Can I actually make this work financially?
Replacing a corporate salary feels impossible from where you’re standing. Without a clear path to paying clients, the leap feels more like a gamble than a plan.
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Done building other people’s visions?
Not a hobby. Not a daydream. A real business that fits your life. Next Chapter Accelerator is a 12 week program to move from planning to building a business around your expertise.
Kieu Vuong, PhD / Triple certified coach. Former leader at Google, YouTube & Airbnb.
The part of leaving corporate nobody talks about
You built a career. Now you want to build something that’s yours.
You’ve hit every milestone you were told to chase, and it still doesn’t feel like enough. You know you have expertise people would pay for. But every time you picture walking away from the title, the salary and the structure, the same voice asks, “What if it doesn’t work?”
Who am I without the title?
For years, your company name opened doors. Without it, you’re not sure how to introduce yourself or why anyone should listen.
Where are the clients going to come from?
You’ve posted, networked and told friends what you’re doing. You get compliments, referrals now and then, and long gaps in between. Without a system, every month feels like starting over.
Am I the only one who feels this lost?
Everyone around you is either still climbing or already “made it.” Nobody talks about the messy middle, and going it alone makes every decision feel heavier.
Less guesswork. More of what grows a business.
Clear offer. Consistent clients. A business on your terms.
Next Chapter gives you the positioning, offer and client system to turn your corporate expertise into a coaching or consulting business, so “I’m thinking about going out on my own” becomes “I’m booked.”
01 / The work
How we can work together
Next Chapter Accelerator helps tech professionals turn their corporate experience into a coaching or consulting business.
A REAL BUSINESS BUILT AROUND WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW.
Next Chapter helps you turn your expertise into a coaching or consulting offer, have conversations with your market, and work toward your first paying clients.
01
Clarify your offer.
Shape your experience into a clear coaching or consulting offer and explain the value it brings to the people you want to help.
02
Start client conversations.
Put your offer in front of your market, learn what resonates, and build relationships with potential clients.
03
Build a client system.
Turn what works into a practical approach you can repeat as you work toward paying clients and more consistent business.
The program at a glance
Next Chapter Accelerator is a 12 week program for tech professionals who know what they want to build and are ready to get their first paying clients. Maybe you’re starting from scratch. Maybe you’ve already started but the revenue isn’t consistent enough. Either way, you’re done planning and ready to execute.
- Program length
- 12 weeks
- Business types
- Coaching, consulting and service businesses
- Focus
- A clear message, a functioning pipeline and paying clients
01 / Fit
This is for you if
- 01
You have the security of a title and paycheck, but you are tired of building other people’s visions.
- 02
You know what you want to build and are ready to move from planning to execution.
- 03
You want a business that fits your life—not a side hobby.
- 04
You are starting fresh, or growing something you have already begun.
02 / Approach
How the work unfolds
A real business around your expertise and the life you want.
The program uses the same system Kieu used to build her own business. Over 12 weeks, the work focuses on a message that converts, a functioning pipeline and finding paying clients. You are not throwing away what you have worked hard for—you are building from it.
- 01
A message that converts.
Build around your expertise, your standards and the life you actually want. Clarify what you offer and how you communicate it, so you can move beyond planning and put your business into practice.
- 02
A functioning pipeline.
Use the same system Kieu used to build her own business. Whether you are building a coaching, consulting or another service business, work toward a practical pipeline for bringing in clients.
- 03
Your first paying clients.
The program is for people ready to execute, whether starting from scratch or working toward more consistent revenue. The focus is a real business with paying clients—not just an idea or a hobby.
A note from Kieu
I left my leadership role at Google to build a life on my own terms.
I spent years in tech leadership at Google and YouTube and Airbnb, earning well into seven figures in today’s dollars. I had an amazing team and colleagues who respected and liked me, and I was even able to keep working remotely after COVID—something almost unheard of for management after return-to-office policies.
On paper, I’d made it. I’d achieved everything I wanted professionally, but I had no desire to keep climbing the ladder. I’d outgrown the corporate career I’d worked so hard to build.
Then I had my second daughter. Around the same time, I lost my dad. Everything shifted. I started asking myself: Is this it? What do I actually want my career and my life to look like?
The answer wasn’t chasing the next promotion. It was flexibility, freedom, and being present with my kids while they’re young. So I did what my family and friends thought was crazy. Some even called it reckless. I resigned from Google and built my own business.
It was one of the toughest things I’ve ever done. My identity, sense of security, and pride were deeply tied to my corporate career. Walking away meant questioning a big part of who I was and potentially starting over.
Today, I’ve built a seven-figure coaching business while working half the hours I did in corporate. I’ve never missed a family dinner.
The system I teach is the one I built for myself along the way. If you’re ready to build something of your own, I can help you turn your expertise into a real business with paying clients and income, rather than letting the idea remain a hobby or a fantasy.
03 / Founder stories
Real client experiencesNew businesses, in their words.
If you're not clear on your values, how are you making your decisions?
Coaching with Kieu has literally changed my life because I’ve learned to let go of fear, I know what I’m capable of... Kieu helped completely erase that old paradigm and now I don’t care, I just do a lot of things guilt free but with purpose.
These are individual coaching experiences, not a guarantee of results or timing.
04 / Questions
Before you book a conversation
Tech professionals who want to build a coaching, consulting or other service business around their expertise. A corporate background can help, but it isn’t required.
Next step
Book a conversation Start with a conversation about Start Your Own Business.
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