043: From Start-Up to Grown-Up (and Coach to Author) with Alisa Cohn

Alisa Cohn has been coaching startup founders to grow into world-class CEOs for nearly 20 years. Today's we're discussing what she calls the "unnatural act of leading other adults" from her new book, From Start-Up to Grown-Up. We also discuss her own journey to becoming a published author, and the resistance roadblocks she had to move past along the way.

More About Alisa: Named the Top Startup Coach in the World at the Thinkers50/Marshall Goldsmith Global Coaches Awards in London, Alisa Cohn has been coaching startup founders to grow into world-class CEOs for nearly 20 years. She is the author of From Start-Up to Grown-Up, published by Kogan Page. A onetime startup CFO, strategy consultant, and current angel investor and advisor, she was named the number one β€œGlobal Guru” of startups in 2021, and has worked with startup companies such as Venmo, Etsy, and more.

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πŸ“˜ Books Mentioned: Pivot, Free Time: Lose The Busywork, Love Your Business, From Start-Up to Grown-Up, The Long Game, Tools of Titans, Immunity to Change

πŸ”— Resources Mentioned: Alisa on the web: Alisa Cohn, Twitter: @AlisaCohn, LinkedIn: @AlisaCohn, Immunity to Change process and book

πŸŽ™ Related Episodes: 035: The Long Game with Dorie Clark, 190: The Commitment to Create with Michael Bungay Stanier, 031: Eleventh-Hour Creative Gremlins

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Jenny Blake

Jenny Blake is a career and business strategist and international speaker who helps people people organize their brain, move beyond burnout and create sustainable careers they love. She is the author of PIVOT: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One (Portfolio/Penguin Random House, September 2016). Jenny left her job in career development at Google in 2011 after five and a half years at the company to launch her first book, Life After College, and has since run her own consulting business in New York City. Find her on Twitter @Jenny_Blake and subscribe to the Pivot Podcast

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