Navigate Your Startup Journey: Faster, easier, together
What could you achieve with seasoned founders for support & guidance?
You're a visionary founder with big dreams, but the startup path is challenging. Time is scarce, unknowns are many, and the stakes are high. Our founder mastermind is your catalyst for growth, providing the support and guidance you need to navigate these challenges successfully.
* Your Path to Confident Leadership
* Your Blueprint for Scalable Success
* Your Network of Trusted Peers
You Don't Have to Do This Alone...
Join an exclusive group of 6-8 ambitious founders who are:
* Overcoming isolation in leadership
* Making critical decisions with clarity
* Accelerating business growth
* Balancing personal and professional success
Starting a business is exhilarating, but turning that initial spark into a thriving company can be daunting, especially when you're not in your early 20s anymore. You have more experience now, but also more at stake.
You have obligations. People who are counting on you. Time isn't infinite, and there's an overwhelming amount of information out there, often conflicting and confusing.
That's where our Founder Mastermind comes in. We've designed this program for experienced professionals like you who want to leverage their expertise but may feel they lack the specific knowledge and support to achieve their startup ambitions.
Our mastermind provides the actionable insights and hands-on support you need to:
Focus on building your business instead of scrambling up the learning curve. Join us and turn your experience into your greatest asset.
Ready to accelerate your startup journey? Schedule a chat now to learn how our mastermind can transform your approach to building your business.
“Coaching is unlocking a person’s potential to maximise their own performance. It is helping them to learn, rather than teaching them.” - Sir John Whitmore
Unlock Your Startup's Potential with:
Expert
Guidance
Get hands-on support and strategic insights from a 20+ year startup veteran with $80M+ in exits
Proven Tools & Resources
Access step-by-step guides, scripts, and cheat sheets to execute quickly using industry best practices
Powerful Peer Network
Tap into a supportive community of fellow founders for feedback, accountability, and collaborative problem-solving
Ready to accelerate your startup journey? Schedule a chat to learn how our mastermind can transform your business.
Empower Your Founder Journey:
Don't let another day pass without the support you need. Book a call now to explore how our mastermind can elevate your startup.
Accelerate your growth with support, community, expertise & coaching to help you confidently grow your $0mm-$30mm startup
Is This Your Path to Startup Success?
This program is tailor-made for founders who:
If this sounds like you, don't wait. Schedule a chat today to see how our mastermind can propel your startup forward.
Meet Your Coach / Advisor
I’ve been on all sides of the startup ecosystem, so I know how difficult it is to start, fund, and scale a company. I’ve been a founder, an investor, and an operations gun-for-hire for early stage companies.
I was lamenting to a friend awhile back about the things that I wish I’d had when I first got started. That list included:
After my own startup successes, I could start another company or I could help dozens succeed building their companies. It’s a simple choice. I coach because I love working with founders and contributing to their success.
Tony Clemendor
Founder/CEO Coach
Founder - Founders Forge
Creator - FORGE framework
I've Coached, Mentored, and Advised Startups Through World Class Accelerators, including:
Real Results Through Practical Guidance
At Startup Optimizer, the focus is on what truly matters: being able to identify and execute the high impact tactics and strategies to get customers, grow revenues, and build the company you desire, while avoiding the common missteps that can cost you time, money, and energy. The Year-Long membership includes:
What Investors & Founders Say...
Couldn’t have gotten the company to a place where we could be acquired without Tony!
Working with Tony was one of the critical catalysts to saving my business. I’d recommend him to any early stage CEO or executive team looking for strategic or operational help.
Imo Udom
Founder/CEO
Finally, a curriculum for startup founders that focuses on the tough issues of actually building a business, not building a pitch.
It would make life so much better if the CEOs who come to me for funding had already been through Tony Clemendor’s FORGE system.
Ron Weissman
Startup Investor
The program helped us correct our messaging, target persona, and offering within our lead generation campaign.
Tony's experience and different angles or tools to solve problems has been extremely helpful and has kept us moving in the right direction for growth.
Ray McKenzie
Founder/CEO
As both a founder of a start-up, and Managing Partner of a venture capital firm for many years, I see Tony’s coaching as a substantial and unrivaled competitive advantage for both myself and my investee companies.
Irfhan Rawji
Managing Partner, Relay Ventures
I think the details on holding customer discovery calls were invaluable.
We're not only using the knowledge from this program to improve our sales tactics, but also leveraging the program itself to get into accelerators.
Ryan Elliott
Founder/CEO
Tony's analysis and guidance has saved me time and costs as I build my startup.
The weekly clinics help to improve my building of a startup into a big business and gain feedback from others I respect.
Dave Smith
Founder/CEO
More Program Member Feedback...
Your Path to Startup Success
Message from Tony:
Why I created this and for Who...
Hey there! Thanks for stopping by.
I've been coaching of high growth startups since 2018. In the 20 years before that I was growing companies and advising early stage founders. Altogether, I've worked, in some capacity, with over 2,000 founders. I've taught a lot and I've learned even more.
When I launched my first startup, it was HARD.
And at the time there:
It took me 3 years to hit $1mm in revenue and sell that first business. I knew I could do better.
So I spent the next 20 years launching and running startups and studying the differences between the successes and the failures.
It came together in the startup that we (4 co-founders) bootstrapped to $80mm before being acquired.
With the post-sale freedom, instead of launching another company, I started sharing what I'd learned with other founders. And I discovered my real passion.
Helping people start businesses they can be proud of, but without all of the complicated jargon, the constant sense of overwhelm, the sense of isolation, that feeling that you are inadequate compared to every other founder out there, worrying about your finances, not being sure when you are chasing something that will never work.
In other words, I wanted to help founders thrive without all of the things that stressed me in my first startup.
I started with 1:1 coaching, which is amazing. I get to feel like part of several founding teams instead of just one. I share in each of their successes.
But in my pro-bono advisory, I was still seeing a need to help founders on a wider scale. And accerator relationships are often shorter term and less involved.
So I created the Group Coaching program, which is:
If you are a new or former entrepreneur and/or business owner who is ready to build or grow your startup. You know a lot, but not everything. You don’t have time to go through countless pieces of info and you may not want to spend the cost of solely individual coaching.
The program's main value comes from the clinics where we will work on your specific challenges, strategies, and execution.
But as a part of the group you will also get access to a wide variety of tools, resources, and my personal network, to give your business every possible advantage and to help you move faster.
The moment you come on board, I will be committed to your success.
If it makes sense for you to join us, I'd be privileged and thrilled to be part of your success story.
Schedule a call. Let's learn more about each other.
Just click the button on the right to book a call and find out why this program could be one of your best decisions as a founder.
Take the First Step Towards Startup Success
Your entrepreneurial dreams are within reach. Schedule a no-obligation chat with Tony today and discover how our mastermind can be the game-changer your startup needs.
Don't let another day pass without the guidance you deserve. Book your call now and take control of your startup's future.
Book a call now and take the first step towards building a successful, lasting venture. Build a strong strategic foundation, understand how to acquire customers, and execute effectively with less stress, more focus, and more confidence.
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