Recovering From Burnout
This session will discuss what contributes to burnout from work stress and how it affects our physical and mental health. Jenna Starkey will share her best tips for how to recover from burnout and offer suggestions for ways to address the root issues and prevent it from happening again. This event is a virtual event. […]
How Do You Know If Your Idea Is A Good One?
Join us at Handshake’s offices in Fidi, San Francisco for a hands-on workshop with Shawn Xu – climate tech investor and Skye Coach. Taking a venture capitalist’s perspective, Shawn will help you determine if your startup idea is big enough, audacious enough, and worth spending the next 10+ years of your life building towards. He’ll […]
Startup Leadership Under Pressure: Balancing Head and Heart
Today’s founders know all too well about the challenges of leading under pressure. When facing a difficult decision, do you as a leader choose to be feared or to be loved? Are those the only options? This talk offers practical frameworks and tactics you can use to guide your company through stressful times whether you […]
SkyeLounge: A Series for Founders, Startup Executives, and Investors
You are formally invited to SkyeLounge in Austin, TX! Skye has hosted events across the U.S. and we’re so excited to expand to the great city of Austin. We’ll be co-hosting these events with our strategic partner and investor, Stackmatix. Priority will be given to existing Skye customers and strategic partners. If you would like to […]
The Scale-Up CEO
In this virtual experience you’ll learn how your leadership style needs to evolve and adapt to fit the scale of your business. What has worked for you so far might not be effective at the next stage. What your stakeholders and your team require from you is also going to be different. Learn how to […]
Determining The Effectiveness of Self Development
The self-development industry is everywhere these days – in our phones, our bookshelves, and our minds. This begs the question: how do we know it’s working? How we can understand its first, second, and third-order effects? And can we ever truly craft a happiness ROI that captures the human experience? Join us for what will […]
To Raise, Or Not To Raise?
Thinking about fundraising? Trying to decide if venture capital is right for you? Justin Joffe will lead a deep dive on raising venture funding, alternative sources of capital, and navigating the funding process. Justin is a Skye coach with extensive experience raising capital; he has been CEO of 3 venture-backed companies, raised over $30m, and led […]
Healthy Boundaries
A life without boundaries can lead to mental and physical distress. We hear the call for “healthy boundaries” with work-life balance and self-care. But what does this actually look like in our day-to-day life? Boundaries mark the limit of an area and range from diffuse to rigid, and in some cases non-existent. Boundaries can take the form of a physical, sexual, […]
Finding meaning in your job
The past few years have presented leaders and teams with occasional difficultly in finding fulfillment and meaning at work. The pandemic prompted a lot of employees to question their career path as well as what they want their future to look like. This type of uncertainty is directly correlated to decreased employee engagement rates and […]
The Importance of Vulnerability as a Leader
Authentic. Vulnerable. Forgiving. These are characteristics that are sometimes overlooked and seem a bit daunting for leaders of larger teams to prioritize. Especially for those who have been taught that vulnerable = weak. The truth is that vulnerability is crucial for success, both in personal and professional instances. Not everything or everyone is perfect, and […]
