tim noakesmith
I help high-impact founders become world-class leaders.
Get clarity.
Scale your company.
Enjoy the journey.
Award-winning founder turned coach.
The pervasive myth that being a founder has to only mean lots of suffering is bullshit.
As a founder, you know the entrepreneurial journey is anything but a straight line. Instead, too often it’s a relentless rollercoaster of extreme highs and soul-crushing lows - a never-ending barrage of problems that just seem to multiply.
One minute you're riding the adrenaline high, the next you're avoiding hard conversations, fighting with your co-founder, or battling to keep your investors happy. It can feel lonely, isolating, and have you constantly questioning yourself.
You probably tell yourself that this is just “part of the journey”. And sure, it’s tough, but the need to suffer is total bullshit. You shouldn’t just be ‘surviving’. The emotional swings, the burnout, the never-there-at-home... these aren’t inevitable. They’re a reflection of your inner game.
When you shift the entrenched patterns and beliefs that are holding you back, you can become a more inspiring, balanced, and resourceful leader for your company, all whilst enjoying the journey much more.
The fastest route there is with external accountability and support; acting as an objective and fiercely honest mirror for you, generating those 'a-ha!' moments. Someone that’s there to hear the things you’re afraid to voice with your leadership team or board.
I don’t do generic exec-coaching. Instead, I understand the unique challenges founders face because I’ve been an award-winning founder myself. I've rallied the vision, built the teams, set the strategy and raised the capital while feeling all the highs, the lows, the wins, the huge mistakes and everything in between.
There are plenty of blog posts and books about how to run a startup, but if that is all it took you would just buy the book and call it a day. No doubt you've tried that one already.
My coaching is not for the faint of heart, it can be deep and often uncomfortable work, but the payoff is huge, for you and for your company.
You'll discover your own unique way of leading, find more enjoyment in your fullest self, and along the way become a better human.
We don't have to do it alone, nor do we need to.
Tim Noakesmith
TRusted by founders and leaders at companies backed by
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"Tim changed my life. I'm happier, a better leader, am doing great work, and feel in flow. It's so rare to get a coach who has raised $100 million for his own company and deeply understands the founder journey. Tim will become known as one of the best coaches in the world, and if you're reading this, you're early."
Max Marchione
Cofounder | Superpower
"Tim has been a game-changer. His coaching has significantly elevated my leadership skills, entrepreneurial capability and increased my personal life satisfaction through more awareness and joy.
Tim’s experience as a successful founder, combined with his deep understanding of multiple best-in-class coaching frameworks, makes his insights invaluable. He has helped me to realise when I'm "below the line" and supports me to shift, whilst gaining invaluable new insights and perspectives. Given how deeply passionate and skilled Tim is, it's been a pleasure to work and learn from him.
I am deeply thankful for Tim’s support. He is a standout coach, and I would highly recommend working with him if your an ambitious entrepreneur or leader looking for a break-through and to level up."
Steve Chapman
Cofounder & CEO | Hyro
"Tim is refreshingly fast and frank at getting to the good stuff (by “good stuff” I mean; deep, stuck, tender stuff). His ability to pinpoint core issues and address them with practical precision is remarkable. Tim's approach of using consistent reps to build better habits has been transformative for me. His coaching is not about coachy platitudes and short-term fixes, it is about doing the real work with love and support. If you’re looking for a coach who will genuinely understand your challenges and help you build a stronger, more resilient mindset, Tim is the perfect choice."
Frankie Kunz
Cofounder & Director | HealthBank
“Tim has changed the way I turn up each day - for my family, friends and my business. His empathetic, conscious and immersive coaching style has had an immense impact on my life (in a very short space of time).
With experience doing successful startups, whilst also maintaining his sense of being along the way - he is the perfect person to guide any builder with ambition.”
Rory Oxenham
Cofounder | Cecil
"Tim's coaching style is both empowering and compassionate. Working with him during a time of self-doubt, he’d begin each of our sessions together by first understand where I was, and how I needed him to show up in that moment. He didn't just offer solutions; he equipped me with the tools and confidence to find my own answers. He has a remarkable ability to create a safe and non-judgmental space where I could openly explore my thoughts and feelings. His insightful guidance has been instrumental in helping me navigate that period of self-rediscovery, and manage my anxiety more effectively."
Rachel Carruthers
Global Platform Partnerships | Canva
"Tim is a vivid communicator, a deep listener, a fascinating human, and an all round lovely guy. The three months I’ve spent working with him has felt like entering a cosmic time machine of learning and growth.
With Tim’s coaching, I’ve turned complex personal and work related challenges into breeding grounds for immense self-discovery and personal evolution. I've learnt to shift from fear to wonder and curiosity, from a victim mindset to one of pure self-responsibility, and from a hero to an empowered and empowering collaborator.
I feel myself taking on healthier roles in my daily interactions as a founder, friend, family member, and lover. It’s not always perfect, but on a whole I have deeper access to feelings of lightness, groundedness, and intuition. The impact my work with Tim has had on my relationships and business has already been profound, and will no doubt continue to be for years to come.
Oli Wright
Cofounder | Ezra
"It’s been such a joy working with Tim. He is able to effortlessly link business and personal challenges, and provide you with the practical tools and the emotional support to navigate through them. It’s really rare to meet someone who you instantly feel supported by and that you can trust implicitly. I’m beyond grateful to have a beautiful human like you as my cheerleader, I kind of feel invincible now!."
Hayley Rose
Founder & CEO | Archer
"Working with Tim has profoundly impacted my personal and professional growth. Tim's unique ability to identify and dismantle inner voices and unproductive patterns has helped me get into flow state more often and when uncertainty arises, he has been there to help me view each challenge as an opportunity to learn and grow.
Tim provided a pathway to a more authentic connection with my co-founder, Oli, fostering a healthier partnership. His teachings on operating "above the line" and practicing conscious leadership have refined my leadership style, bringing greater purpose and meaning to my life.
Tim's practical experience as a founder at Vow helped during those make or break moments. I wholeheartedly recommend Tim to anyone looking to unlock their full potential.
Tobias Vogel
Cofounder | Ezra
"I feel really present throughout my time with Tim. His style helps me distill what I'm feeling, while remaining deep in it. He encourages this perfect balance between cognition and feeling."
Alex Andrews
Cofounder - Verve Super | Commercial & Investments Director - Boundless Earth
"Tim goes deep into the core of what it means to be a leader and a fulfilled human being.Through our weekly calls and ongoing support, Tim has helped me to develop a more authentic and effective leadership style, uncover and break through self-imposed limitations, and gain a greater sense of purpose and meaning in both my professional and personal life.
What sets Tim apart is his ability to address the "inner game". He has an almost shamanic talent for disrupting patterns that have held me back, and has given me the tools and skills to face shadows and show up. I feel like Tim’s helped me find greater authorship over my life and a clearer vision of the leader I want to be.
I cannot recommend Tim highly enough. His coaching has been a game-changer for me. It’s made the whole journey more rewarding.
Tim Veron
Founder & CEO | Vively
"Tim does what world class coaches do... he sees the unlimited potential of you, and he knows how to tap into it."
Leigh Sherman
MD - Hillspeed Group | Entrepreneur in Residence - Techstars | CEO Coach Performance Coach
Who is it for?
Startup founders & CEO's.
I primarily work with Seed to Series C stage founders
with 10-300 team members.
I prefer to work with people who have huge visions, are already self-aware, and are eager to talk as much about the inner experience as they do with the outer.
Committed to doing the inner work.
Your experience and results are a direct reflection of your inner world. When you shift your patterns and beliefs, you'll be able to create the results you want with ease and joy.
It's powerful and at times uncomfortable work.
You take ownership of your own experience, seek to be the driver of your own change and you're willing to put in the work in order to grow.
I'll encourage you to go BIG. While finding your own style of leadership.
See coaching as a high impact opportunity to invest in yourself.
If you're coming to coaching primarily to satisfy the expectations of someone other than yourself (a supervisor, investor, co-founder, etc) then it's probably not a good fit.
If you're motivated primarily by external outcomes like money, influence, power, etc. then it's probably not a good fit.
If you're approaching coaching transactionally–looking for what will lead to a quick fix then it's probably not a good fit.
If you're open to learning, listening, being wrong, seeing things in new ways, and trying new behaviors then we might be a match.
My process
1
Onboarding
We start strong. I'll ask you to give me access to a select number of people in your inner circles - both professionally and personally. My goal is to be able to understand you and support you on a deep level from our very first session, as well as understand the context in which you currently create from.
2
First sessions
From the get-go we're going to get really clear on what an unbelievable outcome would look like, and who you're being in that perceived future. We'll gain clarity on the patterns and thinking that have typically gotten in your way and immediately set to work on those. The first month will likely be a combination of thrilling and confronting.
3
In-between Sessions
Generally there's work to do in-between. Most of my clients come to love the challenges in-between sessions - the feedback cycles get addictive and often brings up new stimulus to learn from, and to work through in sessions.
4
Cadence
I work with clients on an ongoing monthly retainer. No packages, no paying for a year up front. If it continues to be a hell-yes energy, we keep working together, if it doesn't then we don't.
I see most clients on average twice a month. This is the minimum, but not the maximum. Everyone that works with me can book in as much time with me between sessions as they need.
Sometimes, when facing a crisis, or when processing something big, I'll see clients multiple times in a single week. I keep my number of clients to a tight group so I can provide this kind of flexibility.
A glimpse of what we'll cover
If you want deeper context on what to expect in my coaching across leadership, SELF and my commitments to you - i've put together an overview doc. if you pop your email in below and I'll send it to you. (i'll never spam you.)
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Personally, I'm on a mission to positively impact the lives of 10 million people by 2035.Find out if we're a match
My chosen path is to amplify the impact of truly-great founders. It's incredibly energising for me and I love what I do.
Perhaps I'm the coach for you, it's also possible I'm not, either way, I welcome you to drop me a line or book in a call and I'll help you on your mission in any way I can.