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Marimo
Shioda

Services

I'm a startup Swiss Army knife with a knack for creating order out of chaos.

I've helped tech companies establish training resources, build teams, and scale processes from the ground up.

I've navigated an eclectic career from architecture to SaaS to Web3.

Career Coaching

As a coach, I work with you to evaluate your current professional situation and map out concrete steps toward your own definition of long-term growth and success.

  • Job search guidance, including defining your lazy girl job, proofreading resumes, and preparing for interviews

  • Identifying career blockers and goals

  • Steering your career toward a promotion, transition, or pivot into tech

  • Optimizing work for your strengths

L&D Consulting

As a learning strategist, designer, and facilitator, I partner with organizations to address knowledge gaps and create development opportunities, empowering team members for a stronger business.

  • Onboarding, enablement, and leadership fundamentals

  • Tailored training design and facilitation

  • Needs analysis, strategic planning, and implementation

  • Ad-hoc L&D/People team support

Web3 Content

As a web3 educator and advisor, I produce resources that explain blockchain concepts in layman's terms to help onboard the next billion users into the space.

  • Learning materials for both internal (team members) and external (customers and business partners) audiences

  • Educational content creation from ideation to final delivery across various live and on-demand formats

Candy Cotton

About Me

she/her

 

I'm a tech educator and advisor specializing in startups and web3. I design accessible learning materials across a variety of mediums for global audiences. I'm interested in cultivating inclusive spaces - both physical and digital - where people can grow as their true selves. As a lifelong learner, I've been going down the web3 rabbit hole since 2020.

Figure skater turned taekwondo black belt - currently dabbling in flow art.

Japan born. Boston raised. NYC based.

Experience

2021-2023

Learning & Development
Unstoppable Domains

Built the L&D function from the ground up by collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to conduct learning needs analyses, implementing an LMS, and establishing an L&D roadmap with metrics. Launched an onboarding curriculum, CE stipend, internal newsletter, and leadership development learning path.

Spearheaded web3 education projects, including biz dev enablement materials, a video course on IPFS, an explainer video on The Ethereum Merge, and the pledge for Unstoppable Women of Web3.

2020-2021

Business Development
Unstoppable Domains

As an early team member, onboarded employees and scaled revenue operations as the organization experienced 6x growth and reached $1 billion valuation. Owned communications with customers and business partners worldwide. Established scalable processes and authored training materials for partner- and customer-facing teams. Scoped and executed pilot revenue projects at the intersection of biz dev, marketing, product, and community.

2019-2020

Customer Success
Wix

Pioneered, established, and scaled the customer success cycle to establish proof of concept for the new Wix Partners department. Initiated and nurtured relationships with Wix Partners, resulting in demonstrated 3X YOY growth from managed accounts spanning 20+ countries. Increased market share by designing and delivering a comprehensive suite of product training sessions and resources for partners, $225k+ MRR. Ran interviews to grow team by 20x.

2017-2019

Customer Success
DojoMojo

Managed the relationships with and marketing campaigns for 7-9 enterprise accounts by identifying target audiences, securing brand partnerships, and producing creative assets. Powered new customer engagement by facilitating product walkthroughs, integrations, and email marketing strategy consultations. Trained new hires as the customer success team grew by 240%.

2017-2019

Tutor
Vanguard College Prep

Led private tutoring sessions on college application essay writing and interview prep, empowering students with lasting storytelling and communication skills. Designed lesson plans catered to each student's academic interests and established SOPs on college admissions prep. Students were accepted to top choice universities, including highly competitive combined BS/MD programs.

2014-2017

Administration
1100 Architect

Established relationships with global design showrooms and vendors, prepared client presentations, and coordinated the specification and delivery of furnishings. Managed company contacts and material library, monitored company expenses, and trained new bookkeeper on accounting procedures. Although I no longer work in architecture, I'm still a design nerd at heart <3

Education

Brown University

History of Art & Architecture

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