dives, scripts, and more

Co-founder of Maven (a16z, First Round)

Anthropic

Atlassian

DoorDash

Google

Wes Kao

Co-founder of Maven. Co-founder of altMBA. Followed by 300k+ operators in tech

Cohort 10 (March)

Cohort 12 (July)

Update: The May cohort is sold out, but the July cohort is now open for enrollment. Over 2,000 tech operators have taken this course. If you've been thinking about joining, I'd love to see you in class.___If you're a high performer, you likely got to where you are because of your raw talent and ability to execute.But now that your scope has grown, your ability to increase impact depends on how well you influence others.No one teaches you how to do this beyond the basics...Until now.In this 2-day intensive course, you will learn practical ways to:<ul><li>Influence stakeholders to get buy-in</li><li>Prevent avoidable back-and-forth, friction, pushback</li><li>Write/speak more clearly and concisely</li><li>Pitch your ideas to increase chances of getting a yes</li><li>Appeal to impatient executives with high expectations</li></ul>During the course, you will drink from the firehose.You won't become a different person overnight. But my goal is to help you dramatically improve your competence and confidence in a condensed period of time.You and your team can move faster. You can prevent avoidable friction.You can accomplish more of what you want--and have more fun in the process.

Strong communication is a force multiplier

Present to your CEO to maximize highly-visible moments

Managing up in day-to-day interactions

Frame your ideas and give the right amount of context in any situation

Identify ways to improve your own writing

Influence up and sideways to get things done

There's a difference between "I know this" vs "I do this."  This course is for operators who are strong and want to get even sharper.

You are open-minded and intellectually honest

This is not for you if you want a slower-paced course over several weeks. This is a 2-day intensive designed for busy operators.

You are looking for a condensed, intensive experience

This is not for you if you expect to become excellent in communication overnight. You will need to practice ongoing to build muscle memory.

You will continue practicing after the course

Senior individual contributors (ICs). Marketing leads, PMs, engineers, program managers, UX designers, etc. Minimum 3+ years of experience.

People managers and leaders (heads of, team leads, directors). You run a team and have to get buy-in upwards and x-functionally.

Teams who want shared language so you can move faster, give feedback faster, have shared expectations, and persuade folks outside your team.

Learn actionable specific standards by which executives are selected and how to manage your promotion process to show you meet them. 

Former Amazon VP; 70+ patents; led 800+

Amazon

Ethan Evans

Former Amazon VP; 70+ patents; led global teams of 800+

Cohort 11

Cohort 12

WHAT TO EXPECT:12+ total hours of content: 7+ hours of core lecture material video recordings for self-learning followed by 5+ hours of live sessions (Q&amp;A, implementation advice, and peer networking). All live sessions are video recorded so you can catch up and revisit. Scope, team size, and consistent high-impact results are important...But are not enough. I will teach you specific actionable steps on how to prioritize the things that matter to executives.MANY ALUMNI GOT PROMOTED / LANDED NEW JOBS:<ul><li>"Happy to share that due to executing some of the tactics shared in the program (taking action for one), I have been successful in getting myself promoted." — Promoted to Director</li><li>“I give so much credit to the Level Up: Breaking through to the Executive course and getting a front seat to Ethan's coaching and wisdom.” — Promoted to Director</li><li>“Leadership was seeing the adaptability that I exhibited in continuing to add business value and I got positive feedback from the VP on my flexibility." — Promoted to Director</li><li>“What was key was that I actively participated in the live course AND followed through with some participants afterwards to talk shop and build relationships.” — Landed FAANG Role</li></ul>

Level Up from Senior Manager to Executive

The Standards of Executive Performance: Your Personal Performance

The Standards of Executive Performance: Your Team Performance

The Standards of Executive Performance: Your Company Performance

Great Executive Performance (additional content)

Manage Your Promotion Process to Win

Ambitious Senior Managers from all disciplines at startups and large companies who want to become true executives.

Those managing large groups, managers of managers, including Amazon and Google L7, Meta M2, and Microsoft 66/67.

Also applicable to Senior Individual Contributors (ICs).

Use AI to strengthen strategic thinking. Gain trust as a business partner. Make confident strategic decisions. Communicate design's value.

Product & Design Leader  |  Founder 

Canva

Jacalin Ding

Product & Design Leader | 2x Business Founder | Coached 10,000+ Designers

Cohort 8 - MAR - AEST / PDT / EDT 

Cohort 9 - Jun: AEST / PDT / PST / EDT

MAR (SOLD OUT) ⭐️9.8/10 Rating ⭐️Top 7th design course on Maven ⭐️ 3 cohorts annually ⭐️ 20 students capacity ⭐️ 1-1 support ⭐️ --Many designers face these challenges:👉🏽 Hesitating to contribute to business strategy discussions👉🏽 Hitting a career ceiling despite strong craft skills👉🏽 Struggling to communicate design value to business stakeholders .This course transforms you from executor to strategic partner. Beyond business acumens, learn to apply AI tools across strategy, evaluation and to increase your business confidence.With AI handling repetitive craft, the designers who advance are those equipped with business knowledge, make strategic decisions, and drive business outcomes..💬 "This is by far, one of the best courses I've taken about combining business with design." Principal Product Designer @Meta / Ex-Doordash.Tap into the real live MBA strategies and success frameworks I've used to helping companies to secure millions in funding and grown my multi-6-figures side hustle businesses. Outcome from Alumni:+ 72% higher confidence connecting design to business outcomes+ 68% higher confidence in strategic decision-making+ 56% higher confidence in business storytelling skills

Future-Proof Your Design Career: AI-Powered Strategy + Business Storytelling

Master Business Acumen & AI-Powered Strategy

Drive Business Growth Through Multiplying Design Impact

Prove Design ROI With Data

Communicate Confidently & Influence Decisions

Junior designers. 
Learning AI production tools like (Cursor, Lovable..etc). 

This course is NOT for:

3-4 hours including self learning, assignment, live sessions

Time allocation weekly:

<h3>Growth Designers</h3><ul><li>Feel lost when executives talk strategy, market fit, or ROI. </li><li>Need to develop strategic thinking with AI tools</li></ul>

Senior Designers<ul><li>Tired of being "just" the designer. </li><li>Your craft is great but struggle to get promoted or trusted with strategic decisions.</li></ul>

Design Consultant<ul><li>Need confidence across business models and growth stages. </li><li>Want to communicate design value clearly to earn client trust.</li></ul>

Develop positioning and messaging that fuel pipeline 

CMO, Advisor, Author of Standout Startup

Allyson Letteri

CMO, GTM Advisor, and Author of Standout Startup. 

Cohort 1

Cohort 2

When your messaging resonates, your pipeline grows faster. But many startups struggle to communicate their product’s value to their ideal customers.In just 2.5 hours, you’ll fix this.You’ll capture the insights you need to sharpen your positioning, then use AI to build a high-converting messaging framework. Finally, you’ll put it into action with a homepage outline you can launch fast.You’ll learn how to: ✨ Define clear positioning that sets you apart ✨ Build messaging that actually drives pipeline ✨ Turn messaging into a homepage you can launch nowThis workshop is hands-on and fast-paced.You’ll leave with messaging you can launch right away, plus a repeatable process to refine your messaging as your market shifts.This workshop sets the foundation for every part of your GTM strategy.

Create messaging that drives pipeline. Clarify your positioning and build high-converting messaging you can launch, fast.

Define your ICP and buyer persona

Sharpen your positioning and differentiation

Build messaging that converts

Turn messaging into a homepage that sells

B2B startup leaders who need effective messaging to launch their new product or increase pipeline and sales.

Marketing managers who want to learn a smart process to create high-converting messaging that drives more leads and better launches.

PMs and engineers who need the tools to develop positioning and value propositions so that their products sell.