Speaker Series: Clara Ma, Founder, Ask a Chief of Staff

​Speaker Series: Clara Ma, Founder, Ask a Chief of Staff (AaCoS)

​Are you interested in Chief of Staff work at a startup?

​Join us as we dive into Clara Ma's experience leading the Ask a Chief of Staff network, and exploring what it's like to be a Chief of Staff at a startup.

​Clara is the Founder and CEO of Ask a Chief of Staff. Ask a Chief of Staff the premier resource for Chiefs of Staff looking to secure high-impact roles and drive results. Prior to founding Ask a Chief of Staff, Clara was the Chief of Staff to the CEO of Hugging Face, a unicorn AI startup, where she helped shepherd the company from its Series A to Series B. After serving as the Chief of Staff, Clara went on to become the Program Director of On Deck's (Series B) Chief of Staff Fellowship, growing its membership base from 80 to over 400+ Chiefs of Staff. Clara's background is a combination of strategy, operations, and recruitment, having held titles in each of these departments at various early stage startups. She prides herself on being an early stage operator and building from 0 to 1.

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​About AaCoS:

​Ask a Chief of Staff’s mission is to be the premier resource for Chiefs of Staff looking to secure high-impact roles and drive results. For many Chiefs of Staff, the role is the first time they step into this relatively nascent corporate title and many are expected to “show up and figure it out.” There is a lack of conventional wisdom and quality knowledge available for this role because of the role’s recent evolution into the corporate space. This was a challenge I faced when serving as Chief of Staff at an early-stage startup and I founded Ask a Chief of Staff to help others more easily navigate this role. When members join our community, they receive access to biweekly online workshops taught by industry leaders, a mentorship directory of vetted former Chiefs of Staff, a network of similarly ambitious Chief of Staff peers, and personalized job search services.