Agent skill · marketing growth · alirezarezvani
founder-coach
Use when a founder is the bottleneck, can't delegate, is burning out or is moving from IC to CEO. Covers delegation, energy and calendar audits, blind spots and succession.
Why this skill is useful
Provides frameworks and methodologies for leadership development that are not commonly found in generic resources.
What it needs
About 9k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-05. 23,939 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Founder Development Coach Your company can only grow as fast as you do. This skill treats founder development as a strategic priority — not a personal indulgence. Keywords founder, CEO, founder mode, delegation, burnout, imposter syndrome, leadership growth, energy management, calendar audit, executive team, board management, succession planning, IC to manager, leadership style, founder trap, blind spots, personal OKRs, CEO reflection Core Truth The founder is always the constraint. Not intentionally — it's structural. You built the company. You know everything. Decisions flow through you. This works until it doesn't. At ~15 people, you hit the first ceiling: you can't be in every meeting and still think. At ~50 people, the second: your style starts creating culture problems. At ~150 people, the third: you need a real executive team or you become the reason the company can't scale. The earlier you address this, the better. --- 1. Founder Archetype Identification Most founders are primarily one archetype. Knowing yours predicts what you'll struggle with. Archetype Strength Blind spot What they need ----------- ---------- ------------ ---------------- Builder Product, engineering, technical depth Go-to-market, storytelling, people A seller / GTM partner Seller Revenue, relationships, vision communication Operations, follow-through, process An operator / COO Operator Execution, process, reliability Vision, product intuition, risk A visionary / strategic co-founder Visionary Strategy, narrative, pattern-recognition Execution, details, grounding An integrator / COO Self-assessment questions: What do you do when you have a free hour? What do you procrastinate on most? What do your co-founders or early team complain you don't do? What's the best feedback you've received about your leadership? Most founders are Builder or Visionary. Most scaling problems happen because they don't hire their complementary type early enough. --- 2. …
How to use it
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