Playbooks and Templates

Nathan is a former founder and marketing exec, and has coached dozens of CEOs backed by the world’s leading venture capital firms including A16Z, Sequoia, and Learn Capital. 

I’m excited to share the same high-impact templates and playbooks that I offer my clients, which alongside coaching, will help you bring clarity and results to critical parts of running your startup and leading your team. Topics include everything from “How to Set Goals (pre-OKRs)” to “How to Run a Cofounder Sync and Expand Cofounder Trust.”

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How to Set goals When you’re Not Ready Yet for OKRs (Template)

Ask any serial founder who has built companies from the ground up about OKRs and they will share a story of trying to implement them too soon and failing.

OKRs are excellent for aligning teams around company goals once you reach a certain size but are too heavy-weight and doomed to fail for early-stage teams. So, what’s the alternative? A simplified goal-setting process that gives you 80% of the benefit of OKRs with 20% of the structure and implementation effort.

Download our free “Pre-OKR Goal-Setting Template” by clicking here or the button below.

How to Run an Effective Cofounder Sync

Sam Altman, former Y-Combinator president, states that the #1 killer of startups is cofounder conflict.

How do you prevent cofounder differences from turning into cofounder rifts that sap your time, energy, and success? How do you proactively invest in your partnership so it can grow as your company grows?

There are many components to maintaining a strong cofounder relationship, but one core piece is setting aside time with your cofounder(s) and using that time effectively to invest in each other and your partnership.

This playbook offers a step-by-step process on how to run a cofounder sync and deepen your cofounder relationship.