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Adam Dexter

Founder Coach at TheStartupFounderCoach.com

San Francisco, California, United States · 1 connection

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About

I coach startup founders through the hardest parts of being an entrepreneur and building a company. The stuff less people talk about publicly and the media often gets wrong. Co-founder conflict, leadership burnout, the gap between scrappy do-everything founder and scalable leader. My clients include YC and Techstars founders, teams backed by Lightspeed, Precursor, AME, Index Ventures, Founders Fund, and Insight Partners, and profitable bootstrapped founders. I specialize in co-founder relationships and conflict resolution: repairing trust, untangling tension, and helping founding teams actually work together as executive leaders. I've coached 100+ founders from Angel through Series B+. I coach from experience. I founded Omni, a VC-backed storage and logistics company — raised $35MM+, scaled through Series B, exited to Coinbase in 2019. I was the first VP of Product at Clearstory (Series A), Head of Brand and Design at Kasa (Series C), and built the creative production agency and early art residency program inside Summit Series. My approach is what I call Mentorship Coaching — a blend of Socratic coaching and hands-on tactical advisory, adapted to what each client actually needs in

Experience

Founder Coach & Startup AdvisorTheStartUpFounderCoach.com
Oct 2018
MentorTechstars
Oct 2023
Founder Coach & MentorStartOut
Jun 2025
MentorMission Bit
Apr 2021
Creative ConsultantDexter Projects
Oct 2018
PartnerSummit
Dec 2010
Head of Production, Art and Design / Executive Event Producer / ProductSummit
Dec 2010 to Mar 2014
Advisor - Design and ExperienceAlchemy Springs
Mar 2022
Head of all Brand and Design (Senior Director)Kasa
Nov 2023 to Jul 2024
PartnerSummit Powder Mountain
Feb 2012 to Mar 2023
Vice President Of ProductClearstory
Mar 2021 to Mar 2022
Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer (CPO) / Head of Infrastructure, Logistics, and R&DOmni Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Aug 2014 to Mar 2018
Adjunct Professor - Graphic DesignBoston University
Sep 2009 to Dec 2010
Frontend Web Developer and DesignerJESS3
Sep 2008 to Feb 2010
Creative / Mac SpecialistApple
Dec 2005 to Aug 2008

Education

American University
Bachelor of Science / Arts - BS/BA, "New Media Business and Digital Technology", Business Management, Computer Science, Graphic Design, Marketing, Audio Technology, Communications
Swampscott High School