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THE TOP STARTUP cOACHES
A CEO can’t be everywhere and all the time. And it’s his job to concentrate on the big picture while it’s the coach’s job to take care of the details. A startup coach is a CEO’s right hand. He is a mentor, confidant, guide, and mentor.
A startup coach is a business consultant who helps startups to become successful. A startup coach also helps his clients to get their businesses up and running. They help startup founders to launch and grow their businesses.
Each startup coaches, each with their unique style trying to help the clients on growing new startup businesses, and asked them what’s extraordinary about their coaching and what has endorsed their massive success.
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In Brief : The Top Startup Coaches
- Teodora Filovska – Teodora Filovska, founder and CEO of CMO Masters, brings years of private sector experience and successful entrepreneurship to her coaching venture.
- Jasmeet Singh – Jasmeet Singh, also known as BeardedMaker, is the creative force behind the JMoon brand, pioneering a dynamic startup ecosystem since 2013.
- Dr. Claire Odogbo – Meet Dr. Claire Odogbo, a distinguished Startup Coach and the visionary CEO of LifeTrack.
- Bonny Morlak – Bonny Morlak is an award winning Startup Coach with a focus on the founder’s ‘core strength’ in managing themselves, their team and their business.
- Neil Metzler – Meet Neil Metzler, your gateway to the tech industry. With his guidance, mid-career professionals from diverse backgrounds realize their potential in tech, securing lucrative positions at companies like Disney+, Snowflake, Lenovo AR/VR, and TikTok.
- Gali Bloch Liran – Meet Gali Bloch Liran, your strategic partner in leadership development and sustainable growth. As an Executive Coach & Advisor, Gali collaborates directly with CEOs.
- Shyam Sekar S – Meet Shyam, your go-to expert for startup success, business growth, and digital marketing excellence.
- Royce King – Meet Royce King, the powerhouse behind Your Startup Coach, with a remarkable journey from starting over to building a global business in just two years.
- David Hestand – Meet David Hestand, a seasoned Business Coach and Entrepreneur dedicated to guiding aspiring business owners through the intricate journey of entrepreneurship.
- Federico Re – Experience the pinnacle of business guidance with Creative Entrepreneur™, led by Federico Re, a renowned Business Coach and Executive Coach since 2007.
- Amy Jo Kim – Amy Jo is a social game designer, community architect, and startup coach. She works with startups & game studios worldwide to accelerate innovation and create compelling experiences.
- Aliya Amershi – Meet Aliya Amershi, a seasoned Tech Startup Coach and the visionary Founder of Codefree App Launch.
- Sheow Vern Chan – Our Certified Startup Coaches are here to empower you on your entrepreneurial journey. With a focus on practical skills, resilient mindset, and personalized guidance, we prepare you to confidently launch and grow your own business.
- Patrick Lauruol – Ahoy there! Pirate Startups set sail in the bustling seas of innovation back in 2015, inspired by the vibrant energy of LA’s Silicon Beach.
- Ian Paul Graham – Embark on a journey with me, a seasoned startup coach and consultant. With firsthand experience founding The Code Factory, a thriving coworking space and hub for startups, I’ve navigated the tumultuous seas of entrepreneurship.
- Yuri Kruman – Yuri, an esteemed leadership coach and esteemed Chief People Officer, is celebrated for his 7-time authorship and acclaimed speaking engagements at prestigious institutions like EY and Google.
Teodora Filovska
After working several years in the private sector on various positions, and successfully bootstrapping 2 businesses, Teodora Filovska decided to take her knowledge and experience to the next level and start coaching. She is the founder and CEO of CMO Masters, a company that specializes in coaching and consulting CMOs of start-ups and SMEs. She is successfully helping companies to grow their businesses by leveraging different coaching techniques.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
My coaching is based on extensive research in the field of socio-emotional intelligence and development of self-sustainable systems for both the companies and their CEOs. My approach is never the same with every client, it’s always tailored to their character, goals and ideal pace of driving the business forward, which I believe makes all the difference.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
I believe it’s my ability to genuinely connect with my clients, while at the same time have the objective view on the situation of their business, and also my ability to provide a straight-forward feedback in a kind and supporting way.
Yuri Kruman
Yuri is an award-winning leadership coach and Chief People Officer / CHRO (Top 122 CHROs in 2022 @PeopleHum, Top 100 DEI Leaders in 2021 @Mogul), sought-after HR Industry Expert, speaker, board member and 7x book author. He works with Fortune 500 companies, Top 10 Global Consultancies, VCs/PEs and fast-growth startups. He’s likewise a contributor to Fast Co., Entrepreneur and Forbes, he has spoken at EY, Google, Columbia and UPenn.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I help Fortune 500 and tech startup executives to rediscover their life story, then leverage it to get promoted, paid significantly more and find or create their dream role. Using my work experience from 8 careers and widely varied roles, I go deep with my clients to help them narrow down their zone of genius, then build thought leadership and a successful consulting business around it, transforming their lives with greater independence and influence over others.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
Aside from the expected life experience, emotional intelligence, empathy and effective assessments and frameworks, the single greatest factor responsible for my success as a coach is that I became a coach from necessity after many hard turns in life. Necessity is indeed the mother of invention. I’ve written a great deal about my journey and its many lessons in my books, which encapsulate my “magic.”
Jasmeet Singh
Jasmeet Singh, known as BeardedMaker, is the visionary behind the JMoon brand, establishing a diverse startup ecosystem since 2013 driving hardware and AI innovation across sectors like ecommerce, product development, education, fashion, art, finance, and more. He’s an avid learner with 2 Masters degrees and blends his skills and experience to actively coach and mentor founders across global startup communities with their business, tech, and funding.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
My coaching involves being an entrepreneurial wingman, guiding founders in the early stages of their startups. This can involve various aspects of laying out challenges they might face, discussions on how to overcome big and small hurdles, helping them with their strategy and business models, assisting them with their financials, pitch development, and ultimately using my network to get them funding. I also make sure they know they are not alone on their journey. With my help founders experience taking their startup through an incubator program that is specifically catered to their vision of the company they want to build.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
Throughout my journey as a coach to early-stage founders, the most critical success factor has been a distinctive fusion of hands-on entrepreneurial experience, empathy for their tough journey, along with both tech and business acumen. This blend allows me to offer practical guidance rooted in real-life experiences from various roles as a founder, early adopter, and investor. When a founder is open to seeking help to improve their chances of success, I make sure that my solution aligns with their needs and gets them to achieve their goals faster with less struggle along the way.
Dr. Claire Odogbo
Introducing Dr. Claire Odogbo, an expert Startup Coach and the CEO of LifeTrack. With a PhD in Economics and ICF certification, she’s dedicated to empowering leaders. Dr. Claire’s guidance is invaluable in the fast-paced world of innovation. Discover more and let her help you thrive in the startup landscape.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
As a seasoned business consultant and CPA, I specialize in bringing clarity to startups. My services encompass expert financial advice, coaching, and cashflow optimization. I also streamline processes based on extensive experience.
In our initial month, we focus on strategic planning, creating a clear roadmap for your startup’s future. Through a comprehensive diagnostic assessment, we gain a precise understanding of the organization’s current status and pinpoint areas for improvement.
My mission is to provide startups with the clarity and tools they need to thrive.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
At the heart of my coaching practice lies a fusion of strengths-based and values-based coaching, which empowers my clients by recognizing and harnessing their inherent strengths, including their unique giftings. This approach is designed to bring clarity to my clients’ paths and goals, allowing them to maximize their potential and achieve their desired outcomes.
Bonny Morlak
Bonny Morlak is an award winning Startup Coach with a focus on the founder’s ‘core strength’ in managing themselves, their team and their business.
He helps early stage startups to become investible and guides them through the investment process. His extensive background and global insights in product development help his clients to draw the shortest and most cost effective line between current capabilities and the biggest market opportunity.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
My work is based on the IKIGAI principle. I facilitate that the founders gain clarity on their core strength, what sparks joy, the change they want to see in the world and what abundance means to them.
It grounds all efforts in reality, clarifies desired outcomes, and provides resilience for calmness through failures and successes.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The most important thing that has contributed to my coaching success is honesty, empathy and curiosity.
Neil Metzler
Neil Metzler enables mid-career professionals of all backgrounds to break in and succeed in tech. His clients regularly unlock six-figure equity on high growth teams at Disney+, Snowflake, Lenovo AR/VR and TikTok. He is a trainer and speaker for organizations like Amazon, Harvard, and Women in Big Data – Silicon Valley.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
Reinventing your career in tech can be challenging. Neil knows this because he reinvented his career across Startups, Finance, and Big Tech while paying off six figure college debt, getting married and creating his dream assignments around the world.
Based on 15 years of reinventions, Neil created the 5 Pillars method to succeed faster, with less friction and fewer setbacks. Clients become Credible, Capable and Visible – giving decision makers Reasons to Believe they’re ready for the next level.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
‘Lifelong Learning’ is core to Neil’s philosophy. ‘Learning how to learn’ and developing reinforcement habits means Neil is always building new skills. Neil is a Co-Active trained coach with technical certifications in AWS Solutions Architecture and Data Analytics. He speaks 4 languages and plays multiple instruments. His clients consistently cite an increase in confidence and clarity. He think that’s because he is no stranger to impostor syndrome. This empathy elevates our sessions.
Gali Bloch Liran
Gali Bloch Liran is an Executive Coach & Advisor working directly with CEOs, investors, startup founders & VC entrepreneurs, to help them manage the day-to-day challenges and develop their leadership skills, mental resilience and balances required to scale a venture sustainably.
She is an Entrepreneurship Lecturer at Reichman University (IDC Herzliya), Adelson School of Entrepreneurship, the creator and host of The Human Founder Podcast, and a Keynote Speaker, leading resilience, leadership, entrepreneurship & productivity workshops worldwide.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
My global experience in business, leadership & management, combined with my coaching & psychology background, and passion for tech & entrepreneurship, enables me to lead 1-on-1 coaching sessions with C-suite executives and founders’ team-building & mediation sessions to strengthen their mental resilience and help them scale-up their ventures.
As an experienced businesswoman, certified coach, startup advisor, lawyer, lecturer, and mother of three incredible young boys, I strive to embody the guiding principles of wellbeing, inner balance, productivity, and authentic leadership. These beliefs and associated practices help both myself and my mentees reach our goals and achieve success.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
My ability to BE with my coachees: Listening at the deepest level to my coachees, being present with them, caring for them, believing in their good heart and resourcefulness and thinking about their best interest.
Shyam Sekar S
Shyam is a startup expert, business growth and digital marketing specialist, helping startups and SMEs to launch, build, scale up revenues profitably. He has coached, mentored, trained 8000+ founders, aspiring entrepreneurs and professionals over 8+ years. He is the founder of Startup Xperts and Voxit Media Tech. Besides, he is a Rotary Club President (21-22) and part of various organizations, associations, and initiatives, supporting to build a sustainable startup ecosystem.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I do not subscribe to a one-size-fits-all approach which is more common in the industry. I focus on custom-consulting that focuses on goals/outcomes. Our mentoring program is special as it takes into consideration the founder/entrepreneur’s background, their strengths, weakness, aspirations, maturity, knowledge, budgets, risk taking ability, vision, aspirations, culture, amongst many. I also consult founders and sometimes take up the role of a Virtual-CMO helping them not just coach, but walk along with them in execution of strategies through smart tactics. This gives the founders not just knowledge but also the confidence to build and scale-up their business.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The single most important thing that has not just contributed to the success but significant credibility is the breadth and depth of knowledge which is a rare to find. I use different coaching models – Business Mentoring for aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs, Growth Consulting Model for startup founders, and Virtual-CMO consulting model for startups and SMEs that require scaling up revenues, expand their business. Each will require unique and proven (smart) strategies that incorporates growth hack techniques.
Royce King
Royce King has authored 6 books, receiving testimonials from Kevin Harrington, Brian Tracy, and other celebrities. She is regularly invited to appear on podcasts and stages to share how she went from starting over to building a global business in two years. Royce is the CEO of Your Startup Coach and coaches nearly 50 founders per year and writes marketing copy for various brands.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
My business coaching is different from many other coaches because I am a serial entrepreneur and have started from nothing–twice! Such a diversity of experience broadens my perspective and gives me empathy for founders who are experiencing uncertainty. Founders who are under $2M in annual revenue find that I’m able to help them scale quickly and give them a strategy that gets results within 90 days.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
I believe in the power of coaching. Not only do I coach, I have a coach and mastermind group that I am part of. A coach can help you see blind spots and add a non-biased outlook to provide a different perspective. Along with a voracious appetite for continual learning and staying in the trenches with my founders, these factors contribute to my success.
David Hestand
David Hestand is a Business Coach and Entrepreneur who works with those who have an entrepreneur’s heart and a business idea but have no concept where to start. David helps people open their own businesses and he coaches them through the labyrinth of processes.
Federico Re
Established in 2007, Creative Entrepreneur ™ offers the ultimate in Business Mentoring, Business Coaching, Entrepreneurship Coaching, Retail Coaching, Executive and Leadership Coaching, Business Advisory, Speaking, and Influencer Marketing from one of Australia’s most respected and well-known Business Coach and Executive Coach – Federico Re.
Creative Entrepreneur ™ is the place where creativity, entrepreneurial stewardship, risk taking, innovation, and disruption explodes into action. Individuals will receive personalised 1:1 business coaching and business mentorship, to achieve their peak performance, as well as realise their career and business aspirations in realistic timeframes.
Amy Jo Kim
Amy Jo is a social game designer, community architect, and startup coach. She works with startups & game studios worldwide to accelerate innovation and create compelling experiences. Her design credits include Rock Band, The Sims, Ultimate Online, eBay, Netflix, Lumosity, Happify, and numerous startups.
Her influential book Community Building on the Web (2000) is still required reading in universities and game studios worldwide. She has a PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience from University of Washington, and a BA in Experimental Psychology from UCSD. More…
Aliya Amershi
Hi, I’m Aliya Amershi. I am a Tech Startup Coach and Founder of Codefree App Launch. I’m on a mission to help ambitious bootstrapped solo women startup founders like you break into tech and build an app idea that gets customers without all of the unnecessary barriers to entry.
I am an engineer turned entrepreneur with over 20 years of technology experience and 6 years of startup experience. I have served as a local Director for a Silicon Valley-based Incubator, won an Emmy Award for the Nick App, and I have been published multiple times in Forbes, Influencive, Inc.com, and other media outlets for my advice on technology and entrepreneurship. So let’s work together to make your app idea and tech entrepreneur dreams a reality! Feel free to also find me on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook – links are at the bottom of this page.
Sheow Vern Chan
Just like we go to schools when we were young which allow us to make a living today. The same is true that we need to keep learning to stay relevant tomorrow. As Certified Startup Coaches, we prepare you to launch your own business, with more certainties than you crave.
Not only you’ll learn real skills to become a successful founder, you’ll also build useful habits and mindset. This resilience will be called upon when you’re feeling low, and to push through when things get tough. We recognise the startup ecosystem is established. Plenty of advices and materials out there, readily available at no cost. So you ask, why should I hire a Coach? With speed of learning being the biggest advantage today, having a Certified Coach means you cut through all the noise and be guided with what truly matters. This will accelerate your path to success.
Patrick Lauruol
Pirate Startups was founded in early 2015 while spending some time in LA, also known as ‘Silicon Beach’. Watching the stars and the light gleaming on the Pacific Ocean, I decided that Pirate Startups would make a fun brand name for a business.
Ian Paul Graham
I’m a startup coach and consultant. In 2008 I launched my own startup The Code Factory a coworking space and startup of startups. Building The Code Factory was a fantastic learning experience and a wild ride. In February 2020, I exited the coworking business just ahead of the COVID pandemic (Thank goodness!). To learn more about me and my startup experience,
Conclusion
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