Building better futures, one skill at a time
Generic development programs fail because they treat everyone the same. We believe your people deserve better — expert-led skill development that's as unique as their challenges. That's why we connect individuals across your organization with world-class practitioners for focused development that creates lasting change.
We believe
Everyone has an untapped skills inventory.
…But potential without precision is just wishful thinking. That's why we built a platform that connects the right person with the right expert at exactly the right moment.
Skill development should drive business results.
Not just engagement scores or completion rates, but real outcomes that show up in performance reviews, promotion rates, and revenue growth.
Expertise matters.
Your people deserve guidance from someone who's actually done the job.
A failed experiment that sparked a revolution
I knew this pain intimately. As COO of a data company, I'd watched a year-long development program for 70 employees backfire spectacularly. After implementing comprehensive skills gap surveys, workshops, and off-sites designed to bolster employee development, I ran an assessment to gauge growth a year later.
The results were worse than when we started.
We had brilliant people who'd grown into managing 30-40-person teams struggling with leadership challenges they'd never been equipped to handle. As a result? Missed deadlines, poor delegation, and plummeting engagement in departments that used to thrive.
That's when the truth hit: generic development designed to help everyone doesn't actually develop anyone.
We asked ourselves one question: "If your CEO had to speak to 2,000 people tomorrow and wasn't comfortable on stage, what would you do?" You'd find the best public speaking expert in the world for focused, one-on-one preparation.
Why wasn't all development that intentional?
That question became Growthspace.
The results were worse than when we started.
We had brilliant people who'd grown into managing 30-40-person teams struggling with leadership challenges they'd never been equipped to handle. As a result? Missed deadlines, poor delegation, and plummeting engagement in departments that used to thrive.
That's when the truth hit: generic development designed to help everyone doesn't actually develop anyone.
We asked ourselves one question: "If your CEO had to speak to 2,000 people tomorrow and wasn't comfortable on stage, what would you do?" You'd find the best public speaking expert in the world for focused, one-on-one preparation.
Why wasn't all development that intentional?
That question became Growthspace.
Dan Turner,
Co-founder and COO
Proof that precision changes everything
At Growthspace, we’ve built the world's largest network of specialized experts: 2,500+ practitioners across 75 countries who've mastered specific skills through real-world experience. Our AI analyzes industry background, functional expertise, and development goals to create connections that drive measurable change in 6-8 weeks.
We're proactively closing the skills gap with expert-led precision to make Growthspace a platform experience, not just a product, because most solutions ignore two critical factors: data-driven precision and real expertise matching.
Simply put: catering to the lowest common denominator doesn’t solve for the skills gap… and development doesn’t work without targeted personalization.
Precision skill development speaks for itself. Organizations and employees that use Growthspace see 30% more internal promotions. 30% less attrition. Manager-validated skill improvements that show up in business metrics.
Because when you get the right expert working on the right skill at the right time, true transformation takes hold.
Our investors
Microsoft's venture fund
Leading venture capital firm
Technology-focused venture capital firm
Recognition that validates our vision
We believe in this solution because we’ve lived without it.
There’s no need for you to. Join Microsoft, PayPal, and hundreds of other organizations transforming how they develop talent.
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We saw measurable skill growth in weeks, not months.
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