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Lital Orlev

You did everything right. Now, what's next?

I help women and businesses figure out what's next, and test it before they bet on it.

Career reinvention coaching for women, strategy and product advisory for businesses, and keynotes on starting over.

Reinvention strategist. Software engineer, Chicago Booth MBA, product leader at large corporations and startups, founder.

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Three ways to work together

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Career reinvention coaching

For women who did everything right and want something different

Find what energizes you, turn ideas into hypotheses and test them with small, low-risk experiments.

A next move you've tested, and a plan to get there.

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Strategy & product advisory

For founders, small businesses and established teams

Set direction, validate demand, decide what to build and take it to market, without betting the business on a guess.

A clear strategy, proven with real customers.

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Keynotes & workshops

For companies, women's networks, universities and founder communities

Candid talks on reinvention and experimentation, with a method your audience can use the next morning.

An audience that leaves with permission, and a plan.

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One method, three ways to use it

The approach behind every great product, applied to careers and businesses. Find what's next. Test it. Then commit.

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  1. Discover

    Get clear on what you really want, for your career or your business, and name the riskiest assumptions behind it.

  2. Test

    Run small, cheap experiments with real people and real customers. Learn fast, fail cheap.

  3. Commit

    Decide with evidence, not anxiety, and leave with a plan you trust.

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Starting over, on purpose

The signature keynote. A candid story of leaving a successful career, and a product leader's framework for testing what comes next.

The Pivot Test

12 questions to ask before you start over. The questions I wish someone had asked me, free in your inbox.

One email with the questions, then occasional notes on starting over. Unsubscribe anytime.

Questions

Something else? Ask me directly

Who do you work with?

Two groups. Women who've built strong careers and want something different, and businesses of every size, from solo founders to established teams, that want to make their next product or strategy bet with confidence.

What does 'test it before you bet on it' mean?

Instead of one big leap, we break the decision into small, cheap experiments: conversations, prototypes, pilot customers, side projects. The results tell you what's worth committing to.

What happens on the free clarity call?

Twenty minutes to talk through where you are and what you want. You'll leave with at least one useful next step, and we'll both know whether working together makes sense. No pitch.

Do you meet in person?

Sessions are on video, so you can work with me from anywhere. In-person sessions and workshops are possible in the San Francisco Bay Area.