Private startup coaching with Karen Cahn, IFW Founder & CEO
Avoid rookie founder mistakes that will cost you years of your life (and your sanity).
I've walked the path you're on. I had a vision and launched two businesses. The first one was a spectacular failure, but the second one? We're still here, eight years later, doing the damn thing. The difference? I learned from my rookie founder's mistakes and applied those lessons. Let me guide you in saving valuable time and resources by steering clear of common first-time founder missteps. Together, we can help you generate revenue and achieve that critical product-market-founder fit more swiftly.
My Superpowers include:
I am a salesperson, and I am proud of that. In every organization I've served, including Google, YouTube, and AOL, I have been a revenue leader, i.e., someone who makes the company money. I have an innate ability to understand what you are selling and who your buyers are. Knowing what exactly you are selling and who wants to buy it is the absolute key to selling. If you are struggling with this, I can help you.
I've crowdfunded three times and, through IFW, helped thousands of entrepreneurs with their crowdfunding campaigns using the IFW Method that I invented. Crowdfunding is not rocket science–it's sales and marketing, and that's why I'm so good at it. If you're coming to me for crowdfunding coaching, be ready to learn and take the advice.
Founders nowadays are brainwashed into thinking, from day one, that their end goal is one of two paths: Path 1: raise venture capital, become a unicorn, get on the cover of Fast Company, go public, become a billionaire, and cash out. Path 2: start your business in order to sell it, i.e. exit. Become a millionaire and retire on an island somewhere. While this all sounds fabulous, it's so rare that either of these scenarios happen. Hopefully, you're one of the smart ones who started your business because you are passionate about something, want to solve a problem in a specific market, want to share your expertise with the world and can get paid for it, etc. These are reasons to start a business, so before you take the leap and quit your good paying day job with the benefits and PTO, talk to me. I'll give you the tough love that you may need in order to not screw up your life.
$1,000 gets you:
- 60 minutes of coaching, via Zoom, with Karen Cahn
- Pre-call preparation materials to ensure Karen understands where you are in your journey and can show up to your coaching session ready to help you.
- Consistent email support with Karen (within reason)
- 1-year access to IFW's Workshop Library
*This purchase is non-refundable; you have three months from the date of purchase to use the coaching session.