Parabolic Review I signed up with Femi’s platform after having a couple of conversations with him. He is an impressive man with a viable business model. I was more interested in paying Femi to help me find a role than I was interested in the Parabolic platform. Soon after signing up with Parabolic, it seemed that Femi was understaffed. But although his company has been weathering the volatile market lately (as the rest of the economy has), Femi has done right by his clients. From my experience he is a legit entrepreneur with integrity.

Scam company. Scam company. I am an international business advisor and executive coach, and I work with Fortune 100 companies. I love to work with people and have found that my versatile experience truly brings empowerment to people. I work with many organizations, and I had liked Parabolic’s mission to help people who need a job, help with their careers, and need to change their lives from a professional angle. So, I was happy to support its mission, but I don’t work for free. I had noticed the company had a mess; they put coaches who apply online on their system for taxes without even interviewing them, so I walked away. I talked with Curtis and asked him directly, “Is the company stable, functioning properly, with paying clients, and in a position to hire and pay coaches?” And he said yes, that the company had been in “business” for years. Nothing happened for a while, but one day, Jackie, the Head of Product, reached out and said the company had gone through some adjustments and was back organized, invited me for a call, made me an offer, and immediately got me a very nice client, and I was happy to support him. Jackie reassured me she was on top of things and would organize the issues with communication, paperwork, systems, etc. Jackie was very communicative, with weekly emails, until she disappeared, along with everybody else. She left many people hanging, many coaches who had invested months with weekly sessions and coaching about ten people and had not gotten paid for that time. I kept trying to contact support, and Femi the founder but he never responded to emails. I stopped coaching my client. They paid a premium and put all of their hopes into this program to get a job. He kept also emailing to get an answer or refund, and he was getting his emails bounced. This happened to a lot of people. I reached out to some of the coaches who had been featured on the homepage, and some say they withdrew from working with Parabolic because they struggled to get paid; some didn’t even know their faces and names were being used on the homepage so they had to ask their lawyers to draw a letter to remove them. Parabolic was using high-profile people on their site without their knowledge to claim success. Finally, I got an email from Femi without a care in the world that said “he couldn’t pay,” IF people would get paid, it would take a year. Palmer the founder never apologized, never bothered to pick up the phone, or tried to work on an arrangement. I tried emailing, texting, and calling, and he stood in his place, saying he had done nothing wrong. He claimed he would take care of payments but didn’t even bother. I gave him plenty of chances, but he never bothered to make it right. I told him he was leaving me with no choice but to sue him, and he said, “sue me.” Here is the reason why I am taking the time to write this. Some people are not worth our time, and Femi is not one of them, but thankfully, I am in a position to recover from this, and my experience with my client was hopefully a valuable “mentoring” experience to help him in his career but is crucial for me to share this for a couple of reasons: 1. My experience is the tip of the iceberg; Femi continues trying to get clients from Premium packages but has no Coaches to back them up, leaving many people without their paychecks. He has let a lot of people down. When this happens, it is not because of poor management but because of a lack of scruples. He had time to correct the situation, but he took the money with greed and didn’t pay people. Femi is not trustworthy, and it is beyond risky to invest in him. 2. Many people and professionally desperate people are under the mirage that this company can help them get a job to have stability and build a future. Many are making a high effort and sacrifices to invest in Parabolic, hoping this helps and changes their situation. They are left hanging, struggling to get a response or their money back. Many of these clients are from overseas and are hoping to make it in America, and they think that by hiring this American company, they’ll have a way in. 3. If I stay silent, I am part of it. This is my most significant reason for speaking up. I have wasted a lot of time, but if I am preventing people from a disappointing experience, financial loss, and feeling used to speaking up, I’ve done my part. It’s a horrible feeling to be scammed by cowards. I am a startup advisor, and I know that companies create images of success to lure people, but not everything that shines is gold. Entrepreneurship, tech startups, and supporting people to succeed are my world, so I can’t walk away quietly. I can’t allow people without scruples to ruin the trust and credibility of startups. Otherwise, people won’t give startups a chance. I have all my emails to back this up.

I was a coach for Parabolic and… I was a coach for Parabolic and mentored a few clients from China. The students were highly motivated and receptive to my feedback, I went over interview questions in the quantitative data analysis field and job search strategy. It was fully remote and convenient from the perspective of a coach and it felt good giving advice to students and getting compensated for it

Very unprofessional Applied to multiple jobs that sounded interesting through LinkedIn - employee reached out and scheduled a call with Femi to go over the opportunities. He never showed up to my meeting or responded to my follow up request to reschedule. Followed up again a few days later and no response. Very unprofessional.

Industry Veteran Landed Dream Job As someone who had 15 years of industry experience, I doubted I would need any coaching or mentorship. After being told over and over that I was “overqualified”, I decided to go on a whim and try out Parabolic. I was very pleasantly surprised. I was able to work with over 6 great coaches across their vast network. They helped me with my resume, interviews, but also referred me to the corporation I finally landed a Senior VP role at. As a startup, always some growing pains here and there. Overall, great investment and great people