How to stay sane as a Founder's Associate
You're the founder's right hand.
You jump between fundraising decks, hiring, ops fires and whatever landed on the CEO's desk this morning.
You're close to every big decision, and just as close to the pressure behind it.
The FA role is one of the most intense seats in a startup and one of the loneliest. There's rarely a peer who does exactly what you do and even more rarely a space to talk honestly about what it costs you.
Together with The Delta Campus, Deep Work is hosting an evening just for Founder's Associates to change that.
Founder of Deep Work, supports entrepreneurs and leaders through personal transformation processes. She combines insights from three intense life chapters — 15 years as a professional athlete in the Bundesliga and national team, 7 years in strategy consulting, and today as a coach and trained psychotherapist.
We'll cover
- An honest look at what makes the FA role so intense and what it costs you
- Practical tools you can use the next morning
- Open conversation with other FAs who know exactly what you're dealing with
- A clearer read on what drives your stress and what helps you recover
- Tools to handle performance pressure without burning out
- A network of peers who get the role
- Founder's associates working as the founder's right hand
- FAs who move between fundraising, hiring, operations and whatever lands on the CEO's desk
- FAs looking for peers and an honest space to talk about the pressure of the role
