I’m Dave and I’m a serial founder turned CEO coach. I run a private coaching community for scale-up CEOs alongside a team of elite founder coaches around the world. I also coach a handful of later-stage CEOs personally, and mentor the next generation of founder coaches.
I spent the first chapter of my professional life founding and scaling three VC-backed tech businesses: Delivery Hero (IPO), Ezlearn (acq’d) and 3 Kinds of Ice (RIP). 10+ years of founder grind fuelled me with knowledge, battle scars, and endless motivation to supports CEOs in the way I do today.
Today, I spend my time coaching, teaching and sharing my knowledge through my CEO programs, blog and podcast.
As it relates to coaching, I’ve only ever worked with venture-backed CEOs. Over the last six years, I’ve wracked up several thousand coaching hours with over 100 CEOs. I’m connected to all the top tier VC funds although I’m not aligned to any.
In an exciting twist, I now teach coaching to other founders (this is truly unique and awesome) and teach group coaching to other coaches. Both are immensely fulfilling since teaching is the best way to deepen your learning.
I run two CEO programs which I created to address a couple of the biggest challenges CEOs face: aligning a team around a strategy, and managing and leading (senior) people. These programs are intense and the alumni of CEOs that have taken them will attest to their intensity.
If you’d like to engage with me, I recommend signing up to my newsletter. It’s where I share my best ideas and I welcome replies. You can also check out Dave-Bailey.com or FounderCoach.com for more info.