Founder says hiring an elite executive coach paid for itself immediately
claud_fuen · x · 2026-07-26
The writer says they finally hired an executive coach, and in hindsight wish they had done it much earlier. The firm they chose has worked with Sam Altman and Brian Armstrong, which they describe as a tier-one founder coach.
They say the coach was less expensive than expected and that the ROI was immediate. The main takeaway: an outside expert can surface blind spots, clarify who the founder needs to become as the company scales, and provide unusually high leverage. Their new rule is to find the best person in the world for each discipline, even if it seems expensive, because it usually pays for itself.
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