A 3x startup People Ops executive, former Operating Partner in venture capital and board advisor, Natalie Ledbetter is a go-to expert and partner to founders who need to accelerate growth, eliminate organizational drag, and scale with speed and precision.

While Ledbetter is a seasoned leader, harnessing pattern recognition to build and scale startups 0→1, she’s passionate about working with early-stage (Seed–Series B) companies at critical inflection points, when revenue stalls, execution slows, teams misfire or leadership gaps threaten momentum. Natalie specializes in building high-performance teams with top talent, redesigning org structures for scale, unlocking velocity and architecting change management strategies that tie people directly to business results. Her approach is hands-on and outcomes-driven, finding the root cause of what’s holding a business back, fixing it fast, and laying down the foundation for durable growth.

Known as a “Swiss Army knife” and “strategic disruptor,” she’s partnered with 100+ founders to build agile organizations, overhaul leadership teams, and unlock company velocity. A trusted voice in the startup ecosystem, Natalie has spoken on TEDx stages, lectured at Columbia and Drexel, and is an active member of Chief, PeopleTech Partners, TroopHR, Wendy Road, Startup Experts, Transform, and Peer150.