Work with me

You built the company. Now you’re the bottleneck.

I’m a former founder and CTO who built the PlayStation Network, and I coached the OpenAI platform team that launched ChatGPT. For the past decade I’ve helped Series A and B founders stop being the bottleneck and scale without burning out.

If an investor sent you here, they already think you belong in the room.

20 yearsas engineer, PM, and CTO
75+founders coached
$100M+helped founders raise
3,000+helped teams hire

Sound familiar?

It’s all fixable. You can’t fix it alone.

  • You still do IC work with 15 direct reports.
  • Your executive hires leave inside a year.
  • Every important decision waits on you.
  • Board meetings feel like interrogations.
  • Strategy changes every month.
  • You work 80-hour weeks and still lose ground.

Is this you?

Built for technical founders after product-market fit.

Built for

  • Technical founders and CTOs at SaaS and AI companies
  • Post-PMF, Series A or B, roughly 10 to 50 people
  • Tired of being the bottleneck in every decision
  • Done tolerating mediocre hires and losing key players

Not a fit

  • Founders happy with modest growth
  • Lifestyle businesses
  • Leaders who won’t try something fundamentally different
  • Anyone who wants a cheerleader instead of a challenger

What we fix together

Four places the company stalls.

Founder to executive

Delegate, decide faster, and own your calendar again.

A leadership team that executes

Hire and develop leaders who move in lockstep with you.

The board and the raise

Run the board, and tell a story investors buy into.

Products that win

Find product-market fit and build the engine that scales it.

Ways to work together

Pick the engagement that fits the problem.

OfferWhat you getInvestment
1:1 Executive Coaching90-minute sessions every two weeks, calls in between, a CEO Scorecard kickoff, a 90-day plan, and a three-month minimumFrom $5,000 a month
Co-founder and C-suite coachingJoint and individual sessions to settle roles, decision rights, and conflictScoped on the Clarity Call
Strategic offsiteOne facilitated day that ends with clear decisions and owners$5,000 day rate
AI OS Bootcamp12 weeks for a founder and one executive, 15 companies, starting January 2027$10,000 per company; 50% off for partner fund portfolios

One avoided mistake pays for a year of coaching.

Avoid one bad executive hire, spend one less month raising, or settle one co-founder dispute before it blows up, and I’ve paid for myself several times over. Most clients get more than one of those.

How it runs

From first call to measured change.

  1. Book a Clarity CallBring the problem that keeps you up at night, and we diagnose it on the call.
  2. Take the CEO ScorecardA self-assessment you complete before kickoff.
  3. KickoffWe pick one priority for the next 90 days.
  4. Every two weeksWe meet, and you get a written recap after each session.
  5. Day 90You retake the scorecard and we measure the change.
ByWhat changes
30 daysA clear diagnosis, a plan for hiring, delegation, and decisions, and you stop firefighting
90 daysYour leadership team is aligned, board meetings feel different, and funding conversations gain traction
6 monthsThe company scales without you as the bottleneck
1 yearYou’re thinking and executing at 10x scale

Results

What founders got.

OpenAI

Research lab to ChatGPT

“Eric helped us go from a bunch of mad scientists to a grown-up engineering team.”

Michael Petrov, VP of Platform Engineering

Read the case study

SempreHealth

$35M raised after Series A

“Eric helped me embrace my role as a strategic CEO and lead the company with clarity and focus.”

Anurati Mathur, Founder and CEO

Read the case study

Sendlane

Seed to a $20M Series A

“Learning from Eric has completely transformed the way I approach our product strategy and processes.”

Zak Meftah, Co-Founder and CPO

Read the case study

Founders I’ve coached are backed by General Catalyst, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, GV, Bessemer, Battery, Menlo, Founders Fund, Y Combinator, and Lux.

“Having Eric as my executive coach has been more valuable than my Harvard MBA.”

Justin WielandFounder and CEO, Reach Technologies

“Eric has been an outstanding executive coach who has helped me rapidly scale my team. He brings a great balance of empathy, accountability, and an extensive set of tools.”

David FullertonCTO, Heap

“Eric brings the heat. He’s fiercely intelligent and well read. He does not shy away from hard topics or pushing on sensitive areas. 11/10 would highly recommend.”

Brendan KeelerChief Product Officer, Flexpa

“Working with Eric has been a game changer. Eric has an uncanny ability to cut through the noise, clarify priorities, and create structure that actually drives momentum.”

Ira HayesCo-Founder and CTO, DojoAir

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FAQ

Questions founders ask first.

Who is this coaching for?

Mostly CTOs and technical founders at Series A and B SaaS and AI companies who are great at building technology and are now building the human systems around it. More on CTO coaching, coaching for technical founders, and coaching for SaaS leaders.

What does an engagement look like?

We start with the CEO Scorecard, then meet every two weeks for at least three months. You get a written recap after every session, and we retake the scorecard at 90 days.

What results do clients see?

I’ve helped founders raise more than $100M and helped teams make more than 3,000 hires, and founders typically see a 10 to 20x return on their coaching spend.

Why hire a coach when I can use AI?

You should use AI, and I’ll show you how. A model only answers the questions you ask, only knows the context you give it, and is easy to ignore. I ask the questions you’re avoiding, I see the patterns you can’t see from inside your company, and I hold you to the decisions you make. Founders hire me for judgment and accountability.

Do you coach co-founders together?

Yes. I coach co-founders and executive teams together, and I facilitate offsites for the big decisions.

Do you coach remotely?

Yes. I coach over video with clients across the US, Canada, and Europe.

My investor referred me. Is there a partner rate?

Yes. Portfolio companies of my partner funds get 50% off the AI OS Bootcamp, and some partner funds support coaching for their founders. Tell me your lead investor on the call and I’ll confirm what applies.

How do we get started?

Book a free 30-minute Clarity Call. If it’s a fit, you take the CEO Scorecard before kickoff.

Ready to stop being the bottleneck?

Bring the problem that keeps you up at night. We’ll diagnose it on the call.

Book a free 30-minute Clarity Call

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