Matt Mochary
CEO and founder coach for startups in San Francisco
| Hourly rate range | $175 to $325 an hour |
|---|---|
| Focus areas | CEO and founder coachingTeam performanceLeadership developmentAssessments (360, DISC, CliftonStrengths)Scaling and growthStartups and foundersOperations and systems |
| Works with | Founders and business owners and Executives |
| Also coaches | Business coach |
| Based in | San Francisco, United States |
| Practice | Mochary Method |
Matt Mochary is a CEO coach who helps startup founders and their teams scale their companies. He founded the Mochary Method, a coaching framework for leaders. He has coached Sam Altman, Brian Armstrong and Naval Ravikant. He wrote the operating playbook The Great CEO Within. His firm has spent over ten thousand hours coaching hundreds of companies. A team of ex-operators now coaches with his method from San Francisco.
What Matt helps with
Mochary Method works with startup leaders on the hard part of growing a company after it is founded. Coaching covers CEO leadership, team habits and company operations.
- Scaling a startup past the founding stage
- Building team accountability
- Keeping a healthy balance over a 10-year startup run
- Applying tested operating frameworks used by top companies
- Running 360 reviews for leaders and teams
- Facilitating team offsites
- Coaching whole leadership teams
Who Matt works with
Clients are startup CEOs, founders and their teams. The client list ranges from seed stage companies to public companies. Sizes run from small teams of 10 to 50 people to firms with over 1000 staff. Earlier-stage companies can ask about flexible options.
How Matt works
Coaching is built on the Mochary Method, a framework of operating playbooks for CEOs and their teams. The firm also uses its own software. Tools include the Agreement Tracker, which builds team accountability, and the Energy Audit, which helps leaders keep balance over a long startup run. Services include 1:1 coaching, team coaching, 360 reviews and team offsite facilitation.
Background and qualifications
Matt Mochary founded the Mochary Method after coaching leaders in Silicon Valley. His clients have included Sam Altman, Brian Armstrong and Naval Ravikant. He wrote The Great CEO Within, an operating playbook for CEOs. To reach more companies, he turned his coaching principles into a full framework. He then hired a team of ex-operators to bring it into client companies. The firm has coached hundreds of companies for over ten thousand hours.
Matt Mochary pricing
Programs and services
- One-on-one CEO coaching
- Team coaching
- 360 reviews
- Team offsite facilitation
- Free curriculum
- Flexible options for earlier-stage companies
Matt Mochary reviews
The CoachVouch take
Matt Mochary turned his own coaching into a named method and built a team of ex-operators to deliver it.
Best for startup CEOs and founders who want a proven operating framework to scale their company.
Common questions
How much does Matt Mochary charge?
Coaching with Matt runs $175 to $325 an hour. Request an intro for an exact quote.
What does Matt Mochary help with?
Matt Mochary helps with scaling a startup past the founding stage, building team accountability, keeping a healthy balance over a 10-year startup run and applying tested operating frameworks used by top companies.
Does Matt Mochary coach every client himself?
No. The firm uses a team of ex-operators to coach with the Mochary Method, and Matt coaches only a few clients directly.
Does Mochary Method work with early-stage startups?
Yes. The firm offers flexible options for earlier-stage companies, and its client list includes seed stage companies.
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