Great managers don't just happen. They're made — with practice, structure, and honest feedback. We exist to make that possible for every manager, at every level.
Lauren Humphrey spent years in HR watching the same pattern repeat. A strong individual contributor gets promoted to manager. Their team struggles. Their own performance drops. They quit — or worse, they stay and make things worse.
The problem wasn't the people. It was that nobody ever taught them how to do the job. Companies offer onboarding for technical roles, sales training for reps, product training for PMs. But managing other humans? Usually a book recommendation and hope.
The Mintable started as a side project in 2019 — a collection of frameworks Lauren had built from hundreds of coaching sessions with first-time managers in Seattle's tech sector. What worked and what didn't. What actually changed behavior versus what just checked a box.
It became a product when it became clear that the problem was everywhere, not just in tech, and that more managers needed access to this than one person could ever coach one-on-one.
“Most managers are promoted because they were great at their job. Nobody teaches them how to manage people. We're fixing that.”Lauren Humphrey, CEO & Founder
Started as a coaching framework, grew into a platform
Across industries from fintech to healthcare to retail
From 10-person startups to 10,000-person enterprises
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 2200, Seattle, WA
We don't talk about “transformational leadership journeys.” We talk about how to run a 1:1 that doesn't feel like a waste of everyone's time. Clear language, practical tools, zero buzzwords.
Reading about management is not management. Every module in our platform is built around application — templates, conversations, decisions. You learn by doing, not by completing a quiz.
Managers are people under pressure, not just a role to be optimized. We build tools that treat them with respect — tools that acknowledge that leading a team is genuinely hard, and they're doing their best.
A small group of people who spent years in management, coaching, and curriculum design — and decided to build the resource they wish they'd had.
The Mintable