Clear decisions when everything is at stake.
A cofounder situation turning hostile. Investors going quiet, or playing both sides. Legal letters written to occupy your mind. A team reading your face. A runway date.
This is the terrain I work in.
I work with founders one to one through their most consequential stretch. Part strategist, part sparring partner, part corner man.
The outer game: negotiations, investor moves, the exact words for the hardest conversations.
The inner game: staying steady, deciding cleanly, not losing yourself in the fight.
One conversation, because for a founder they were never separate.
We work in intensive engagements. Weekly calls, and message access between them, because the hard moments don't schedule themselves. Usually three to six months, through the chapter.
Emanuele Ancorini. New York.
RECENT WORK
A cofounder separation under legal pressure, a company turnaround and acquisition process, a founder deciding, on his own terms, what he actually wanted.
"Emanuele helped me clarify my thinking with practical tools that foster accountability and focus on what truly matters. His objective perspective, combined with rare empathy and support, has been invaluable in sharpening my leadership skills and deepening my self-awareness."
Taras Kravtchouk, Founder, Tarform
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