Our Story
Hello! Our careers have been anything but linear.
One of us got a Mechanical Engineering degree from Duke with real estate experience, 7 years in tech startups, and a love for working on 10 things at once.
The other joined Goldman Sachs after college…then 2008 happened. Now she lectures at MIT with experience at top NYC startups and a stint under Mayor Bloomberg.
At each step, we adapted to changing organizations, identified our own interests, and navigated to the next opportunity. Along the way, we learned a lot about how to do that with far less anxiety.
The world of careers has changed.
You no longer get to pick a major in college and stick with a job till you retire and golf at 65. The average person will have 20+ jobs in their lifetime yet schools aren’t teaching us how to make each of those shifts.
The result is millions of people trapped in jobs they don’t love, feeling like they did something wrong. We want to change that.
Perhaps your career has been linear, or perhaps it hasn’t. Either way…
We want to give you peace of mind through Crabwalk.
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Our Backgrounds
Two people who love bringing peace of mind to each other and to anyone who will let us.
Laura Castaing
Laura Castaing is an executive coach based in NYC with 14 years of operations experience. She worked directly for founders and managed over 500 people at startups including Managed by Q and HowAboutWe. She has an MBA from Kellogg, an engineering degree from Duke, and three years of experience full-time coaching.
She coaches founders and successful professionals facing work transitions. Her approach combines a high level of empathy, a deep understanding of business strategy and career development, and an action-oriented mindset.
You can learn more about her on her website and on LinkedIn.
Carly Chase
Carly Chase’s 15-year career has included stints at big institutions (e.g. Goldman Sachs, The City of New York under Mayor Michael Bloomberg) and NYC based startups (e.g. PivotDesk, SquareFoot).
Currently, she serves as an Entrepreneur in Residence at the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship. She runs programs including MIT’s summer accelerator based in NYC and coaches students across campus to be effective entrepreneurs and humans. She is also a Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
You can read more about her on LinkedIn.
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