Founder x Coaching
Tldr: A 90-minute, small-group coaching circle for founders to gain clarity, momentum, and accountability—delivered by an ICF-trained executive coach. Limited to 10 seats. Confidential and outcomes-driven.
Building a company shouldn’t mean doing it alone.
The Founder x Coaching is a live, small-group coaching session where 10 founders work through real decisions, sharpen priorities, and leave with a crisp action plan.
In this experience we’ll create a clear coaching agreement, uphold strict confidentiality, and use coaching (not advice-giving) to unlock your best thinking.
What you’ll get
Clarity: Name the essential problem and define what success looks like in the next 2–4 weeks.
Momentum: Identify one leverage point and design a right-sized experiment.
Accountability: Commit to concrete next steps and an owner-friendly check-in cadence.
Peer Insight (sans unsolicited advice): Structured reflection prompts that surface blind spots fast.
Who it’s for
Early-stage to growth-stage founders who want a confidential space to untangle challenges and define goals such as:
Ideation to MVP
Hiring your first leaders (or leveling the team)
Focus vs. expansion: product, sales, or fundraising now?
Co-founder alignment and decision rights
Pricing, packaging, or GTM pivots
Burnout prevention and sustainable pace
What we’ll do (90 minutes)
Arrival & Agreements (10 min): Introduction and confidentiality commitment.
Self Reflections: (5 min): Reflection on your goals or challenges.
Peer Discussion (30 min): Guided peer to peer discussion to help explore goal/challenge, explore solutions.
Debrief & Commit (30 minutes): Share your key take aways and commit to next steps and accountability.
Close (15 min): Next steps and closing remarks.
How it works
Bring: One real goal or stuck point.
Capacity: 10 founders (to keep it intimate).
Format: Live on Zoom. Cameras on; phones down.
Confidentiality: Everything discussed is confidential.
No pitches: Pure coaching space. Connections can happen after.
About the facilitator
Dar Patel: A ICF-trained Executive Coach (PCC) & Founder of Little Pursuits. Former consulting/finance/tech leader turned coach to founders and executives. Dar blends evidence-based coaching with operator pragmatism to help leaders move from noise to traction.
Lucas Hagin: A program designer and former startup co-founder who specializes in turning ideas into pilot-ready projects. At Swissnex San Francisco, he builds partnerships and supports founders with practical frameworks for stakeholder alignment, rapid prototyping, and public launch. Lucas brings a calm, operator-level presence to group sessions—holding space for clear decisions and momentum.
Tickets:
Standard: $10 (to hold your spot and build accountability)