11 Tribes Ventures proactively invests into the resilience of our portfolio of founders. In partnership with our investors (LPs) we allocate an additional 2% of non-dilutive capital on top of each investment to the founding team. We believe health begins with leadership and startups win or lose as a factor of endurance and resilience.

We identified 6 channels and vetted and aggregated world-class service providers within each.

We call this our Founder Resilience Menu.

  1. Leadership Development
  2. Executive Coaching
  3. Counseling
  4. Organizational Health
  5. Community Platforms
  6. Financial Health

Leadership Development


Name Contact Description
White Stone Coaching Peter Awad The average company is 57% efficient. That’s because traditional leadership typically leads to unhealthy communication, drama, burnout, and a downright ineffective team. Suppose you want to become a legendary leader who can build a self-managing company that becomes more effective daily and has a much more significant impact. Peter Awad and his team at White Stone Coaching will help you transform as a leader, become more efficient and profitable, identify your superpowers and spend most of your day sitting in that pocket, and ultimately, have more stability and freedom and get your priorities straight.
Mike Del Ponte Coaching Mike Del Ponte Mike has empowered founders to rapidly scale their start-ups to $4 billion in total valuations. His expertise in fundraising, revenue growth, and building world-class teams has helped his clients thrive while avoiding painful mistakes. In addition to being a CEO coach, Mike is a serial entrepreneur and investor. He has raised over $10M from top VCs and sold Soma in 2017.
WiLD Leaders Daniel Hallak Wild Leaders is on a mission to intentionally prepare a generation of courageous and sacrificial leaders who will lead the way in reflecting light into a world where darkness is the default  — a generation of leaders who will bring thoughtfulness, conviction, hope, resourcing, strategic thinking, and deeply rooted care to the institutions and people they serve.
Placio Coaching Jim Placio Jim brings a blend of deep experience coaching alongside the practical experience of building and leading a high-performing team in the finance industry.  His capacity to relate and draw on his own experience as a leader, applying these tools and frameworks in the field, makes him extremely unique.  Working with Jim offers a dynamic combination of a leadership coach who evolved as a highly successful leader implementing the tools he now teaches.
15Sixty Clay Stelzer Having worked with many of the most innovative companies in the world to develop breakthrough products and services, Clay understands innovation is a function of people, not ideas. Since shifting focus from “product innovation” to “people innovation”, Clay has become an accomplished leadership coach and speaker focused on helping leaders, teams, and organizations wake up to their potential.

Executive Coaching


Name Contact Description
Navigate the Journey Traci Barrett & Tom Barrett We work with owners & leadership teams of entrepreneurial companies that are growth oriented, willing to be open & honest about what is holding them back, and open to the change necessary to break through to the next level.

We help the owners & leadership teams of entrepreneurial companies get what they want from their business & life by utilizing proven and power processes including, EOS, Strategic Planning, Team Health Workshop, and LifePlan. | | Brandon Addison Coaching | Brandon Addison | Brandon helps high-capacity leaders and organizations towards a healthier, integrated, and ultimately more impactful life. Instead of skimming the surface of leadership technique or offering improved ways to survive, Brandon focuses on the being and core of the leader.

Brandon coaches the leader and their story, helping them discover a deeper presence beyond performance, forge integration and connection, and reawaken an energy toward life, especially in the 4 key relationships that matter most: work, self, world, and others. | | Cashion Strategies | Ben Cashion | Ben works with CEO's and other executives who are scaling their businesses. Bringing over 100 specific tools and frameworks, I work with my clients to tackle the most high dollar and high impact topics regarding strategy, leadership, and life.

My coaching philosophy is simple - build a 100% custom approach for every client bringing outside perspective, useful strategy, measured accountability, and energizing hope. | | Sunderland Coaching | Debra Sunderland | Debra knows what it takes to move from defensive thinking to conscious leadership. She spent her whole life as an overachiever and thanks to a near-death cycling accident, she has made it her life’s mission to coach CEOs, executives, and leaders to accept their Genuis-Ship and become the conscious leader that they are called to be in order to be clear to do what they are here to do. |

Counseling


Name Contact Description
Mind Impact Consulting Dr. Melissa Milanak Dr. Melissa Milanak is a licensed clinical psychologist, executive consultant and keynote speaker specializing in improving workplace effectiveness and quality of life by helping professionals develop a mindset focused on successfully overcoming various work and personal challenges.
Tin Man Ministries Multiple Contacts Tin Man provides coaching, mentoring, consulting, and offers guidance to those who want to recover the life they've lost and discover the life they desire, by learning to live from the heart.

Organizational Health


Name Contact Description
Tommy Bowman Coaching Tommy Bowman Tommy specializes in organizational clarity coaching as he recognizes that there is nothing more vital for a team than being unified around why you exist, where you are going and how you will get there and so much more. Tommy is a gifted facilitator and can help take your organization to the next level.
Confidante Consulting Annie Garofalo We spend years working on our personal relationships, why don't we do the same when building partnerships with our co-founders? Co-founder relationship coaching helps you discuss the essential topics - equity splits, leadership styles, titles and responsibilities - before they become deal breakers.

Annie has dedicated her decade- long career to advising, studying, and building teams as a founder, consultant, and operator. She holds her MBA & MA in Sociology from Stanford and BA in Neurobiology from Harvard. | | Table Group | Keith Hadley | Keith brings 25 years of operational leadership and management experience to his partnership with The Table Group. Keith provides a no-nonsense, practical approach to building cohesive teams, clarifying strategy and creating competitive advantage.

Whether he’s working with executives one-on-one or with the entire leadership team, Keith’s passion and expertise are compelling. His skill for helping teams cut through complexity and commit to unified action has made Keith a sought after facilitator and coach. |