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Splice Coaching

You need some media therapy.

Being in journalism is hard. We’ll help you figure it out.

Whether you’re a journalist, a media leader, a product manager, a freelancer, or a startup founder, it can be easy to lose sight of your mission.

At Splice Coaching, we’ll work with to you reconnect with your purpose and build a thriving media business.

“Thanks very much for sharing your magic touch and Splice wisdom. And thanks for reminding me that audience problems need solving, which may not be journalism first.”

— Flavian DeLima,
Founder, Spinning Forward

Now accepting new coaching sessions!

We’re Rishad and Alan, and we’re your coaches.

A great part of our combined 50 years in journalism, business, product, design, and media leadership has been dedicated to helping people build the best versions of themselves — and their businesses. We’ll have more coaches coming soon!

Book a free chat.

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I’m Rishad Patel. I’m a Splice co-founder, product designer, and an experienced mentor.

I’ll help you build a product, brand, business, or user strategy that works for you.

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I’m Alan Soon. I’m a Splice co-founder and a certified professional coach.

I’ll help you to see things more clearly, explore options, and decide a path of change.

Had a good free coaching session and want a way to pay it forward?

Donate to our Beta fund.

It’s called Spiffy (for Splice Pay It Forward Fund), and it’s the Splice community way of making sure people who can’t afford planes and hotels can still make it to Splice Beta, our annual community media festival.

Let’s make sure everybody gets access, opportunities, and a seat at the table.

THIS DOES NOT BUY A BETA TICKET. This is your donation to our little fund (called Spiffy, for the Splice Pay It Forward Fund) so we can all help folks who couldn’t otherwise afford planes and hotels to get to Splice Beta in Chiang Mai. We'd like to thank you publicly on our website and other materials, but let us know if you'd rather stay anonymous.

We started Splice to help media businesses become viable.

And that starts with the people behind them: Media entrepreneurs, journalists, newsroom leaders, mid-career news professionals, startup founders, creators, freelancers — people like you.

We can help you get unstuck. Book a free introductory chat.

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