BIO
Marin Ping
Marin is a chief / x / officer who believes more startups teams should go zero to one.
How? Business experiments, of course. Marin collabs with startups as a fractional exec to structure ideation, strategy and execution to de-risk and validate the business model, faster. She leverages diverse experiences in startup operations and tech to fill functional gaps. After seeing many startup teams stretching to balance great ideas with great execution, she launched Human CxO as a "McKinsey for startups" to:
test / de-risk / design / validate / build / compare / cancel / expand / brand / differentiate / segment / monetize / pivot / map / discover / launch / sell / retain / pitch / grow / plan / evolve / scale / advise
marin as startup
SERIES B
CxO / founder
SERIES A
CxO /
fractional operator
Startup Exec
VC Consultant
SEED STAGE
Government Relations +
Management Consulting
PRE - SEED STAGE
Economic Development
Entrepreneur in Residence
Testing ideas to make business experiments scaleable so more startups can go from zero to one to x.
Bring deep listening and relentless curiosity into leading data-driven decisions to manage strategic optionality and operational efficiency to build and sustain
high-growth businesses.
Pivoted back to startups, ran an edtech/teched startup as Chief Strategy Officer with P&L ownership. Streamlined B2C and B2B platforms, developed first OKRs/KPIs, rebranded, redesigned sales funnel, overhauled BPO, and developed approach to CX, with related R&D for B2B SaaS. Worked on funding strategies to evolve beyond bootstrapping. Did some business school. "Solved for x" many times to win traction.
Continue to solve for x with startups seeking traction across the biz model as fractional CxO. Consult with VC Funds on product, due diligence and C-Suite readiness.
Worked in a "very DC" organization managing $45 million in annual funds in 30+ countries to conduct political marketing and operations consulting for public benefit organizations. Marin focused on building tech stacks and policies to navigate heavily regulated internet ecosystems. As government contractor, she became expert in political and operational risk management, compliance and international financial transactions with public funds. Ran 2 public funds platforms including operator recruitment, due diligence and compliance. Did grad school in governance, social science research methods and stats.
Explored models of economic development in emerging markets. Designed public-private partnerships in education focused on public health services in Central America. Pivoted to China to explore startups and sales, learning the basics of product management, brand localization and e-commerce with multicultural teams.