Charles Hua

Pioneer
DISC Type : sid

Investor and Advisor at Startups

San Francisco, California, United States

Overview

Charles is an entrepreneurial product leader who founded Poised, an AI communication coach acquired by Deepgram. His experience includes building voice products at Amazon Alexa and defining GTM strategy at AWS. He holds an MBA from UC Berkeleys Haas School of Business and now leads product at Pinnacle.

Passionate about improving how people live and work, Charles actively supports the next generation of founders as an angel investor and advisor. He helps early-stage companies with product strategy and fundraising, and enjoys giving back by participating in coaching sessions at his alma mater, UC Berkeley.

He founded and led a company in the new category of AI coaching, which analyzed millions of video meetings before being acquired.

Personality Overview

Friendly But Fast

Driven But Considerate

Dynamic But Sincere

If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product  They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders)

Topics They Care About

AI-Powered Coaching
He founded Poised, an AI communication coach, and now leads product for Pinnacle - AI Coaching, demonstrating deep expertise in this emerging category.
Voice & Conversational AI
His background includes building voice products at Amazon Alexa and founding Poised, which focused on improving spoken communication through AI.
Startup Mentorship
As an angel investor and advisor, he helps early-stage companies with product strategy, fundraising, and scaling their teams.

Media Appearances

Charles has no verified media appearances

Work History

Investor and Advisor at Startups
Head of Product and Engineering at Pinnacle - AI Coaching
Founder, CEO (acquired by Deepgram) at Poised
Product Management, Alexa at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Business and GTM, Amazon Web Services at Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Education

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

More Information

Social Presence :

Prographics :

Exp : N/A Location : San Francisco, California, United States Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Investor and Advisor at Startups
URL has been copied!

Insights For Selling To Charles

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Showcase existing customers and use case-studies to grab their attention
  • Ask them for a lunch or coffee once some rapport has been established
  • Keep your pitch focused on the impact but nurture the relationship too

DONT's

  • Don’t be too verbose or overly friendly; a little bit, however, is fine
  • Avoid focusing only on the product or its ROI, keep building trust subtly
  • Don’t be very informal during the early interactions even if they are being so themselves

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Charles is

  • Nothing less than a strong combination of proof of results, relationship and high levels of professionalism is effective with them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Charles

  • They can say no while staying friendly, but can also be pursuaded to reconsider

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Charles move?

  • They are generally fast movers and can take quick decisions
  • Can Charles take some risk or not?

  • They have high risk-appetite but can get ahead of themselves once in a while. Observe carefully

You And Charles

Personality Compatibility


More Profiles

Discover additional public profiles from our index.

Search more profiles

Looking for someone else? Search here for anyone.

Or visit Humantic AI to know more.