Fundraising Coaching
For founders who think they need capital, and the 90% who actually need a sharper business strategy.
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Our services
One practice. Six services. The right one is usually the one you didn't expect.
Most founders come in for one of these. The engagement usually ends up working two or three at the same time. That's not feature creep. It's how businesses actually move.
Who we work with
Are you a fit?
BEST Coaches works with operators inside companies doing $500K to $5M in annual revenue. Past the survival stage. Not yet at the institutional stage. The window where one good decision moves the next five years.
You're a fit when
- You're between $500K and $5M in revenue.
- You're growing, but the next gear is unclear.
- You think you need to raise money, or you're not sure if you should.
- You're operating in or curious about sustainable / alt energy / plant-based verticals.
- You can stick to a weekly game plan if someone holds you to it.
You're not a fit when
- You haven't yet built the first version of a paying business.
- You're attached to a tactic and not open to looking at the system underneath it.
- You want someone to do the work instead of coach you through it.
- You're not open to changing the model when the model is the problem.
What we coach on
Pick the one you think you're in. We'll find the one you actually are.
Business Strategy Coaching
Test the idea. Sharpen the model. Build the game plan you can hold yourself to.
Read more →General Business Coaching
Cash flow. Team. Sales. AI-augmented operations. The unsexy work that decides who survives.
Read more →Sustainable Business Coaching
Profitable sustainability. Triple-bottom-line strategy. Government programs and ESG capital.
Read more →Alternative Energy Business Coaching
Customer identification, fundraising, and verticals for energy founders.
Read more →Plant-Based Foods Business Coaching
Climate-positioned food businesses: model, message, and money.
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Our framework
The 5 Stages of Sustainable Business.
Every business we coach sits somewhere on this ladder. Most don't know which rung they're on. The sweet spot is stages 3 through 5.
01
Make money, period.
Disregard environment. Survival mode.
02
Make money, care a little.
Sustainability shows up at the margins.
03
Want to do something about it.
Already profitable. Looking for ways in.
04
Earning on sustainability.
Aligned model. Want more of it.
05
Sustainability is the business.
Triple-bottom-line is the operating model.