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About Me

Growing up in Palo Alto and the Bay Area, Yue has her roots as a scientist and engineer, studying biomedical engineering at UC Berkeley before joining McKinsey serving technology clients. After Harvard Business School, she carved out a path as a founder, product manager, and C-level executive at high-growth startups.


Yue was the first product manager at Thumbtack, a home services marketplace, where she worked alongside the founders to build and scale a technology leader valued at $3.2B and a 1,000+ strong team backed by Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global, and Capital G. Then, at Fuzzy Pet Health, she was CTO and CPO, helping the team find PMF for its telehealth offering and reach EBITDA positive within 6 months.


As an executive career coach and advisor, Yue brings a vast network that includes many of the Valley’s most influential leaders and operators. She has seen product teams at scale at Meta, where she led product at Instagram and Messenger, and developed SMB and Creator ads strategies accounting for ~XX% of FB revenue. Her network in the product space, in particular, adds a new dimension to LifeX's team of ex-founders and operators.


With her scientific background, deep operating expertise, investor experience, and extensive network in the tech ecosystem, you’d have a hard time finding anyone better positioned to support the next generation of CEOs and founders to find product market fit and beyond. 

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Self Advocacy in Senior Roles: Paving the Path to Leadership

With Reforge

It's performance review season, and here's a hard truth: the employees who did the best work or took one for the team aren't always the ones that get promoted. The people who do the most widely recognized impactful work, month over month, are. So how do you become a better self-advocate for your work if you feel shy about it or don’t want to brag? 

Breakthrough to the C-suite

With Coach Nancy Chu

  • How to effectively communicate at scale 

  • Imposter  syndrome and why we self-sabotage

  • How and why executives put companies first

  • How to look for an amazing coach

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Book Interview: The Uncommon Executive

With Sue on WiseTalk

  • How to adopt an executive mindset and develop skills that are critical for success

  • Ways to demonstrate executive potential and land stretch assignments

  • The challenges minorities face — overcoming biases and stereotypes, finding role models, and discovering superpowers

  • How to influence luck and create opportunities with sponsorship, networking, and making smart job changes

Job Search Advice from a Career Coach

With Paths to Product

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I speak about important aspects of transitioning into product, and provide tips and tricks for planning your search, getting that interview, and more!

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