Nicole Chin.

Coaching & mentorship

Growth coaching programs

Become the leader who makes growth and marketing decisions with confidence. I coach you 1-1, month after month, on the decisions in front of you, so your judgement gets sharper with each one.

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My growth coaching programs are 1-1 sessions for founders, marketers and operators who have real growth and marketing decisions to make. We meet up to twice a month, the agenda is whatever you are deciding, and you leave each session with a few things to do before the next. We cover growth strategy, marketing technology and measurement, team and operating design, and career moves. You can work with me on a direct retainer, by subscription on MentorCruise, or in single sessions on GrowthMentor, where I have mentored since 2021.

What coaching covers

Growth strategy

Where to play, what to charge, which channel to commit to, and what to stop doing. You bring them as live decisions, so the advice is about your business.

Marketing technology and measurement

Stack decisions, attribution, event taxonomy, and how to tell whether a number is real before you act on it.

Team and operating design

Who to hire first, how to structure a growth team, and how to run the operating rhythm so decisions actually get made.

Career

Interview preparation, roadmaps into senior marketing and martech roles, and how to position experience you already have.

Three ways to work 1-1

Every program is 1-1, and the agenda is whatever you are deciding that month. There is no cohort, curriculum or recorded module to work through.

Coaching retainer

Recurring sessions directly with me, maximum two a month, so there is real work between them. Suited to founders and leads carrying ongoing decisions.

MentorCruise subscription

Ongoing mentorship by subscription, with messaging between calls. Best for career and role-level questions over months, not weeks.

GrowthMentor sessions

Bite-sized single sessions for one specific question. I have mentored there since 2021; the reviews below are from those calls.

How I think about growth

If you want a feel for how I approach decisions before we talk, start with one of these.

Building scalable growth systems

A conversation with Braze on moving from growth executor to systems thinker, and designing growth that scales in an AI-driven world.

Growth as a system

My first LinkedIn article, on growth as a set of reinforcing loops.

How it works

  1. 1 Book a discovery call ›
  2. 2 Align on priorities and goals
  3. 3 Receive a proposal from me
  4. 4 Engagement starts

Related

Growth advisor for startups

When you want a decision made rather than your judgement developed.

Marketing for coaches

The other direction: marketing your own coaching business.

Advisory for small business owners

Strategy, coaching and fractional support for owner-run businesses.

What people say

Premium level mentor! Nicole is the best mentor I have talked with on GrowthMentor. Very knowledgeable and experienced. Pleasure talking with her. Highly recommended!
Georgi Ganchev
Very knowledgeable. We dug into her experience on recruitment and training. Understood the stage of our business and how that should influence our decision-making. She gave very clear perspectives and examples on where we should hire locally versus internationally. First class.
Hamel Shah
Her advice was very relevant and practical. She also followed up with lots of additional resources.
Sean Olliver
Nicole got straight into my pricing model challenges and provided so many valuable insights it’s hard to know where to focus first. The major bonus for me was being able to pick her brains about how she’s approached challenges in her own org and role — priceless advice from someone with a huge amount of experience.
Luke Latimer
Great call with heaps of actionable takeaways that I can implement immediately. Will definitely book another call in a couple weeks!
William Wu
She was extremely focused and genuinely trying to help demystify the paradox that we are facing in the e-commerce world. Super friendly and her points were crisp, direct, and helpful!
Marwan Ahmed

Common questions

What is included in a growth coaching program?

Recurring 1-1 sessions with me, capped at two a month, with the agenda set by what you are currently deciding. You leave each session with a small number of things to do before the next. There is no fixed curriculum, because the useful work is specific to your business.

Who are these coaching programs for?

Founders and small business owners making growth decisions without a senior marketing team behind them, and marketers or growth leads stepping into more senior scope. What you have in common is a real decision in front of you that you want to get right.

How is coaching different from advisory or fractional work?

In coaching, I help you get better at making the decisions yourself. In advisory, we end with a decision and a plan, and in fractional work I do the work with your team. Coaching is the right choice when you will be the one executing and want to decide with more confidence. Advisory and fractional options are here.

How long does a program run?

Most run for a few months, long enough to see whether the decisions made in session one worked. There is no minimum commitment set before the introductory call.

Are you coaching me, or marketing my coaching business?

In a growth coaching program I coach you 1-1 on your own growth and marketing decisions. If you run a coaching business and want help selling it, that is marketing for coaches.

What does it cost?

Retainer pricing is set after the introductory call. MentorCruise and GrowthMentor have their own published rates on those platforms.

Get in touch

Tell me about the decision you’re carrying right now.

The introductory call is free, takes 20 minutes and comes with no obligation.