Megan’s career trademark is sitting at the operational intersection between business and people. As a Partner at TheGP, she’s focused on working with a wide variety of founders who are tackling an even wider variety of business problems. Her super strength is filling organizational gaps by building long-lasting systems that make people successful.
Highlights
The consulting jumpstart
Early in her career, Megan founded a successful human resource and organizational development consulting business focused on VC-backed startups.
Scribd
Megan led People, Talent, and Business Operations in the early stages at Scribd, a subscription e-book and audio company. As the company scaled at breakneck speed, she built out its team and operations from the ground floor up.
CreativeLive
She joined CreativeLive as one of its first executives, working as its Chief People Officer and SVP of Business Operations for over eight years. Megan was involved in every hire at CreativeLive and worked with hundreds of employees, as well as thousands of industry instructors and experts during her time there. She also created a thriving work culture and ran a gold standard operation with a diverse team of creative professionals.
Megan’s mission is to always put people first. Her goal is to make sure that people matter as much as product and profit, especially in early-stage environments.
Superpowers
The art of organizational design
Megan’s specialty is helping founders become people-centric leaders who can cultivate and grow a well-aligned organization at scale.
Setting up the right systems
Megan has led business operations and human resources for both our portfolio companies and TheGP’s team. She excels at making sure that teams are positioned to do their best work with the right tools, context, and transparency that they need while running a world-class business.
Prioritizing people
Megan excels at helping founders build the right organization, but after those folks are hired, she’s great at helping organizations retain great talent. At TheGP, she makes sure our team is working on projects that excite them and leveraging the appropriate resources they need.
