Laure is a curious entrepreneur, researcher, and strategist with over 15 years of professional experience, and has helped companies from startups to multinationals implement product discovery. Their framework, Motives To Be Met, helps companies de-risk demand and focus on building products and features people care about.
Laure has extensive experience in responsible tech, as a member of the Integrity Institute, member of the board of directors for Prosocial Design Network, member of Aspen Institute’s Virtually Human working group. They are an organizer of ProductTank PDX and a top contributor to Lenny Rachitsky’s Community Wisdom newsletter.
Prior to founding GetWith, a platform for communities, Laure was Head of Research for the popular Marco Polo video app, guiding team members in practicing usability, prototyping, and other research as well as conducting research for the organization, including discovery, opportunity analysis, design research, and market research. They also created an onging user group to incorporate the practice of continuous discovery.
Their past roles have included Senior Product Manager at Notion, Chief Storyteller at Olark, and Head of Home Media Sales & Marketing at Zeitgeist Films. They also worked with UserOnboard.com to help companies improve customer onbording.
They’ve been a speaker and panelist at a number conferences and events, including South By Southwest, Grace Hopper Celebration, Mind the Product Leadership Forum, Innovate/Activate, Product Camp Seattle, Product Tank PDX, Product Stack LA, Product Camp Cascadia, Optimal Workshop Roadshow, The Conversation, Hot Docs, and others. Laure is also a lifelong connector who has organized numerous meetups, events, and online communities, and a general student of people, psychology, social systems, and economies.
