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Jonathan was a great resource for me when I was navigating my MBA process. He was extremely supportive, and really encouraged me in my journey.

Donte is an empathetic leader who can connect with his team on a personal level and drive collective motions towards a positive outcome. Donte’s strong communication skills can penetrate any learning style and help bring a vision forward with clear, complete focus and delivery.

Donte has been a personal source of inspiration, information, and leadership as I’ve navigated my career space. He shows up with empathy but also the experience from years of high level execution at renowned companies. I couldn’t recommend him more and wish I could hire him full time as my personal COO.

I’ve been coaching with Shirisha for the last couple of years and recommend her highly. When we started, she coached me through crises in the organisation I was with at the time. With her grounded approach, she helped me see beyond quick fixes and short-lived productivity hacks toward those challenging mindset shifts that opened wider possibilities. Over the years, working with her has helped me gain clarity and confidence in my work life and deepened my alignment with my work. I continue to work with her as I grow, take on personal projects, and plan bigger things in my work life.

Shirisha coaches with gentleness, compassion and warmth. I have benefited tremendously from her coaching sessions, both professionally and personally. Having worked with multiple mentors and coaches through my career, I can confidently say that her sessions have brought me most clarity and confidence.

Ali's helped me grow as a leader while I've scaled my marketing agency over the past 2 years. I've had an unusual experience of taking an existing agency, niching it down to focus exclusively on lifecycle marketing (email, SMS, CRM) and as a result - the business basically went back to startup stage, despite having a 20 year history. Ali helped me to break down my sometimes overwhelming growth targets into simply focusing on what was most important each week, or each month, so I could confidently reach the next milestone. Building a new team of people, specialized in the niched down lifecycle services my agency offers, has been the hardest bottleneck to solve for in our growth. Ali's mentorship has given me confidence as a leader in a team where I am often among the youngest people in the room. He's helped me learn how to tactfully train and redirect older employees, so they can make their best contributions to the team while meeting our agency's standard of excellence. When I've had to choose whether or not to fire someone, Ali's calm and perceptive questions have helped me arrive at important decisions without doubting myself. We can get so focused on reaching a goal that we forget how the work shifts and demands even more of us as we reach the goal, and then 'growing pains' kick in as we work towards the next goal. His perspective on entrepreneurship and scaling operations to sustain growth has been invaluable.

Jonathan helped me prepare for consulting interviews after I failed in my first attempt to get a job at my target firm. Jonathan had received an offer from that place. He was so incredibly kind and supportive in terms of giving me candid feedback on what I can do better and what helped him be successful. He also spent a lot of time coaching me on case interviews, which I didn’t expect but benefited immensely from. Most importantly, he was very empathetic when I told him I didn’t get an offer - it helped me get over that “failure” and inspired me to get up again and apply again. Even after I started working there, he was always there to help me, give me advice, and guide me through corporate politics.

I worked with Eric throughout my graduate school application journey, covering GRE preparation, personal statements, resume improvement, scholarship essays, and interview preparation. I have known Eric for more than 10 years, and over that time I have continued recommending his services to friends and colleagues who are preparing for similar paths. Before working with Eric, my GRE score was 302 and I had previously not passed a scholarship interview. With his guidance, my GRE score improved to 325 — particularly in the verbal section — and I later secured a full-ride scholarship along with several Letters of Acceptance from universities in the United States. What I found most valuable about working with Eric is that he does not rely on standard templates or generic advice. He takes time to understand your background and helps shape a clear and realistic strategy based on your strengths and areas that need improvement. Especially for essays and interviews, he focuses on helping you communicate your story and motivations clearly, rather than just correcting language or wording. As a working professional preparing applications while managing a full-time job, I appreciated the structure and direction he brought to what can otherwise be a very overwhelming process. His experience working with both students and professionals allows him to give practical advice that is directly applicable. Even after completing my master’s degree, I continued to seek his input when refining my resume for professional opportunities, which shows how relevant his guidance remains beyond admissions. Overall, I am very satisfied with Eric’s support, and many people I referred to him have also had positive experiences. For anyone seriously preparing for graduate admissions or scholarships, I would strongly recommend working with him early in the process.

I’m very happy to vouch for Jonathan. He has been an incredible mentor and resource for many of us, always willing to invest his time and energy into helping others succeed. His guidance is thoughtful, honest, and grounded in real experience, which makes his advice especially valuable. Anyone working with him will quickly see how committed he is to supporting people’s personal and professional growth. I highly recommend him without hesitation.

I’d strongly vouch for Jonathan as a coach in MBA planning, consulting, general career strategy, and personal finance. He’s exceptionally smart, but what truly sets him apart is how intentionally he’s applied that intelligence to real-life decisions. Through scholarships and strategic planning, Jonathan fully funded his undergraduate education and paid very little out of pocket for his MBA by proactively identifying and securing available financial resources. He didn’t just “get lucky”—he learned the system and used it responsibly. Jonathan has coached me on how to handle major career conversations and he has also coached many of my professional contacts on their MBA applications. He’s very well known and praised for the coaching he does within my network! Jonathan is polite, driven, and approachable. He explains complex financial and career concepts in a way that feels practical and empowering rather than intimidating. Anyone working with him gets thoughtful, ethical guidance from someone who genuinely practices what he teaches.