Why Mona
M&A Expert
Mona Sabet is a Silicon Valley strategist and dealmaker with over 20 years of experience scaling technology companies from early stage to $1B+ exits. As Chief Corporate Strategy Officer at UserTesting, she led the company through four acquisitions, $100M in funding, and a $1.3B IPO and sale. She has personally negotiated more than 50 tech acquisitions.
Scale Up Executive
Today, she serves as SVP of Strategy, Projects, and Operations at GCG and advises high-growth startups and corporate teams on how to become acquirable, fundable, and strategically aligned. She’s also the co-author of Sail to Scale, a practical roadmap for founders navigating launch, pivot, scale, and exit.
Network Builder
Mona has built and led teams at Cadence, Coverity, and VulcanForms. She is the founder of HiPower, a nonprofit helping executive women build influence outside of their job titles.
Common Mistakes that Hold Start Ups Back
The Startup Survival Guide
Avoiding Mistakes as a Founder
Discussion Topics
Roll Up and M&A
How Companies Get Bought (Not Sold)
What most execs miss when preparing for M&A—and how to design your product, team, and metrics to get the deal done.
Pivots
The Pivot is an All-In Move
Why partial pivots fail and what it takes to align your go-to-market, product, and sales engine.
Scale Ups
The Paradoxes of Leading While Scaling
How startup founders can flounder if they don’t shed the leadership habits, the decision control and/or the generalist team that made them successful during the launch phase.
Mona’s Audience
Mona’s audiences appreciate her no-BS honesty, pattern-matching from 50+ deals, and the way she makes complex business strategy feel navigable—even in chaos.
Founders preparing for funding or exit
Founders and startup executives scaling teams
VC-backed CEOs building their strategic roadmap
Executive women navigating power and reinvention