Natalie Ledbetter
Fractional People Operations Leader - Chief People Officer - Head of People
Driving impact on day one, I help executives and founders build programs that support, develop, supercharge and retain their biggest asset: PEOPLE.
With 20 years of experience and the last 10 years in startups and early-stage Venture Capital, I am a People Operations Executive and former Operating Partner at Boldstart Ventures.
As a People Operations Leader, I have built and scaled three growth stage tech startups (both B2C and B2B), owning People Operations end-to-end (Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, Employee Experience/Culture, L&D, Facilities). I architect people programs (for example: codifying core values, structured recruiting processes and hiring, onboarding, benefits and comp, leveling, performance management, DEIB, professional development and leadership coaching) from scratch and ensure that they not only tie back to the business, but are bespoke to a company’s culture. Additionally, I triage issues in existing People Operations departments and drive change through being hands-on with strategy, training and executing on creative, data-driven solutions.
I am currently working on two fractional opportunities, but I have room to take on a couple of additional clients for Fractional People Leadership roles, coaching and advisory work.
Another thing that I'm working on, is building a program for seed founders with my partner (who is an experienced founder coach and successful ex-founder) which will teach early-stage entrepreneurs everything they need to know when building a company from the ground up. We've seen Founders make the same mistakes (from hiring to communicating with investors, to nailing focus and finding PMF) time and again--what if we could supercharge them by helping them bypass those mistakes--saving them time, runway, stress and so much more? We are calling it the founder MBA. Stay tuned!
Experience
Chief
Member
Jun 2020 - Present
Women have always been powerful. We’re not waiting for a seat at the table — we're building our own.
Boldstart Ventures
Operating Partner, Head of People and Platform
Nov 2019 - Present
day one partner + true believer for enterprise infrastructure/SaaS founders
Stash Invest
Vice President of People Operations
May 2023 - Jun 2019
Banking. Investing. Education. One seamless experience.
Text Iq
Advisor to the Head of People and People Operations Team
Aug 2019 - Jul 2021
AI for Sensitive Information
Shapeways
Director Talent Acquisition
May 2013 - Nov 2014
Enabling product creation at scale is the core of Shapeways’ innovative technology platform.
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