We help great founders back themselves.
Founder Coach® empowers founder CEOs with the tools, frameworks, and network to build truly iconic businesses.
What is Founder Coach®?
Our CEO, Dave Bailey, unpacks the mission of advancing the craft of Founder Leadership.
"In a Founder-led Company, the founder must play the most important role."
Dave Bailey
We've coached 200+ CEOs backed by iconic VC funds.
Founding and scaling a tech company is brutally hard. Most advice just doesn't hold up.
Bombarded by endless opinions—from the team, the board, and advisors—CEOs lose touch with their founder instincts and begin to doubt themselves.
But there’s one source you can trust: other founders who’ve been there and done it.
Welcome to Founder Coach®.
Our Approach
The Founder Leadership System™
Founder Coach® is built on proven frameworks that help founders scale their instincts and lead their companies.
Elevate Yourself: Reshape your role, streamline your meetings, and optimise your energy to operate at peak performance.
Communicate Your Vision: Simplify your strategy, supercharge your story, and set clear expectations that align your entire company.
Activate Your Team: Assemble your talent, coach for performance, and level up your culture so your team can deliver their best work.
Let's talkAPPLICATIONS OPEN
Apply to join Founder Coach®️
Founder Coach® invites a limited number of CEOs every year. To ensure high quality, we meet all applicants to make sure we're a fit.
Our next intake is in January 2025. Applying takes less than a minute and a member of our team will reach out within 24 hours.
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Testimonials
“I'll readily admit I was a coaching skeptic, but I couldn't be more of a fangirl today.”
Anastasia Leng, CEO, CreativeX
Investors: Guggenheim, Index
“The culmination of years of deep thought from Dave. It’s a no-brainer.”
Mikhil Raja, CEO, SonicJobs
Investors: Triple Point Ventures, TMT Investments, Ufi Ventures
“Absolute gold.”
Tim Guilliams, CEO, Healx
Investors: Atomico, Balderton Capital, Intel Capital and others
“I can’t emphasise enough how Dave has helped me become a better CEO. Thank you!”
Diptesh Patel, CEO, UBDS
“I never realised how powerful founder leadership could be until I met Dave.”
Tess Cosad, CEO, Bea Fertility
Investors: Innovate UK, Calm/Storm Ventures, QVentures
“The energy is incredible and the conversations are truly powerful.”
Kalle Törmä, CEO, FlowHaven
Investors: Icebreaker, Sapphire Sport, GFC
“Founder Coach is amazing!!! Would recommend to any founder at any stage.”
Andrei Danescu, CEO, Dexory
Investors: Lakestar, Kindred Capital, Maersk Growth, Capnamic Ventures
“Every CEO brings a different perspective making feedback incredibly rich.”
Guilherme Freire, CEO, Dolado
Investors: Valor Capital, GFC
OUR FOUNDER
“Founder leadership is different to other forms of leadership.”
After founding and scaling several venture-backed startups, including Delivery Hero, Dave realised CEOs needed the practical tools and guidance he had lacked during his journey.
Dave founded Founder Coach® to provide CEOs with proven systems and tools to achieve exceptional results and build iconic businesses.
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