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Lotic Systems is building the practice layer that leadership development has always been missing — a published methodology, an AI coaching platform, and an organizational consulting practice that compound into each other.
The Opportunity
Leadership development is the most consistently under-delivered promise in business. The problem isn't awareness. It's the absence of a practice infrastructure.
The Problem
Organizations spend billions each year on leadership training. Workshops. Retreats. Certifications. And within 30 days, the behavior doesn't change. The reason is structural: there is no infrastructure for practice.
The Solution
Lotic Systems built a three-layer ecosystem where each component feeds the next: a published book establishes the philosophy, RippleIQ delivers daily AI-powered practice, and organizational consulting architects culture-wide change.
The Business Model
Every audience entry point feeds the next. The book is not a passive royalty — it's a paid lead generation channel that seeds every other revenue stream.
The Investment
Raising capital when momentum is provable — not before. Each round is sized to what the data justifies at that stage.
The Founding Team
The combination investors look for: deep domain expertise meeting technical product execution — built around a problem both founders have lived firsthand.
20+ years of HR executive leadership across Fortune 500, PE-backed SaaS, healthcare, and civil engineering. SPHR-credentialed. Published author of Building a Coaching Culture: The Ripple Effect (Business Expert Press, 2026). Creator of the Ripple Leadership System™. Regional Leader and Faculty at Hacking HR — a community of 20,000+ HR professionals.
Senior Product Manager with deep enterprise technology experience. Leads product roadmap, technical architecture, and engineering execution for both RippleIQ B2C and the enterprise platform. Brings the operational and technical rigor to build what the market strategy requires — translating Kim's methodology into scalable product infrastructure.
Leadership development is a $366 billion industry with a well-documented failure rate. Organizations invest heavily in training — and most of it doesn't change behavior. The reason isn't a lack of knowledge. It's a lack of practice infrastructure. I've spent 20+ years in HR watching this pattern. I wrote a book on the philosophy, built an AI-powered coaching tool that makes daily practice accessible to every leader at every level, and my co-founder is leading the enterprise platform build. We are raising $500K in our angel round to fund enterprise development and the first engineering hire.
— Kimberly Lee, SPHR · CEO & Founder, Lotic Systems
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SAFE note · Q2/Q3 2026 · Seed round to follow at $50K+ MRR