What clients say
“I cannot recommend Arielle highly enough. She helps frame and then reframe your goals, concerns, questions, and beyond, in a way that's both firm and compassionate. She is genius-level at getting to the heart of any matter by asking the right questions. She gives you space to process but holds you accountable on your commitments. She has helped me grow in many ways—I wouldn't be the same without her.”
Mike Podwal
Head of Product, AR Glasses Software, Google
“It's impossible to wholly express just how valuable Arielle has been for me and my team.
Arielle has become my greatest confidant, ally, and supporter in my founder journey (one that can often feel isolating in the pressure and unique position you hold). She has a knack for deeply understanding what's at play for you, reframing narratives you hold, and identifying experiments to create new outcomes. Working with Arielle has truly been one of the most impactful experiences for me over the last year: from both a work perspective (managing a team, reaching strategic decisions, mitigating mental blocks) and personal perspective (defining success, creating fruitful relationships, more effectively caring for one's self).
I've recommended Arielle to every peer, colleague, and friend that is struggling to move past or through something in their life right now. She deeply understands and knows how to positively challenge highly driven and ambitious professionals. I could not recommend her enough!”
Julia Rosenberg
Co-Founder & CEO, Metropolis
“Arielle is a powerful coach and has a strong ability to help you make critical mindset shifts. I worked with her for a few months and her coaching was immensely valuable in the following ways:
1. She helped me understand the mindsets that were holding me back from achieving my entrepreneurial goals. For example, I did not have clarity on the gravity of the subconscious patterns I was dealing with and she masterfully broached the core challenges again (and again) until I started seeing them myself and eventually imbibed the mindset shift in my thought process.
2. Her experiments-based approach was very helpful for me. We devised 2-3 major experiments to push me beyond my comfort zone and that helped me navigate uncertainty in key areas.
3. Lastly, she was always willing to go above and beyond what our coaching agreement was. For example, many times we went into deeper discussions and ended up discussing things for 1.5+ hours (in 1 hour scheduled sessions). Value and progress were clearly more important to her and that was incredible. I felt a deep connection and trust while working with her which helped me open up easily. Also, she was easily accessible via text or for ad hoc calls for urgent matters. If you get a chance to work with her, don't let it pass. You will be amazed how much value she can add.”
Gaurav Nemade
Fellow | Founder in Residence. Former Product Manager, Google AI, On Deck, Google
“I wholeheartedly recommend Arielle as an Executive Coach. She has been an invaluable resource in helping me strategize and make critical decisions for my company. Arielle's wealth of knowledge and experience in leadership and product marketing has been extremely helpful, and I have always felt that she truly understands my business and its goals. As a CEO or leader, you'd greatly benefit from working with Arielle. She is a skilled Executive Coach who can provide valuable guidance and support as you navigate the challenges of growing and scaling your business. I have no doubt that she would be an asset to anyone looking to succeed in their business endeavors.”
D'Andre Ealy
Founder, Stealth Startup
“Over the course of 6 months I have worked with Arielle as my coach. There are a bunch of things she has helped me with, including communicating more effectively, sharing tactical suggestions on issues I face, and reframing some of my preconceived beliefs or self-limiting perspectives. Working with Arielle has also helped me have more confidence in my own ideas and leadership style, as she is an insightful sounding board. She manages to be both empathetic and challenging in a supportive manner, and entirely non-judgmental which I appreciate. It's been great to have someone who supports me to stretch further than I would alone - thanks a lot Arielle!”
Lucy SJ Luo
Director of International Growth, First AML
“I first heard of Arielle when someone tagged her on Twitter under a question asking about great coaches for founders. I bookmarked her Twitter account and set up an intro call with her a few months later.
The company I founded is self-funded and certainly doesn’t have many of the luxuries of companies that have raised VC money - so that informed everything that we worked on. Arielle helped me, and the company, with key foundational pieces that were simply not developed as we experienced the typical ebbs and flows of a new company.
Some things Arielle realized I needed and helped me develop:
a) a company operating manual that defined our values, and the specific actions we will take to execute those values. This is a document our team refers to constantly.
b) teaching me an easily deployable storytelling framework so I could properly articulate challenges to the team and obtain buy-in on the subsequent action steps.
c) a framework to have feedback conversations with the team that results in clear action steps that all parties buy into. And many more.
Ultimately, what I find most valuable about Arielle is her uncanny ability to dig into core personal experiences and beliefs and see how they affect professional actions. Furthermore, what makes our time so useful is that she gives specific and ‘crunchy’ homework, tools, and frameworks that can instantly be deployed. No fluffy armchair advice here! I look forward to continuing my development with her.
I wholeheartedly recommend Arielle to any founder or leader that is looking to build a professional and personal foundation that allows them to scale.”
Neelesh Mittal
Founder & CEO, Bayside Operations Technology
“Working with Arielle has accelerated my professional and personal growth. I originally reached out to her while searching for a coach to help me as I navigated the ups and downs of building my first VC-backed startup. While my startup didn't work out, I continued working with Arielle as I continued in my career because our conversations felt like a "hack" to learning about myself, improving mental models, and recognizing my thought patterns. As I've continued to face challenges in my career, relationships, and life decisions, I'm grateful for the insights I'm able to drawn on from working with Arielle. She comes highly recommended.”
Wes Wagner
Owner, Rarely Decaf
“Arielle guided me through tectonic, fundamental shifts in my outlook and leadership style. We worked through wrapping up old chapters that I had trouble finding resolve in and identifying current patterns that were holding me back. The best act of self-care I've done for myself in 2019 was to start working with Arielle.”
Lauren Mosenthal
Director of Product Design, Homebound
“Arielle is an amazing coach! She is open, honest, and a great listener. Arielle has an amazing way of hearing you and transforming your stories into strategic insights with actionable takeaways or to-dos. Arielle has helped to create a cohesive narrative of my past and present which is helping to drive my future - both personally and professionally. I use the brand framework Arielle provided me when communicating with potential customers, team members and investors.”
Emily Hochman
CEO & Co-Founder, Wellory
“Working with Arielle felt like working with a trusted friend. Her disarming personality and strategic storytelling methods helped me articulate my narrative in a way that no one else could. Thanks to her I feel proud of putting my story out there. I started my fundraising process and my pitch and story are tight and compelling! She is amazing and doing important work. I look forward to working with her again soon.”
Ambika Nigam
Co-Founder and CEO, Zeit
“Communicating the problem my digital health startup solves was difficult for me. Arielle helped me pinpoint where my challenges were and helped me craft a story that was clear and easy for my audience to understand. In addition to getting buy-in from key stakeholders, it’s helped me better understand my users and improve my design process. It’s important for me to tell a story that feels natural and flows easily. Arielle helped me do just that!”
Aziza Ismail
Co-founder, LiteraSeed
“Working with Arielle has been a *game changer*. She asks the tough questions and transforms your fear into fun. I came to her feeling blocked and overwhelmed, and she's been holding me accountable to writing and sharing my story. She's supported me with my pitch deck and helped me contextualize elements of our story that I'd overlooked and even helped me cut out an entire piece of the business model that wasn't necessary! Since we started working together, I've been able to get out of my funks, be okay with taking mini-vacations, and get back into journaling.
I couldn't imagine running my company without Arielle on my side.”
Madelin Woods
Founder & CEO, Walden
“Arielle is absolutely magic! I run a small jewelry company with big ambitions and I came to Arielle with a jumble of ideas that didn't quite all fit together. She was amazing at drawing out my story - and the connections that existed between all of the ideas. She helped me tell my story better than I could have ever done alone, and her energy made me feel like I had a cheerleader in my corner all along the way. I can't wait to work with her again.”
Trisha Okubo
Founder, Maison Miru Jewelry
“Simply put - Arielle is excellent at what she does. Her quality and kindness are immediately evident and she leads each session with a special combination of patience and strategy. I have rediscovered my professional confidence as a result of our time working together and truly wish we had met a number of years ago.”
Katherine Hill
Co-Founder, International Figure Skating Choreographer, Goe Spray, KHill
“Working with Arielle is a pleasure. She is very supportive, but not afraid of challenging her client. She’s excellent at guiding you to find your own north star. She’s very responsive and goes above and beyond to help you - whether it’s ways of thinking, strategy, or tactical next steps. Working with her was without a doubt the best decision I made as an early-stage founder.”
Xi Chen
Founder, Sonderlier
“Arielle is strategic, quick, and listens without judgement. The results I received from Arielle's coaching were not only informative, but her presence and empathetic approach really made me comfortable — which is a rare space for an entrepreneur. Arielle shows you the light of reason. She has connected me with knowledge, platforms, and insights that have propelled me to new heights.”
Aneesha Rao
Founder, Lantera Labs
“Arielle has been my professional coach since the beginning of my founder journey, and has supported me through so many challenges, it’s hard to overstate her impact on my growth. She has a special knack for identifying your cognitive biases, helping you avoid them in the future and making you more self-aware in the process. Meeting with Arielle feels like catching up with a incredibly supportive friend who will call you on your BS but in a way makes you want to do better. She is incredibly fair and always tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear. Any founder who wants to improve their effectiveness as a leader, their clarity of thinking, and their self-awareness should work with Arielle!”
JJ Nguyen
Founder & CEO, Makelog