Rise and Lead
For bids and proposals professionals who work hard, care deeply, and are ready to lead their way.
This isn’t about templates or color teams.
This is about you.
✔ Want clarity in your career?
✔ Ready to lead, not just deliver?
✔ Wondering if it’s possible to grow without burning out?
It is. I’ve done it. And I coach people like you to do the same.
Work winning is your game.
Your growth? That’s mine.
I’m Andreea Nicolescu, founder of SunStone — where nearly 20 years of international bid and proposal experience meets powerful, professional coaching.
If you're a proposal manager, strategist, coordinator, writer, engineer, or anyone who's ever survived a color review with grace (or caffeine), this space was built for you.
You spend your days helping organizations win work. Let’s make sure you’re winning too — at work, in life, and in who you’re becoming.
Work with me
For proposal people who want to grow — without the burnout or the buzzwords. Whether you need structure, a mindset shift, or a coach who actually understands your world, I’ve got you. Explore what SunStone has to offer:
Coaching that gets you. And gets you moving.
When you’re ready to shift gears, find clarity, or make a bold move, coaching helps you go further — faster.
Assertive Without Apology: How Proposal Professionals Can Speak Up, Lead More, and Burn Out Less.
A micro-course for mega growth. Learn how to grow professionally with your sanity intact. This free online course covers:
How to navigate the corporate game (without losing your soul)
The 3 aspects of proposal development you really need to master
How to level up your personal brand, communication, and mindset
Action-focused. Easy to digest. Made just for you, the brilliant, under-celebrated bid human.
Also free - your development should never be an afterthought.
Tools, not templates. Structure, not stress.
For anyone in bids and proposals (pre-RFP or post-RFP).
A flexible collection of instantly usable work-winning tools to help you bring order to the madness — from bid schedules and interview prep guides to strategic workshop prompters.
Bureaucracy isn’t your love language, so totally free.