Strategic coaching for founders and top performers navigating the gap between ambition and the capital, team, and psychology needed to cross it.
Book a conversation →I know what this costs. I’ve paid it. I’m still here. That shapes how I work with founders — not from a distance, but from inside the same experience.
5 years as counsellor and therapist. Psychodrama for embodied identity work. Improv and Toastmasters for presence under pressure. PBL for holding groups through genuine uncertainty.
I distinguish strategy from psychology problems — most coaches can’t do both. Founder, BD lead, investor. I pattern-match from direct experience across all three seats.
1,000+ hours in PBL — activating intrinsic motivation in groups facing open-ended problems. Directly applicable to founding teams moving without a clear roadmap.
I work best with founders whose mission has a long tail and a high personal cost. I won’t shrink a vision to make it comfortable.
Hardware, biotech, space, energy, climate. Long development cycles, capital-intensive, high technical risk. The fundraising playbook is different — I know it from both sides.
AI, neurotech, longevity, quantum. You’re building something the market doesn’t fully understand yet. The psychology of leading without external validation is where I come in.
Athletes, executives, creatives operating at the edge of their capacity. You need someone who understands pressure, identity, and what it costs to sustain elite performance over time.