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How to Become the Top Startup Coach in the World Featuring Alisa Cohn

How to Become the Top Startup Coach in the World Featuring Alisa Cohn

Named “Top Startup Coach in the World” at the Thinkers50/Marshall Goldsmith Global Coaches Awards, Alisa Cohn has coached startup founders into world-class CEOs for twenty years. Rated the number one Global Guru of Startups in 2021, she’s worked with Venmo, Etsy, DraftKings, Mack Weldon, and Tory Burch.

We discuss:

  • The music in your head [02:12]
  • Zero clients, zero business [04:26]
  • The second day of a new coaching career [06:11]
  • The perspective of your younger self against your older self [11:08]
  • The journey from founder to CEO [13:00]
  • How to articulate between two niches [15:27]
  • Executives who don’t know what their problem is [19:11]
  • Keeping your North star in mind [21:50]

Learn more about Alisa at https://www.alisacohn.com/, LinkedIn and Twitter.

About the author, David Shriner-Cahn

David is the podcast host and community builder behind Smashing the Plateau, an online platform offering resources, accountability, and camaraderie to high-performing professionals who are making the leap from the corporate career track to entrepreneurial business ownership.

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