Wes Kao

Wes Kao is a marketer, founder, and advisor who writes a newsletter at [newsletter.weskao.com](http://newsletter.weskao.com/). She is co-founder of [Maven](https://maven.com/), a platform that empowers the world’s experts to offer live courses directly to their audience. Maven raised $25M from First Round Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, and has served more than 25,000 students and helped instructors earn over $14M. In 2022, Maven was named by [*Fast Company*](https://www.fastcompany.com/90720370/most-innovative-companies-education-2022) as the #1 most innovative company in education. Previously, Wes co-founded the altMBA with bestselling author Seth Godin, creating the category of cohort-based courses. She grew the altMBA from zero to thousands of students in 550 cities in 45 countries in three years. Her work has been featured in *TechCrunch*, *Entrepreneur*, *Business Insider*, *Inc*, *Fast Company*, and *The Information*. In 2021, she was selected by *Entrepreneur* magazine on the 100 Women of Impact list. She has spoken at SXSW and guest lectures at UC Berkeley and Harvard Business School.