CEO coaching for VC-backed scale-ups
Coaching that scales you as fast as your company.
Founder Coach® helps venture-backed founder-CEOs align their teams and unlock growth. Start with the Focus Finder™, a free 5-minute assessment that pinpoints what we'd work on together first.
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Our clients are backed by Top-Tier VC Funds.
A personal welcome from Dave
You've built a great product, raised capital, and hired brilliant people.
So why does it still feel so slow?
Behind the scenes, you know you're making it up as you go. At some point, how fast you learn becomes the bottleneck. Here are three things I hear from almost every CEO I coach:
I keep explaining the same thing
The strategy is clear in your head. Somehow it still isn't clear anywhere else, and every decision routes back through you.
My leaders aren't taking it off my plate
You hired experienced people to own things. You're still the one driving.
My job changed and nobody told me
What worked at 10 people breaks at 100. There's no manual for what good looks like at your stage, so you're guessing.
How it works
It starts with five minutes, not a sales call.
Take the Focus Finder™
A free 5-minute assessment of how you communicate strategy, activate leaders, and define your own role.
Get your coaching focus
Your results arrive instantly and show the leadership lever we'd tackle together first, because it will unlock the most growth right now.
Apply the system
Use the Founder Leadership System™ frameworks yourself, or go deeper with 1-1 coaching from Dave.
Anastasia, CEO of CreativeX, taking the Focus Finder™
Frameworks are more powerful than conversations.
A few years ago, I asked one of my most successful clients what made the biggest difference in our work together. He didn't say the conversations. He said the visual frameworks.
That answer stuck with me. A good framework untangles a problem you've been circling for months. It surfaces the blind spot before it derails you. And it gives your team a shared language, so you stop explaining the same thing twice.
I've built over 600 of them, because what a scaling CEO needs isn't more advice. It's tools. The Focus Finder™ tells you which one to start with.
Dave Bailey, founder of Founder Coach®
Every framework stems from this model.
What CEOs say
300+ founders backed by SoftBank, Y Combinator, Index Ventures and General Atlantic have used the system to scale.
“Founder Coach gives me frameworks I can use with my team… it feels like cheating, but it's incredibly effective.”
“Dave has been key to my growth as a CEO during Parloa's rapid scale-up.”
“Dave isn't just a coach, he's a founder. And that makes all the difference.”
“I'm a better CEO thanks to Dave. The feedback I get from my team says it all.”
Meet Dave Bailey, coach to the world's most ambitious CEOs.
Dave founded three venture-backed companies. One failed. One was acquired. And one, Delivery Hero, became a unicorn. He spent over a decade in the trenches before coaching founders through the same challenges he faced, the moments of feeling out of your depth, like your company is growing faster than you are.
He's coached 300+ founders, created 600+ visual frameworks, and his essays on founder leadership are read by 10,000 entrepreneurs and investors.
You scaled your product. You scaled your team.
Now it's time to scale you.
Take the Focus Finder™ and see where you're strong, where you're blind, and what we'd work on together first.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Focus Finder™?
A free 5-minute assessment based on the Founder Leadership System™. It identifies your biggest leadership leverage point and gives you instant, personalised guidance on what to work on next.
Who is it for?
Founder-CEOs of venture-backed tech companies, typically Series A to Series C, though we work with founders on both sides of that range.
What does it cost?
It's completely free. No credit card, no commitment, no sales pitch required to see your results.
What happens after I take it?
You get your results immediately, with specific frameworks and actions matched to your focus area. You can optionally book a call to discuss them.
Is the Founder Leadership System™ a course?
No. It's not a course, although you'll learn a lot. And it's not therapy, although you'll find yourself feeling a lot better. It's a structured approach to mastering founder leadership.
Do you offer 1-1 CEO coaching?
Yes. We work closely with a select group of founder-CEOs through 1-1 coaching, group programs, and CEO retreats. Learn about coaching or book a call.
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