My Coaching Practice

I am most excited about coaching aspiring or early career investors who diversify the industry—but I’m also open to working with GPs as well. If you’re interested in learning more, please reach out.

One of the biggest perceived barriers to coaching is the price. Committing to a long-term coaching engagement feels like a significant investment—especially if you’re early in your career.

Traditionally, we solve this kind of problem in venture capital by investing in stages—segmenting out our cash outlays by milestones that allow the investor to decide whether or not it will be worth re-upping.

I’ve done the same in my coaching practice. By dividing a coaching relationship into different stages, clients can lean in for further engagement as they gain the confidence that the investment will have a positive return.

Here’s the structure:

I've outlined the key functional areas of doing the job of venture below and what we'd be working through. We’ll talk about where you are now and how close you are to “Minimum Viable Principal”—i.e. the basics of where the most junior checkwriter on a team would need to be able to do the job.

Then we’ll work out plans to get you from there to where you need to be in order to be at a world class level—the Midas List.

FAQ

Do I have to work with you using these stages in this particular order?

I’m happy to be flexible given whatever stage you’re at—but I do think it’s important to kick things off with a common understanding of how you’re positioning yourself and the basics of your roadmap.

This is a lot of money. Why does it cost so much?

Not everyone is working at a multi-stage fund with lots of management fees and lucrative salaries—so I understand that this kind of investment could seem cost prohibitive. That being said, this is an industry built around financial risk-taking—often one that requires a huge opportunity cost when you’re asked to invest in your own fund as a General Partner. That might not be the right risk/return profile for everyone and that’s ok—but to the extent you can get comfortable with measured financial risk-taking, I will do everything I can to be a valuable resource for your career.

You could probably charge more—why are you charging so little?

There are a lot of executive coaches out there that charge thousands of dollars and have high retainer minimums. As much as possible, I don’t want this kind of structure to prevent anyone from dipping their toe in and trying out coaching—especially when it comes to people who will bring diversity to the investing ecosystem.