Hi 👋 I'm Matt, a 2X founder turned CEO coach.
I coach founders and leaders on the hardest parts of company building: managing your own psychology, focusing on the things that actually matter, building a company culture that can survive the turmoil of growth, and the dozens of other topics that no one wants to talk about and which leave leaders feeling alone.
I also write about the most difficult parts of entrepreneurship. I like to cover topics that aren’t often talked about like Founder Burnout, Founder Psychology, and Co-founder Conflict.
The core belief behind my work is that it is possible to navigate entrepreneurship with less suffering and more thriving.
If you want to learn more about the coaching firm I founded, check us out at Sanity Labs.
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How to navigate founder burnout
An honest account of my own journey through founder burnout and what I have learned from coaching others.
The magic your meetings are missing
Leverage the power of check-ins to level-up meetings and bring your team closer
Handling Layoffs with Grace
In 2016, we laid off 80% of our staff. The remaining team stuck together, scaled the business, and sold it three years later. Here's how we got through the layoffs and how you can too.
$17M raised, and I was fried.
I realized in October of 2016 that I was burned out and wanted a path out of the CEO role. Here’s my own story and the secret internal dialogue I’m hearing as a coach to other founders.
Why I’ve Decided to Start Coaching Startup Leaders
I spent 7 years running my last venture-backed startup. I don’t know if I would have survived without the help of the leadership coaches who came alongside me and helped me transform the way I understood the role of a leader. The work changed me as a person, as
When there is a 95% chance you make nothing: how preference stacks work in startups
The un-examined psychological challenges of the preference stack (and what to do about it.)
Sanity Notes #034: Why questions matter more than answers
For as long as I can remember, I have had the feeling of carrying heavy questions. But the way I understand those questions has changed entirely.
Why we all fight with our partners (and what to do about it)
Find yourself in a difficult exchange with your romantic partner, co-founder, or friend? You aren’t alone.
Matt is a rockstar! He would spend time listening very closely to me and would tease out key items that turned out to be the main subconscious drivers of my main challenges. A magician in a word! The ability to be totally open and honest about issues that were affecting me and having a former CEO and highly skilled person on the other side of that conversation provide concise and clear advice and feedback was a mind blowing experience. It was utterly critical for me to get perspective on my issues and tackle them in a constructive way.
Snehal Patel, M.D., J.D.
Serial Entrepreneur & Venture Capitalist
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