Executive Coach

Matt Hunter

Matt supports growth and later-stage founders and CEOs in becoming great leaders, growing their businesses, and building winning cultures. He has 15 years of experience founding and leading companies, most notably co-founding Turnstyle (acquired by Yelp) and serving as President & CEO of Founders Pledge, an organization for high-impact giving that’s raised over $10B for charity from startup founders.

Current and Former Clients: Founders and CEOs from Fivetran, Splash, Veza, Checkmate, Mantra Health, Iterative.ai, RevvADAS, Nirvana Health, Colorado Premium, Nature’s Heart and more.

Previous Experience and Education: Matt has deep first-hand experience with leadership development, conflict mediation, strategy, fundraising, enterprise sales, culture building, managing, recruiting, and navigating mental health as a leader.

“I highly recommend Matt as an excellent empathetic, experienced coach, and founder. Through thoughtful, very open discussions, and practical challenges in between, he added a number of important, very practical communication and coaching frameworks into my tool belt.”

Ivan Shcheklein
CTO & Co-Founder @ Iterative.ai
"Matt helped me evolve into the leader my company needed to reach the next level. He has the rare ability to guide ultra-competitive leaders to build visionary companies without losing their humanity.”

Ben Hindman
Co-Founder @ Splash
“Coach Matt’s approach to understanding the founder relationship and scaling startups has been transformational for both of us, as well as Mantra.”

Ed Gaussen & Matt Kennedy
Co-Founders @ Mantra Health
“Coaching with Matt has been a truly life-changing experience. Matt is a coach with whom you can relate on all levels, and he possesses a breadth of tools for you to work with. Each session leaves you energized, motivated, and eager to push forward while staying connected to what’s important to you as a person.”

Raul Bermeo
Co-Founder @ Nature’s Heart & Terrafertil

Matt Hunter

“I highly recommend Matt as an excellent empathetic, experienced coach, and founder. Through thoughtful, very open discussions, and practical challenges in between, he added a number of important, very practical communication and coaching frameworks into my tool belt.”

"Matt helped me evolve into the leader my company needed to reach the next level. He has the rare ability to guide ultra-competitive leaders to build visionary companies without losing their humanity.”

“Coach Matt’s approach to understanding the founder relationship and scaling startups has been transformational for both of us, as well as Mantra.”