Events

The founding team at Motif will walk us through how to get a personal website (like a portfolio) or quick landing page up and running quickly & easily! 

 is a new no-code tool that allows you to get up your website within minutes, and with full creative authority. Some examples:

The product is still in stealth mode, but the founders--repeat founders Marie Schneegans and Michael Fester--will provide access to those who attend the workshop. The founders also just closed their pre-seed and are extremely open to feedback and thoughts.

This is a great opportunity to interact with a startup in its earliest stages and walk away with the know-how and confidence to build a website and use a no-code tool! 

Motif x Skillful

Join us for our next Mentor Jam - an intimate and candid conversation with a senior leader, exclusively for the Skillful mentor team.

Our wise sage for this jam is seasoned people leader 

. H/t to Josh Kennedy for bringing Amr into the Skillful community!

Mentor Lounge #2 with Amr Alshihabi

You’re invited to a Skillful Community Chat! Community Chats are informal Q&A sessions created 

This chat will feature Skillful alums who recently landed new roles in tech! We’ll discuss how they successfully navigated the job search: from applying and interviewing for roles, to negotiating the offer and their first 90 days.

: pivoted from consulting > BizOps at Homebase (series B startup)

: startup veteran, currently in a Sales Ops role at Uber Eats (prev. at Sonder)

: pivoted from consulting > Engagement Manager role at Dover (seed-stage startup)

Skillful Community Chat: How we tackled the job search! 

Join us for a Skillful Speaker Series led by our mentor team! 

 (Product Ops / Strategic Finance @ Revolut), 

 (Product Ops at Shopify / BizOps at Uber) and 

 (Product Ops at Revolut) will be talking about 

how to land your dream role at a tech company

. They’ll be speaking from personal experience and what they’ve seen others do to successfully set themselves apart. 

*This will be an interactive & informal session - we’ll be hive-minding solutions to challenges each other have faced during the recruiting process and our mentors will candidly answer questions*   

**This is for the Skillful community ONLY!*

Skillful Speaker Series: Landing your dream job in tech🚀

We are hosting Speakwell's founder Jordyn Benattar for a workshop on PITCHING YOURSELF. This is the third workshop we've done with Jordyn - each time, students reach an 'aha' moment and walk away feeling more confident in their ability to pitch themselves in any context - from interviews to networking coffee chats to big presentations. 

Spots are highly limited - it's an intimate and interactive workshop with <20 people. 

When? Tuesday, July 13th from 6-7:30pm EST 

What? Jordyn herself will be leading an intimate workshop designed for Skillfulers on telling your story. Jordyn has precise frameworks for telling your story that make mastering this tough skill pretty foolproof. You’ll leave with a concise and impactful elevator pitch about yourself to answer those critical “tell me about yourself” type questions. I strongly believe this is one of the most important skills for any professional, especially if you’re looking for a new job, but even just for maximizing the effectiveness of a simple networking coffee chat. Mastering this will pay dividends today and in the long term.

Who? Jordyn is an amazing public speaking coach who crafts and leads sessions for corporates like the NYU Stern School of Business and The New York Times as well as C-suite execs and professionals.

How much? Currently, free of charge - consider it our investment in you! In the future, we will have to charge for this

Skillful x Speakwell: Pitch Yourself Workshop

Hi everyone! Please join us for a Speaker Series led by Skillful mentor, 

: A primer on Growth Marketing :rocket: Growth is an amorphous, often misunderstood, broad yet very important functional area in startups that touches on so many adjacent roles. Being able to understand and harness key concepts from growth marketing into your day-to-day in product, bizops or your current role will help you better deliver on your goals and well, drive growth :upside_down_face: 

Kareem will walk us through the entire customer journey from awareness to acquisition to activation, retention, revenue, and referral. We'll also learn about viral loops - the fastest growing companies are ones that are able to create a viral loop where as a result of their efforts, their existing customers drive new ones. 

: Kareem is a startup aficionado and seasoned growth marketer. He is currently at Houzz, a home reno & interior design platform that has raised over $600M from investors like Sequoia and GSV. Kareem previously led expansion across product marketing & growth for Coohoom to help them launch internationally. 

Skillful Speaker Series: Kareem on Growth Marketing

Hey Skillful Mentors! We're hosting our very first Town Hall! 

We'll share some exciting company updates, including 3 initiatives for the mentor team. 

Skillful Mentors: Town Hall

Hi everyone! Please join us for a Speaker Series on Product Strategy led by Skillful mentors 

: A primer on Product Strategy! Product continues to be a VERY hot career path. Yet not many people can accurately describe what it is. There's so much info available online it can be dizzying. We're bringing you right to the source — hear what product is (and isn't) directly from Eric & Thiago based on their lived experiences. We'll talk about these topics & leave time for Q&A. 

: Skillful mentors Thiago & Eric are creating + leading a Skillful Sprint on Product Strategy. Sprints are curated & intimate learning experiences centred around a team project to simultaneously build skills, experience and meaningful relationships. Thiago & Eric have experience defining and executing product strategy across different stages of startups. They are our accessible experts - rising stars in tech who live & breathe product strategy daily. They're excited to get to know you and support you through your learning journey with actionable feedback, support and guidance.

: Tuesday August 24th at 6pm EST on Zoom! 

Skillful Speaker Series: A Primer on Product Strategy with mentors Eric & Thiago

Please join us for an informal roundtable discussion with seasoned Skillful mentors like 

We'll chat about the mentor experience, what being part of the Skillful community is like and leave plenty of time for candid Q&A in smaller breakout rooms.

Skillful: New Mentors Roundtable

You're invited join the Skillful community for a candid conversation on Strategic Finance roles in tech led by Skillful mentor 

. Sean mentors our Core Sprint and the forthcoming Strategic Finance Sprint! 

primer on Strategic Finance roles in tech

. Sean will reveal how StratFin roles differ by company stage from Series A/B through post-IPO; the 4 general types of StratFin roles and how that tracks into your day-to-day; and provide advice on how to leverage your experience in banking, accounting or corporate finance at a large company to break into StratFin roles and beyond (BizOps, Product, Data, etc.).  

As usual, we're bringing you right to the source — hear what StratFin actually is (and isn't) directly from Sean based on his lived experiences. We'll leave time for Q&A!

: Skillful mentor Sean Newman is leading the forthcoming Strategic Finance Sprint. Sean pivoted into StratFin at Uber from the corporate finance leadership program at GE. At Uber, he spent time in corporate finance and product finance. He recently joined Alto Pharmacy to focus on data analytics and growth. Sean is our accessible expert - a rising star in tech who lives & breathes his Sprint daily. He has had an indelible impact on the careers of so many of his mentees through the Core Sprint. 

Skillful Sprints are immersive, highly curated learning experiences centred around a team project to simultaneously build skills, experience and meaningful relationships. They're also a great way to prep for upcoming interviews. 

: Thursday, October 21 at 12noon EST / 9am PST on Zoom

Skillful Primer: Strategic Finance roles in Tech

You're invited join the Skillful community for a primer on Product Operations led by 

 Marco and Wafic are long-time Skillful mentors. They're also leading a new Product Operations Sprint that kicks off on November 17th! 

​​​​As usual, we're bringing you right to the source — hear what Product Ops - the fast-growing field at the intersection of Product Ops - 

) directly from Wafic (Uber Eats) and Marco (Shopify) based on their lived experiences. We'll leave lots of time for candid Q&A!

Skillful mentors Wafic El-Assi and Marco Chan are leading the forthcoming Product Operations Sprint. They are our accessible experts - rising stars in tech who live & breathe this Sprint daily. They have both had indelible impacts on their mentees' careers - helping them land roles, prep for interviews and figure out their career next steps. By joining this Primer, you'll get front line access to the limited spots available in this Sprint. 

: Wednesday, October 27 at 12noon EST / 9am PST on Zoom

Skillful Primer: Product Operations 

Join the Skillful community for a primer on Growth Marketing led by Kareem Azees and Jill Whitehead.

 Kareem and Jill are leading Skillful's upcoming Growth Marketing Sprint, kicking off in mid-November! Sign up to this Primer to get front line access to this very limited capacity Sprint.

: A primer on Growth Marketing. Growth is an amorphous, often misunderstood, broad, yet very important functional area in startups that touches on so many adjacent roles. 

​Kareem & Jill will walk us through the entire customer journey from awareness to acquisition to activation, retention, revenue, and referral. We'll also learn about the viral loops that the fastest growing companies use.

 manages growth marketing at Houzz, a home reno & interior design platform that has raised over $600M from investors like Sequoia and GSV. Kareem previously led expansion across product marketing & growth for Coohoom to help them launch internationally.

 manages growth marketing, specifically demand generation, at Jobber. Jobber is a SaaS platform that is used by 100k+ home service and field professionals and recently raised a $60M round to further spur their growth.

ICYMI: Skillful is a curated online school & community. We create immersive learning experiences called Skillful Sprints that help you learn directly from peer-level mentors, because who better to learn from than the people who are in the roles you want? 

By joining a Sprint, you also gain lifetime access to the Skillful community, made up of alums & mentors from all of our Sprints. We’re a group of ambitious, humble and generous business professionals from across North America who take action to accelerate each other’s careers - referrals, candid advice, mentors hiring mentees onto their teams and so much more magic.

Skillful Primer: Growth Marketing

Skillful is delighted to share a piece of our community with you through this 

​​Product continues to be a VERY hot career path. Yet not many people can accurately describe what it is. There's so much info available online it can be dizzying. We're bringing you right to the source — hear what product is (and isn't) directly from Eric & Thiago based on their lived experiences. We'll talk about these topics & leave time for Q&A.

Skillful mentors Thiago & Eric created + lead a Skillful Sprint on Product Strategy. They have experience defining and executing product strategy across different stages of startups. 

 helps ambitious professionals level up for strategic business roles in tech through a curated community and immersive learning sprints. 

Sprints are immersive, cohort-based learning experiences centred around a team project that helps you simultaneously build skills, experience and meaningful relationships. Skillful mentors create and lead each Sprint. Mentors are accessible experts - rising stars in tech who live & breathe the project they're helping you through. They're excited to get to know you and support you through your learning journey with actionable feedback, support and guidance.

Skillful x Yale SOM Tech Club: Product Strategy Primer

Skillful: Kickoff & Team Meeting 🚀

Join the Skillful community for a roundtable on Product roles in tech. 

Wafic El-Assi (Product Ops @ Uber) will lead a roundtable discussion with our panelists from different Product specializations at startups, scale-ups and big tech. 

You'll leave with an understanding of the types of roles available in Product so you can demystify job titles and know where & how your experience and skillset fits in.

There will be time for open Q&A! See you there! 

Product Roundtable

Skillful and Monday Girl are joining forces for a fireside chat with our amazing mentors to discuss 

career change: how to find and evaluate new opportunities, build connections and set yourself up for success

​​This is a public event, focused on women who are interested in business roles in tech. Feel free to forward this invite to individuals in your network who might be interested. We’d love to host them!

You'll be able to ask questions live, or add your questions to the 

 in advance, to make sure they get addressed! 

​Skillful is where top talent comes to launch and accelerate their careers in the tech industry. By combining immersive learning sprints led by mentors at top companies with a tight-knit community, Skillful helps you land - and thrive in - strategic business roles in tech. Skillful alumni have been hired by companies like Stripe, TikTok and DoorDash, in roles in Strategy & Operations, Product and Growth. Join Skillful by participating in any of their upcoming Sprints. 

Screw networking, this is better. Join 7000+ like-minded professional women across Canada. The Monday Girl Social Club is an all-in-one exclusive digital membership that gives you the tools, connections, and insider secrets to help you succeed in your career. Welcome to the boys’ club, but for all women. 

Skillful X Monday Girl fireside chat: Setting yourself up for successful career changes

Meet the Skillful team and hear more about our Sprints and community. 

We'll take the first 5 minutes to provide an overview of Sprints. Then we'll open it up to any questions and general discussion. This is a super informal session. 

This is a free event, so feel free to forward it to your network. 

We're excited to meet you, it'll be fun 🙂 

Have a burning question? Put it on the slid.o in advance 

Meet the Skillful Team

Our amazing mentor Wafic (Product Ops @ Uber) has gotten a ton of inbound interest in the open 

 (Product Ops Lead, marketplace) will be hosting an informal Q&A to discuss all things Product Ops at Uber.

If you're intrigued by Product Ops and/or working at Uber, this is an incredible and rare opportunity to get to know Wafic & Tom and learn more about the team and role 

 from the hiring managers. If you want to ask any Qs anonymously, post them here: 

https://app.sli.do/event/riAGmAkqjVdkKrJdQQTbM7/live/questions

Uber is a pioneer in Product Operations, with the first team set up 7 years ago! Product Operations at Uber is a global role with an emphasis on product strategy and launch from ANZ to LATAM.

Note this is NOT open to the public so please do NOT share this link with people outside the community.

Product Ops @ Uber: Meet the team + Q&A

The Skillful community invites you join us for an intro to blockchain and cryptocurrencies

. Many Skillfulers have expressed interest in learning more about crypto, DeFi, Web3, NFTs and DAOs. We're here to help!

We'll cover the basics of “what is crypto” as well as key applications, such as DeFi, Web3, NFTs and DAOs. Think of this session like a 101 - it'll help you build the baseline knowledge you need to continue in your learning journey should you choose to. There will also be time for Q&A, where we'll be sure to discuss BizOps & Product opportunities at Web3 companies and how to put your best foot forward for those roles (hint: you do NOT need to be an expert to be a competitive candidate).

Ben Gusberg will lead this session. He's the creator of 

, a free step-by-step guide to learning the basics of crypto. He focuses on teaching crypto newbies through free online resources and as a guest lecturer for organizations and universities.

In a past life, Ben worked on Wall Street and in startups (as both an employee and as a founder). Ben is a graduate of Harvard (summa cum laude) and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

This event is for the Skillful community and we're opening it up to the public, so anyone is invited! Join us :) 

Skillful Speaker Series: Intro to Blockchain & Crypto with Ben Gusberg

You're invited join the Skillful community for a primer on Strategic Finance roles in tech, led by Skillful mentors 

 These mentors lead our Strategic Finance Sprint: a 5-week online learning experience to help you level up for StratFin roles in tech. 

: A primer on Strategic Finance roles in tech. Our mentors will reveal how StratFin roles differ by company stage from Series A/B through post-IPO, the 4 general types of StratFin roles and how that tracks into your day-to-day, and provide advice on how to leverage your experience in banking, accounting or corporate finance at a large company to break into StratFin roles in tech.

we're bringing you right to the source — hear what StratFin actually is (and isn't) directly from our mentors based on their lived experiences

: Skillful mentors Sean, Callum and Charles lead the Strategic Finance Sprint. Our mentors pivoted from traditional finance roles into StratFin in tech and now work at Netflix, Wealthsimple and Alto. They are our accessible experts - a rising star in tech who live & breathe this Sprint daily.

Learn more & apply for the Strategic Finance Sprint here: 

https://www.joinskillful.com/sprints/strategic-finance

: February 10 at 12noon EST / 9am PST on Zoom

 for advice, tips and a candid discussion on how to negotiate your job offer! Drayton will pass along words of wisdom for 30 minutes and we'll leave ~30 minutes for open Q&A. You can also share scenarios you've faced and ask Drayton for advice on how he would've approached it. 

Community Chat: Negotiating your Job Offer with Drayton

You're invited join the Skillful community for a primer on Product Strategy, led by Skillful mentors 

These mentors lead our Product Strategy Sprint: a 5-week online learning experience to help you level up for Product roles in tech. 

: Friday, February 18th at 12:30pm ET / 9:30am PT

Learn more & apply for the March '22 cohort of the Product Strategy Sprint here: 

https://www.joinskillful.com/sprints/product-strategy

Skillful Primer: Product Strategy with mentors Thiago & Eric

Join the Skillful community for a BizOps 101, where we'll dive into key metrics for various types of companies in tech and tackle solving case problems.

The session will be led by Ujwal, who works in BizOps at LinkedIn. 

You'll leave with an understanding of key metrics and the role of BizOps in tech, as well as tactical skills to solve ambiguous problems.

​There will also be time for open Q&A! Feel free to add questions 

 helps ambitious professionals level up for strategic business roles in tech through a curated community and immersive learning sprints.

​Sprints are immersive, cohort-based learning experiences centred around a team project that helps you simultaneously build skills, experience and meaningful relationships. Skillful mentors create and lead each Sprint. Mentors are accessible experts - rising stars in tech who live & breathe the project they're helping you through. They're excited to get to know you and support you through your learning journey with actionable feedback, support and guidance.

BizOps 101: Key Metrics & Problem Solving Frameworks

Meet the Skillful Team: Open Q&A

Join the Skillful community as we showcase high-growth companies in web3 (that happen to be scaling their teams)!

) and Wealthsimple, a unicorn investment management platform that has built a crypto trading arm (ft. Crypto Ops & Skillful mentor 

Spend 30 minutes hearing from the founders at MapleFinance and CyberConnect about their companies and from Himani on how Wealthsimple, a non-native web3 fintech is expanding into the crypto space, their teams and what they look for in new teammates. Then, we'll break-out into smaller groups for candid conversations with each company - this is a perfect opportunity to network and ask questions. 

Skillful helps ambitious professionals launch and accelerate their careers in tech. The growth seen across the Crypto industry has been astounding. Naturally, high achieving business professionals are very interested in learning more about up-and-coming startups in web3 and crypto. We're here to introduce you to two promising startups, their founding teams and the types of business roles they're hiring for so you can put your best foot forward. 

Join us to explore strategic business roles at web3 companies and network with the teams at Maple Finance, CyberConnect and Wealthsimple. Take that first step and see where it leads you! 

This event is open to all Skillfulers and friends of Skillfulers. 

 is where ambitious professionals come to launch and accelerate their business careers in tech. We run skills-based mentorship programs called Sprints and a curated community. 

Skillful's Web3 Company Showcase ft. Maple Finance, CyberConnect and Wealthsimple Crypto

Meet the Skillful mentors who are leading the upcoming Product Operations Sprint & Revenue Growth Sprint! They'll give you an overview of their Sprint, explain why they built it and who it's a good fit for. You'll also get a chance to chat informally with them in breakout sessions. 

Angelina Liu (Revenue Growth Sprint mentor, Product @ Wealthsimple) and Wafic El-Assi (Product Operations Sprint, Product Ops @ Uber Eats)

 Hear from the mentors who built these Sprints on what you'll learn, why they built it and who it's a fit for. We will then jump into breakout sessions where you'll get a chance to interact with them in smaller groups and ask candid questions.

Meet our Sprint Mentors: Product Operations & Revenue Growth 

With the NBA playoffs looming and the Raptors safely out of the play-in, we're excited for the 

Whether you're a hardcore fan looking to watch the Raps win one over the 76ers or want to just have a great time with mentors & other Skillfullers we invite you to join us at 

This is open to friends, so please feel free to have your friends RSVP and come as well!

Skillful: Toronto IRL Meetup 

, former consultant turned Chief of Staff at Uber. Kris and Maariyah will discuss:

It'll be a great hour filled with lots of learnings. We hope to see you there!

Skillful Speaker Series: Maariyah, Chief of Staff @ Uber

Skillful: New Name Focus Group

Join a panel of amazing Skillful mentors for a candid discussion on their approach to answering this critical career question: 

"Should I work for an early-stage company, a growth-stage company or an established tech company?!"

We get asked this question almost every day and figured there would be no better way than to answer it than with a panel of Skillfulers who can speak to their own experiences in working at companies across different stages. 

We'll dive in and hear their take on the topic before opening the floor up for discussion and questions. We hope to see you there!

Keeping it Candid: Which stage of company is right for you?

Come out and meet your fellow Toronto Skillfullers! 

We'll be at Stackt Market outside! It's supposed to be a beautiful day. Ask for Skillful when you get there or send Loren an email/DM (

There's drinks and food nearby! First drink is on us! 

Skillful IRL Event: Toronto Hang ☀️

new✨ called Skillful Office Hours! A half hour event we'll be running on an almost weekly basis. 

Come and join a few member(s) of the Skillful Team: Loren, Alex, Zack and Laura. We'll answer any questions you have about the community, talk openly about what the team is building, share + discuss ideas and just hang out together! 

 and we think this will be an awesome platform for us to do that. 

Skillful Team Office Hours

Skillful Fam! We're planning a lil get together at Green St Smoked Meats to catch up and enjoy summertime Chi ☀️

We will be grabbing drinks, chatting about Skillful memories, and.... most importantly, be taking a lot of pictures to let the rest of Skillful very jealous they don't live in Chicago! 

Chicago IRL Hang ☀️

 is our resident senior mentor, wise sage, Head of Ops @ Koho, and Skillful advisor. He's been through hiring freezes, layoffs and generally tough times at startups before. 

He'll share his experience, advice and lead a candid chat on these topics:

Note: this is just for Skillful mentors. We want this to be candid and applicable to people who have to carry the morale and leadership torch through difficult events.

Mentor Fireside with Shane: Powering through Tough Times

​​Job searching and could use a direct connection? Join the Skillful community as we, along with OMNA, showcase 3 tech companies & hiring managers that are hiring now. You'll have the opportunity to network with hiring managers from Point, AtoB and Dolly. 

Take that first step and see where it leads you!

We're featuring three amazing tech companies & their hiring managers: 

Spend 15 minutes hearing from the panelists about their careers, companies, and roles they are currently hiring for, followed by Q&A about their companies trajectories, what skills their companies are looking for, advice on landing a role, and more. Afterwards, attendees will have the opportunity to attend two break out sessions with the panelists to learn more and interact directly with the hiring managers.

Skillful helps ambitious professionals launch and accelerate their careers in tech. We work closely with many companies to help Skillfulers land new roles - through providing exposure to various teams in tech and introductions to hiring managers. We invite you to come and check out an example of the magic! 🪄

This event is open to all Skillfulers and friends of Skillfulers - feel free to forward the invite to your network!

Skillful is where ambitious professionals come to launch and accelerate their business careers in tech. We run skills-based mentorship programs called Sprints and a curated community.

Omna is a search firm that specializes in placing strategy, operations, and finance talent across startup and tech companies. We recruit on behalf of companies backed by top funds like Sequoia, Andresseen Horowitz, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Accel Partners, KPCB, Bessemer and more.

Founded by two former management consultants, our core area of expertise is recruiting for roles interested in management consultant or investment banker profiles. Most commonly, we hire across Strategy, Biz Ops, Operations, Strategic Finance, Chief of Staff, and GM roles.

Skillful x OMNA: Tech Company Showcase: Meet Companies & Hiring Managers That Are Hiring Now

This special edition of Mentor Office Hours is focused on a topic that can be confusing but is super important to understand: equity at startups 📈

​Monday evening join three of our incredible mentors, Ana, Ernest, and Saumil, for an Office Hours where they'll answer all of your equity related questions! We'll kick off by letting the three of them introduce themselves and then use the rest of the time for questions and discussion.

Equity at Startups: Understanding & Evaluating Your Startup Equity

Skillful Summit: Typical Teams in Tech

, Manager of Product Adoption at Plooto, for an interactive workshop covering what it means to make the move from being an individual contributor (IC) to a manager role! 

We can't wait to dive into this session with you all and we hope to see you there! 

Community Chat: Moving from IC to Manager w/ Mentor Ryan Rego

​Hi everyone! Please join us for a Speaker Series on Product led by 

, Product Manager at Google and Mentor at The Commons.

: A primer on Product! Product continues to be a VERY hot career path. Yet not many people can accurately describe what it is. There's so much info available online it can be dizzying. We're bringing you right to the source — hear what product is (and isn't) directly from Kaiz based on his lived experiences. We'll talk about these topics & leave time for Q&A.

: Kaiz is a Product mentor at The Commons and will be leading the upcoming Product Sprint alongside other mentors. Sprints are curated & intimate learning experiences centred around a team project to simultaneously build skills, experience and meaningful relationships. Kaiz and the rest of our Product mentors have experience defining and executing product strategy and product operations across different stages of startups. They are our accessible experts - rising stars in tech who live & breathe product daily. They're excited to get to know you and support you through your learning journey with actionable feedback, support and guidance.

: Tuesday August 2nd at 12pm EST on Zoom!

Loren Cohen

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