Over the past two decades I have walked alongside hundreds of founders, athletes, investors and friends navigating peak performance in high-growth environments.
I’m Carolynn.
My biggest takeaway? The ones who thrive under pressure train for it.
I use my experience in both sport psychology and professional coaching to help founders and those invested in them build the things that matter.
Some ways I can help:
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Most facilitators know teams. Not many of them know teams under the kind of pressure that comes from building fast, with no season for recovery. After spending years working in both high-performance sport and high-growth startups, I create custom programming for a one-off portfolio-wide session or (even better) embedded in your next founder retreat. I can support with tailored work on role clarity under pressure, cofounder and team dynamics, managing load and energy, reducing friction, and building systems people can use today.
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A structured, recurring read on founder and team capacity built on the same monitoring principles elite sport uses to catch overtraining before it shows up in performance. This can look like a confidential assessment on load and recovery balance, energy balance and early markers of strain, delivered on a regular cadence. When used the right way, we create a leading indicator that sits alongside your existing reporting built to surface risk while there's still time to act on it.
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I work directly with founders in the 90 days after you invest aka: the highest-risk window for decision quality, when hiring, board structure and new pressure all land at once. This looks like a close working relationship: offloading day-to-day noise, strategizing priorities and acting on your next moves together. The engagement is fixed and outcome-driven, with visible progress mapped at day 30, 60 and 90. This significantly reduces cognitive load and stabilizes decision-making right from the start.