You already know what to do.‧ The hard part is doing it.
I coach the people who run startups. Before that I was one, a venture-backed CEO for thirteen years. Before that I was a New York Times bestselling author, writing about the moment you hesitate.
All three are the same job: finding the nerve to say the true thing out loud.
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Three things I do
Founders and CEOs
Ongoing work with a small number of people running companies. Not a course, not a program. A standing conversation.
How it works → Older writingThe Flinch, and the essays
A book about the reflex that stops you, plus the essays that travelled furthest. Free, and readable here.
Read them →$150m raised, 5 businesses and counting
I start companies. Most of what I coach on, I had to survive first.
The short version
- Based inMontreal, Quebec
- Coaching since[YEAR: fill this in]
- BookThe Flinch
- Working on[Optional: see note on the Writing page]
Want to talk?
If you are running something and it has stopped being fun, that is usually the conversation worth having. Tell me what is going on.