Wes Kao

Cohort 3 (December)

Alpha cohort

Cohort 1 (September)

Cohort 5 (April)

Cohort 2 (October)

Cohort 4 (February)

Cohort 6 (May)

Cohort 11 (May)

Cohort 12 (July)

Cohort 7 (July)

Cohort 8 (August)

Cohort 9 (October)

Cohort 10 (March)

Product managers who drive strategy, development, and launch of products.

Executives and senior leaders who set strategy, lead teams, and drive organizational outcomes.

Engineers and engineering leaders who build, deploy, and scale software systems.

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

Project managers who organize and oversee execution of initiatives, timelines, and cross-functional delivery.

Getting promoted, navigating job transitions, and advancing to the next level in your career.

Executive communication — presenting to boards, writing memos, running all-hands, and high-stakes messaging.

Developing leadership skills — inspiring teams, building culture, navigating organizational complexity, and driving results through others.

Persuading stakeholders, presenting ideas, and getting buy-in across an organization without formal authority.

Projecting confidence, gravitas, and credibility in high-stakes leadership situations.

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)

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

Executive Communication & Influence for Senior ICs and Managers

Senior Portfolio Manager

ED Physician & Medical Director of Informatics

Staff People Business Partner / Program Manager

National Channel Sales Director 

Program Operations Lead

Senior Data Scientist

Sr. Technical Project Manager

Senior Manager, Product Marketing, News

Sr.Engineering Manager

Senior Product Manager

Anthropic

Atlassian

DoorDash

Google

Update: The July cohort is now open for enrollment. Over 2,100 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><li>The right vs wrong way to use AI to improve your communication [new]</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, product managers, engineers, UX designers, etc. Minimum 3+ years of experience.

Senior managers. You have direct reports/dotted-line reports, or have to get buy-in cross-functionally without formal authority.

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

Learn directly from Wes Kao

Wes Kao

Courses

Executive Communication & Influence for Senior ICs and Managers

Lightning Lessons

How to Get Executive Buy-in as a PM

Ascending to CPO: The Path to Product Leadership

How to get noticed as a high-performing IC