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Today, we are excited and proud to announce 𝐋𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝’𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐩 50 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 2024! 👏 Exceptional coaches serve as the cornerstone of Leland. While we maintain rigorous standards for all coaches on our platform and deeply appreciate their collective contributions, we would like to honor 50 individuals who exceeded expectations in providing outstanding coaching throughout the past year. Please join us in congratulating and celebrating these remarkable coaches! This esteemed group of coaches represent a diverse range of verticals, experience levels, backgrounds, school programs, companies, and areas of speciality — all unified by a shared goal: to enhance accessibility to the world's expertise. Their impact has positively transformed lives, and we know this is only the beginning! 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘱 50 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘓𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 2024 𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦: https://lnkd.in/g7y6Very 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 - 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫! 🚀

Exciting news! 🎉 Join us in giving a warm welcome to the newest members of the Leland squad! 👋 Rob started his journey with Leland as a Sales Intern. Now, after graduating from Boston College, he is back as an Account Executive, ready to drive growth and help customers get matched to the right coaches and services. Kristen landed a full-time consulting role at Bain & Company but decided to join our Growth + Ops team instead. She will be working on the supply side of Leland, helping recruit, onboard, train, and activate our world-class coaches. Spencer joins us as our Head of Revenue! Spencer spent seven years at Bain and two years at Harvard Business School earning his MBA. He’ll be focused on growing our partnership opportunities and our consumer categories. Craig is our Head of Business Operations. Craig previously led BizOps at Studio. He will leading several strategic initiatives here, leveraging his previous startup operating experience. He also holds a JD/MS from Stanford University. Ellie is joining us after some time as a Senior Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company. She is a part of our Growth and Operations team, helping us develop impactful courses and content to empower our community. We’re thrilled to have them on board and can’t wait to see the incredible impact they’ll make. Welcome to the team, Rob, Kristen, Spencer, Craig, and Ellie! 🚀

Curious about applying to deferred MBA programs? 💭 Join our free virtual event, Getting Into a Top 10 Deferred MBA Program panel, where top experts will share invaluable tips to help you secure admission to leading DMBA programs, including Harvard Business School, Stanford University Graduate School of Business , The Wharton School, and more! 🎟️ RSVP to secure your spot!

2024 was a huge year for the Leland community, and we are so grateful to be going places with you! 🚀 Thank you to our amazing coaches, customers, supporters, investors, and community members. Here's to celebrating many more milestones alongside our incredible users in 2025. 🎉

𝐋𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 LinkedIn 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐈𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 We’re beyond excited to announce a partnership with LinkedIn Premium! 🎉 Starting today, LinkedIn Premium members can sign up for a free month of coaching on Leland, which includes... 👉 Personalized matching with an expert coach who fits their background and goals 👉 A free career coaching session 👉 Access to Leland+, expert-led events, and other top-notch resources 👉 Free access to a career bootcamp 👉 20% off their coaching membership for 6 months 𝑳𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒅𝑰𝒏 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒖𝒎 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑳𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚. 𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚! 🚀 Read the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/ganByzFv

🚨𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑭𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒕! 𝐆𝐞𝐭 10% 𝐎𝐅𝐅 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐍𝐨𝐯 30 𝐚𝐭 11:59 𝐏𝐌 𝐏𝐒𝐓. 🚨 Would you rather have another sweater in your closet, or the keys to your dream career? Invest in your future with Leland - it's our biggest sale of the year. Share this link with your loved ones, and tell them you want coaching this holiday season. 𝘖𝘳 buy a gift card for someone you love (including yourself)! Learn more and purchase here: https://lnkd.in/gnVYs-ee 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝑳𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆. This year, skip the sweater and unwrap your potential! 🎁 Coaching is truly the gift that keeps on giving. 💚

"𝘓𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘶𝘱𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘺-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘓𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴." - Eurie Kim Thank you to our Series A lead investor and newest Board Member, Eurie Kim, for the blog post covering their "why" behind investing in Leland. You can read it here: https://lnkd.in/g2Nci_9Q Forerunner has an incredible track record of backing iconic consumer brands and marketplaces like Warby Parker, Chime, Glossier, Inc., ŌURA, Ritual, Faire, and Zola. We couldn't be more excited to welcome Eurie Kim to the board and partner with her and Forerunner to take Leland to the next level. 🚀

A big thank you to Mark Tullis and the TechBuzz News team for highlighting our recent fundraise, led by Forerunner. Check out the full article here: https://lnkd.in/e47Q8h4u Here's to the next chapter of helping people reach their most ambitious goals! 🎉

A huge thank you to Ivan Mehta and the team at TechCrunch for the feature about our recent fundraise led by Forerunner. Read the full TechCrunch article here: https://lnkd.in/dBpUx-Jh We are so grateful for our incredible community and the next chapter ahead. 🚀

📣 Today, we are thrilled to announce Leland's $12M Series A led by Forerunner! Also participating in the round are GSV Ventures and inVest Ventures, alongside existing Leland investors: FJ Labs, Contrary, Peterson Ventures, and GSBackers. We are very proud that dozens of Leland coaches and customers also chose to participate in the round, in addition to leading marketplace founders, operators, and angels from companies like Instacart, Handshake, LinkedIn, Pluralsight, and Mercado Libre. With this fresh capital and support, we’re positioned to realize our vision of unlocking human potential by making the world’s expertise more accessible. 🚀 So, what’s next? 👉 Launching and growing new categories 👉 Scaling our partnership program 👉 Pursuing new enterprise opportunities 👉 Building out our courses and content experience 👉 Investing in developing a more refined, world-class product 👉…and hiring! Come join our team. Thank you to our exceptional customers, coaches, investors, and supporters. This community is everything, and we would not be here without you. Since our inception, we’ve helped hundreds of thousands of individuals reach their most ambitious goals — here’s to the next, even bigger, chapter. 🎉 💥 You can read more about our vision, progress, and plans for the future by clicking on the links below.