frank Women's Leadership

What frank Women's Leadership does

frank Women's Leadership is a privately-held, Montreal-based women's leadership community founded in 2020 by Dayna Lapkovsky, who holds a certification in Women's Leadership from the Yale School of Management. The company curates small, application-vetted cohorts of senior women leaders and facilitates year-long peer-mentorship programs delivered virtually via Zoom, supplemented by one-on-one coaching from facilitators with 15+ years of corporate, non-profit, and educational experience. Its product surface comprises three lines: the Multi-Disciplinary Cohort ($2,500 annual or $2,200-$2,750 installment plans), the Advancement+ Non-Profit Leaders Cohort ($3,600-$3,800, co-developed with Toronto-based Envision Philanthropy and running September 2026 - April 2027), and a Corporate Programs offering of custom workshops and exclusive masterminds sold to enterprise clients including Pfizer, Hydro-Québec, Globe Electric, Google, TD Bank, Hilti, and the NFL.

Revenue is generated through individual subscription memberships, premium vertical cohorts, and B2B corporate engagements sold via discovery calls and custom proposals. Go-to-market is community-led and horizontally segmented: prospective individual members apply through the website and complete a Zoom interview, while corporate clients are reached via Calendly-scheduled discovery calls and direct outreach. The team is small (1-10 employees), with no proprietary technology platform; the underlying stack is commodity (Zoom, Calendly, Google Forms), and there is no disclosed AI/ML capability, funding history, or external institutional ownership.

Name

frank Women's Leadership

Legal name

Frank Women's Leadership

Website

https://frank-talk.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

frank Women's Leadership is a Montreal-headquartered, privately-held community that runs curated, application-vetted leadership cohorts for senior women executives, delivered virtually via Zoom with annual memberships, a specialized non-profit cohort, and corporate training programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Leadership Development Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Executive Leadership & C-Suite Development (EDABAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

C-Suite & Senior Executive Coaching (EDABANAA), Team & Group Executive Coaching (Leadership Teams) (EDABANAF), Corporate & Leadership Development (BPACANAA)

Keywords

• Women's leadership development
• Executive peer coaching
• Corporate leadership training
• Cohort-based mentorship
• Nonprofit leadership programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Annual Membership - Multi-disciplinary Cohort: Year-long membership providing curated cohort experience with 10 virtual sessions, accountability brain dates, and community support. Includes personal advisory board cohort, diverse professional network, and exclusive networking events. Single annual payment or monthly installment options.
2. Advancement+ Non-Profit Leadership Program: Specialized 8-session cohort for women executives in the non-profit sector, co-facilitated with Envision Philanthropy. Higher price point reflecting niche specialization and premium co-facilitation. Runs September 2026 - April 2027 with bonus roundtable sessions.
3. Corporate Training Programs: Custom corporate workshops and exclusive corporate masterminds for organizations investing in female employee development. Programs include team coaching, leadership skill development, and women's leadership initiative activation. Engagement initiated via discovery calls and custom proposals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

frank Women's Leadership delivers curated, cohort-based leadership development programs for ambitious women executives, combining professional executive coaching, facilitated peer learning, and an ongoing community membership. Offerings include a Multi-Disciplinary Cohort for individual women leaders, an Advancement+ Non-Profit Leaders Cohort for women in the non-profit sector, and bespoke Corporate Leadership Programs sold to organizations seeking to develop cohorts of their women leaders.

Product overview

frank Women's Leadership offers a cohort-based leadership development ecosystem consisting of three main programs: the Multi-Disciplinary Cohort (10 monthly online sessions at $2,500 annually or $275/month), the Advancement+ Non-Profit Leaders Cohort (8 sessions at $3,600-$3,800 for non-profit executives), and Corporate Leadership Programs (customized organizational training). All offerings are anchored in peer mentorship, professional coaching, and a close-knit community approach, unified by the core philosophy of empowering women through experiential learning and strategic support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Advancement+ Non-Profit Leaders: A leadership program for women executives in the non-profit sector, running September 2026 - April 2027 with 8 sessions on Wednesdays 8:30-10:00am ET via Zoom. Facilitated by Ester Driham and Dayna Lapkovsky.
• Multi-disciplinary Cohort
• Corporate Programs

Products and services

• Multi-Disciplinary Cohort A curated, cohort-based leadership development program for individual ambitious women leaders across industries, combining facilitated peer learning and professional executive coaching in a small-group format.
• Advancement+ Non-Profit Leaders Cohort A sector-specific cohort program designed for women executives and senior leaders working in non-profit organizations, foundations, and charities, delivered in frank's small, coaching-led cohort format.
• Corporate Leadership Programs Bespoke, cohort-based women's leadership development programs sold to corporations and other organizations to develop internal cohorts of their senior or high-potential women leaders, delivered using frank's curated, coaching-led methodology.
• frank Community Membership An ongoing community membership for women leaders that extends peer connection, programming, and access beyond participation in a single cohort.

Quantifiable outcome

• Members report gaining assertiveness and creating safe spaces for interaction, leading to new roles they designed themselves
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Envision PhilanthropycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 November 2025Co-development partnership with Envision Philanthropy for the Advancement+ Non-Profit Leadership Program. Sessions co-facilitated by Ester Driham (President of Envision Philanthropy) and Dayna Lapkovsky (Founder of Frank). The partnership combines Frank's cohort methodology with Envision's specialized expertise in philanthropy, fundraising, and non-profit leadership development. Select sessions enhanced by guest speakers addressing pressing non-profit leadership topics.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Memo: Paid membership platform for ambitious women offering curated networks, events and content — directly competes for the same cohort-paying individual member segment.
• Ellevate Network: Established global professional women's network connecting women leaders via circles, events and mentorship — comparable in target audience and community/peer-coaching format.
• Chief: A membership-based executive peer community explicitly targeting senior women leaders and corporate buyers of women's leadership development — the closest direct analog to frunk's cohort + corporate model.
• Dreamers // Doers: Curated membership community for high-impact women leaders and entrepreneurs — directly comparable in cohort curation, exclusive events and lifelong-network value proposition.

Broad incumbents

• Reboot.io: Executive coaching and leadership development provider serving both individuals and corporate L&D — competes with frunk's corporate program and executive-coaching offerings at scale.
• Catalyst: Global nonprofit focused on workplace gender equity and women's leadership advancement — adjacent through corporate women's initiative programming, though mission-driven rather than membership-based.
• Center for Creative Leadership (CCL): Large, established provider of executive leadership programs and corporate leadership development; competes for the same enterprise L&D budget with women-specific offerings.

Regional players

• Female Founders Fund / Female Founder Collective (community): Membership and community resource for women entrepreneurs and operators — overlaps in audience and community-mechanic with frunk's executive peer-cohort value proposition.

Emerging players

• Million Dollar Women: Membership community for women founders/operators scaling to million-dollar-plus businesses; comparable audience and peer-group model, though more founder- than executive-skewed.
• Lean In Circles: Sheryl Sandberg's small-group peer mentorship program for women — comparable peer-cohort mechanic but free, putting pressure on premium-priced alternatives.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/franktalkglobal

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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