Leland

The career and talent platform for the AI era.

🚀 Join millions of people reaching ambitious goals, building with AI, and leveling up their teams.

[John Koelliker @JohnKoelliker]

Excited to welcome Aaron Skonnard (@skonnard) to @joinLeland's Board of Directors!

As many of you know, Aaron was the Co-Founder and CEO of @pluralsight, a technology workforce development company he built from zero to hundreds of millions in revenue and took public.

Aaron and I first met because he and his family were customers of Leland while his daughter was applying to college. I’ll never forget my first conversation with Aaron because everything just clicked. He had been operating for decades in and around this world, and when I told him about our vision, he could see it immediately.

Since that day, I’ve spent a lot of time with Aaron. Here’s what I feel every time:
1. His depth of experience in our space and in scaling a business is endlessly helpful
2. His humility given that experience is so refreshing
3. His drive to win AND be a great dad, friend, and all around person is exactly the example I want in my life

I couldn't think of anyone better to help us shape the next chapter of the business.

Thank you, Aaron. Excited to build the future with you.

[Leland @joinLeland]

Today we launched the Leland Community, a new home for ambition!

Follow people who’ve already done what you’re trying to do, ask them anything, and learn from them every day. It’s free, and there’s more to come.

Join us: https://t.co/PsVFuopknH

[John Koelliker @JohnKoelliker]

Leland changed forever today.

After years of talking about building community, today we are officially launching it.

Millions of people come to Leland every year to connect with experts, share their experiences, learn on livestreams, and reach their goals.

Historically, we've given them little pockets of connection. A 1:1 conversation here, a livestream chat experience there. But it was never convenient or easy.

That changes today. With a world-class mobile iOS and Android app, thousands of people already creating content, and an existing audience that simply needed better tools to connect, this is a big step towards building the home for ambition for the AI era.

So join the conversation, ask anonymous questions, browse content by goal, message experts directly, post to a feed, and build relationships that can open doors forever.

See you on Leland.

[Leland @joinLeland]

@JohnKoelliker 🚀🚀🚀

[Leland @joinLeland]

Big day for Leland.

Excited for this next chapter.

[John Koelliker @JohnKoelliker]

AI is ripping apart traditional career paths.

Everyone will need to adapt. We’re here to help.

Today we are reintroducing Leland to the world.

[John Koelliker @JohnKoelliker]

You either die a hero or live long enough to start a podcast.

As many of you know, @joinLeland hosts over 250 free livestreams on different topics every month. From AI, to career tips, to admissions, to everything in between. Hundreds of thousands of people watch those events and it's one of the most fun parts of the platform.

So @MikeMella4, @JakeLingwall, and I decided to get in on the fun. Every week, we go live on Leland and talk about important topics related to navigating careers in a world of AI. We've published 4 episodes now on Spotify and Apple Music, and are going live for our 5th show on Friday at 2pm PT / 5pm ET.

Some of the topics we've covered so far:
- What does the future of knowledge work look like?
- What should students in college optimize for given AI?
- Which jobs are cooked? Is unemployment risk overblown or not?
- What are the actual valuable implementations of AI within companies?
- Will AI make people dumber or smarter?
- How do you keep up when everything is changing super quickly?
- What needs to happen for AI to create a richer better world?

It's been fun to use Leland's livestreaming experience, connect directly with our customers, and explore problems that millions of people are wrestling with.

Search 'Home for Ambition' where you get your podcasts, check it out, and let me know what you think!

[John Koelliker @JohnKoelliker]

Introducing... the fastest growing product @joinLeland has ever launched:

The AI Builder Program.

If you are wanting to build agents and automations to be 10x more impactful in your work, you will get a ton of value out of this program. Doesn’t matter if you are feeling excited, behind, overwhelmed, confident, or anything in between, this program is for you.

AI Builder Program (AIBP) Overview
- A 5-Level Program, taught live, online, by leading AI Instructors.
- Each level is 6-sessions, taught over a condensed 3-week period, and focused on tangible impact and progress.
- The program will teach you all the most up-to-date and in-demand tools (Claude Code, n8n, Cowork, and more).

Each level of the program builds directly on the last. By the end of the program you will build workflows, agents, systems that run, self-correct, and improve on their own.

1️⃣ Level 1 teaches you to build AI skills and workflows that automate research, communication, and analysis.
2️⃣ Level 2 is where you build agents and agent teams to help you complete multi-step processes across tools.
3️⃣ Level 3 takes those agents and embeds them in systems that trigger and run on their own.
4️⃣ Level 4 focuses on orchestrating multiple agents in a unified system so they coordinate, delegate, and check each other's work.
5️⃣ Level 5 builds a goal-directed system with memory and self-correction loops.

The program is designed for non-technical knowledge workers of all AI skill levels.

Our next cohorts begin April 21, and will fill up, so we encourage you to join quickly. I have a limited number of discount codes, so if you are interested, shoot me a DM. I recommend starting with Level 1.

P.S. We've also sold several companies and enterprises team access to this program, so if you think your company might be interested, shoot me a DM.

AI is not coming. It is here. And the teams and individuals who adopt it are becoming 10x, 100x, and eventually 1,000x more impactful. The AIBP is just one step in a series of big announcements we'll be making over the coming months to ensure humans are brought along in this AI wave.

Reach out if you'd like the link to learn more (and want a discount).

[John Koelliker @JohnKoelliker]

1/ Excited to announce @joinLeland's acquisition of Career Season, the company behind @APMSeason, the leading job board for Associate Product Management (APM) internships and full-time roles!

[Leland @joinLeland]

🕴️This could be you, too…

MBA Week 2023 starts today. Sign up here: https://t.co/yvlABsoNxl

#mba #mbaadmissions #bschool #stanfordgsb #gsb #hbs #wharton #kellogg #sloan #cbs #booth #m7 #freeevent 🚀

[Leland @joinLeland]

Good to Great by Jim Collins

How can good companies, mediocre companies, or even bad companies achieve enduring greatness? Collins and his team analyze 28 companies to discover why some can make the leap and others don’t.

[Leland @joinLeland]

🧵Our 9 favorite business books… just some HW before #MBAWeek kicks off next week #sorrynotsorry

What would you add? 👇🏼

[Leland @joinLeland]

Built to Last by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras

This book analyzes 18 exceptional, long-lasting companies based on a 6-year Stanford research project to determine what makes them different from those who didn’t endure.

[Leland @joinLeland]

@SparrowStartup Why not both?