Dave Bailey
Founder of Founder Coach
Dave Bailey
Founder of Founder Coach
London, England
Overview
Work Experience
CEO & Founder
2022 - Current
The mission of Founder Coach® is to shape the next generation of great CEOs. We use assessments, training and world-class coaching to get you up to CEO Best Practice™ and drive measurable results that improve your company's chance of success. Our clients are ambitious CEOs backed by Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst and Atomico and other VC funds. Most stay with us for years. Interested in levelling up? Get in touch via FounderCoach.com.
CEO Coach
2017
I work with a handful of elite late-stage tech CEOs building iconic companies to support them in advancing their CEO craft. My clients are backed by investors such as Sequoia Capital, SoftBank and General Catalyst, and represent some of the best minds in entrepreneurship. If you're interested in working together, please get in touch.
Investor
2020 - 2024
The Fund is a first-of-its-kind venture fund, fueled by a community of brilliant founders & operators. We invest in mission-driven, technology-enabled companies at the earliest stages.
CEO Mentor
2019 - 2022
Lead Mentor for Google Launchpad
2017 - 2019
Launchpad Accelerator empowers founders by supporting their startups through mentorship and equity-free support. The Accelerator leverages all that Google has to offer, to help participating tech startups reach their true potential.
Technology Columnist
2017 - 2018
Venture Partner
2016 - 2017
Investing in exciting new UK tech ventures with London’s most active seed stage VC. Advising portfolio CEOs on product strategy, metrics and business model.
CEO & Co-Founder
2013 - 2016
Fundraised $0.5M in seed capital for a mobile app for experience discovery (B2C). Hired and managed a high-performing team of 10 engineers and content producers. Achieved best-in-class engagement KPIs using usability testing and funnel optimisation. Built data analytics panels in PostgreSQL.
Co-Director for Rio de Janeiro
2012 - 2013
Set up first Brazilian Chapter of Founder Institute is the world's largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program.
Co-Founder & Brazil CEO
2011 - 2012
Founded Brazil HQ of this online food-ordering marketplace (B2C). Built Operations, Sales and Marketing teams from scratch. Closed high-level marketing partnerships with top 10 Brazilian websites. Created business cases for other Latin American markets.
Education
Graduates Study Program
2011 - 2011
Masters
2001 - 2004