Learn how to lead at scale
Our signature program equips venture-backed CEOs with the skills and tools to get out of the day-to-day and elevate their leadership.
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It's about time.
As your business scales, leadership challenges get larger while the number of people that can relate to those challenges gets smaller. Scale is excruciatingly difficult and painfully lonely.
At Founder Coach®, you aren’t alone. You will learn and grow alongside other ambitious tech CEOs with funding from the world’s most iconic investors. This is founder coaching as it should be.
Coaching and CEO mentorship, hand-in-hand
We integrate training, coaching and masterminds to balance proactive development with practical, hands-on support.

Training
Learn practical skills that help you lead your team, company and self.

Coaching
Uncover deep professional insights and uncover your right next step.

Frameworks
Elevate your thinking with our proprietary models and processes.

Masterminds
Access a supportive network of high-growth CEOs and coaches.
Focus on issues that matter
We’ve mapped the most common founder challenges by stage to help you address them proactively. Examples of our workshops include:
Self
Energise your work
Discover your unique founder edge and reignite excitement in your venture
Self
Master your role
Fine-tune your CEO agenda, bolstering confidence in every decision
Self
Optimise your time
Strategically craft your week, ensuring priority tasks get your attention
Self
Sharpen your mindset
Embrace our winning mindsets and feel stronger in tough situations
Team
Design relationships
Refresh key relationships, ensuring every relationship is consciously nurtured
Team
Drive Accountability
Examine team performance with a committed approach to excellence
Team
Shape your culture
Carve out a distinctive company identity, orchestrating collective behavioural shifts
Team
Coach for results
Learn our coaching playbook, charging up your team's potential
Company
Set your strategy
Craft a competitive strategy so your team knows where to play and how to win
Company
Lead your board
Transform your board meetings to get more value from all board members
Company
Raise the money
Elevate your efforts to attract the right investment and big money deals
Company
Tell engaging stories
Design captivating narratives that ensure your ideas resonate with all
Our bank of workshops grows every month.

How does it work?

Application process
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Fill out our application form to start the process
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If selected, we'll invite you for a discovery call to define your coaching focus area
Planning call
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If we see a potential fit, you'll be invited for a planning session with our founder, Dave Bailey
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During this session, we'll identify your top 3 opportunities and the primary obstacle in your way


Taster sprint
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Try Founder Coach for two months and work towards your first development milestones alongside a cohort of like-minded CEOs at your stage
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This gives us both a way to test each other for fit
Love it or leave it
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If our program resonates with you, you can continue for the rest of the Founder Coach Academy
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If, for any reason, you decide it's not for you, we'll part as friends


Join the program
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Take part in monthly trainings, masterminds, and planning sessions to ensure you're optimising your growth and maintaining focus on the most crucial objectives

ELIGIBILITY
Built for growth CEOs
CEOs are carefully curated based on their coaching focus and company stage using the following criteria:


Emerging
Approx. 10–25 FTEs, raised a seed round over $1.5M from a top-tier VC.

Early
Approx. 20–80 FTEs, raised a Series A round of ~$5-15M.

Growth
Approx. 70–250 FTEs, raised a Series B–D round of around ~$12-40M.

APPLICATIONS OPEN
Apply to join our next cohort
Given we’re receiving a large number of applications, we recommend applying early. Application deadline is September 30th, 2023.
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