Founder coaching · Seed to Series C

Get coached by founders
who've built successful companies.

Build a product customers love. Hit ambitious revenue goals. Raise your next big round. Build a team that delivers.

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Who Max Q is for

For founders building venture-backed companies.

We coach CEOs, CTOs, and other co-founders from Seed through Series C.

Client profile
Founder & CEO

$0 → $6M ARR

Raised a seed and a Series A while working with one of our coaches.

Client profile
Founder & CEO

Seed → Series A

Raised a Series A while working with one of our coaches.

Client profile
Founder & CEO

New product launch

Launched a major product and new partnerships that reshaped the business while working with one of our coaches.

Why Max Q

Every coach has built a successful venture-backed company.

Across our coaches

Hundreds of millions raised

From leading venture firms.

Built and scaled companies

Firsthand experience building products, growing revenue, and leading teams.

Successful exits

Our coaches have led companies through successful exits.

What you can work on

What are you building toward?

Your coach has made the hard calls and lived with the results. Learn what worked, what they'd do differently, and how they'd approach the decisions in front of you.

Build a product customers love.

Work through which customer problems to solve, what to build next, and what to stop building.

Hit your next revenue goal.

Challenge your growth plan. Find where progress is stalling and decide where your time and team can have the most impact.

Raise your next big round.

Make the case for your company stronger. Test your story, practice your pitch, and prepare for tough investor questions.

Build a team that delivers.

Set priorities people can act on. Give leaders clear ownership and work through the decisions that still depend on you.

Navigate an exit or acquisition.

Explore buying another company or selling yours. Prepare for conversations with potential buyers and work through what a deal would mean for you, your team, and the business.

How it works

Work with a founder on the decisions that shape your company.

We currently have room for about five new founders.

  1. 01

    Talk with Max Q

    Start with a free 15-minute call about your company, your goals, and the support you're looking for.

  2. 02

    Meet your proposed coach

    If there's a fit, we'll arrange a free 30-minute introduction. Bring a decision you're working through and get a feel for working together.

  3. 03

    Start coaching

    If you both want to proceed, agree on a regular meeting schedule. Work through important decisions together and get support between sessions.

Questions

Every Max Q coach has built a successful venture-backed company. Together, our coaches have raised hundreds of millions of dollars and led companies through successful exits. Your coach brings that experience to the decisions behind your next product milestone, revenue goal, fundraise, leadership hire, acquisition, or exit.

Yes. Your coach will challenge your thinking, share what worked in their own company, and explain what they would do differently. Bring the pitch you need to land, the product bet you're weighing, or the hire you're unsure about. Work through your next move together.

Founders from Seed through Series C, including co-founders who are not the CEO. If your situation is different, tell us in the introduction.

No. Some coaching firms charge an upfront fee to match you with a coach. Max Q does not charge a placement fee, and your first call with Max Q is free.

Yes. Coaching includes access to your coach by text, phone, or email between sessions. You can get input as questions come up and decisions change. You and your coach will agree on how to use that support before you begin.

You and your coach will agree on a regular meeting schedule that fits your needs. We'll discuss it on your call with Max Q.

No. Coaching is month to month. We'll explain billing and cancellation before you begin.

It starts with a free 15-minute call with Max Q about your company, your goals, and whether we're a good fit to work together. If there's a fit, you meet your proposed coach in a free 30-minute introduction before you commit. Neither call carries a commitment to coaching.

Yes. We can invoice your company.

Have a question that isn't answered here? Email info@maxq.cc.

Build the company you set out to build.

Get the right coach behind you. Tell us where you are and what you want to achieve. We'll propose a founder who has done it before.