Noah Abelson-Gertler

I’m speaking at & inviting you to join the biggest Post Exit Founders Virtual Conf on Nov 6th, co-hosted by Barak Kaufman @barak_kaufman (2,500+ PEF community), Connor Tomkies @connortomkies_ (Entrepreneur Cooperative) & Max Pog @maxpogu.

What changed in my life after exiting the startup I brought public in 2019? I realized that everything comes down to purpose. Finding your purpose as a post-exit founder is key- its the ultimate regret mitigator Curious to hear stories and experiences of other exited founders?

“Look how many I killed with my own hands! Your son killed Jews!” Listen to a phone call of a Hamas terrorist calling home, bragging about how many people he massacred. The whole world needs to hear this.

Eyal Waldman is a successful Israeli businessman. He built R&D centers in the West Bank & Gaza to employ Palestinian developers. He hopped it would improve their economic condition and build bridges between Israelis and Palestinians. Last weekend, Hamas murdered his daughter Danielle and her boyfriend, Noam, at the music festival in southern Israel. Eyal says of the young couple, "Danielle and Noam loved dancing, and I hope they continue dancing somewhere up there."

So let’s talk about this nonsense: 1) The warnings for evacuation started 5 days ago. 2) The 24 hours is from the UN. Israel has said they understand it could take longer. 3) Hamas is actively trying to keep people from leaving to use them as human shields. 4) What other army in the world pauses their attacks and puts their soldiers at greater risk by warning the enemy as to try to give civilians a chance to leave? 5) Every hour that Israel delays means more rocket attacks on Israelis, gives Hamas more chance to lay traps for them in a ground operation, and reduces the chances of saving the hostages in Gaza. Hostages, including Americans, that you will notice people like AOC and others simply pretend don’t exist. There are infants that have now been held by terrorists for 6 days. Any idea what Hamas is doing to the young women they kidnapped? 6) What alternative are people like AOC offering Israel? They do nothing and allow a group that just massacred 1300 of their citizens to stay in power and prepare for the next attack? They wait 2 weeks- as if AOC and her ilk will support it then? They offer not solutions and no concern for those dealing with this reality on the Israeli side, just attacks.

Looking to connect with building owners in high profile US markets and prominent locations to display images of the missing hostages being held by Hamas. Please DM me for more info. Buildings with digital billboards preferred but if not, low reflection ok too. 💙🇮🇱

@richardpoelderl @andreasklinger So well said!!! Long game. baby steps for all of us as we progressively get better ay leaning into personal and interpersonal wellbeing!!!

@NoahAbelson @andreasklinger Definitely a recurring pattern in so many fields of personal wellbeing. But it's a long game, so that experience is a good insight in and of itself.

Recently a portfolio founder team split up. What drove me nuts was that they never spoke with a coach before. Founder relationships are similar-ish to marriages. They require work. If you think you might be in this situation – DM me - happy to intro to great specialized coaches

@alexmarktl @andreasklinger depends on the stage of the conflict. If trust or confidence in the other is lost and beyond repair, coaching will not help...

@andreasklinger You’re generally right, but on the other hand: building a startup is already so hard that the last thing you need are extra challenges like founder twists. But I guess a coach is at least worth a try…

@richardpoelderl @andreasklinger Too common of an experience "wish we had turned to coaching earlier".

@andreasklinger After having split up with my co-founder and went through that hardship, I can definitely recommend a coach for founder relationships. Ultimately, that relationship was beyond repair but the coaching still helped. Wish we had turned to that earlier.

@aboutido @andreasklinger Well said!

@andreasklinger 100%. Your first product is your team. Develop and nurture it 😀

@J_wilkinson @andreasklinger Great connecting today (; !

@andreasklinger Such a good point. Have to work on it - they don't just "happen"

@_subnet @BartronPolygon @andreasklinger With you on this- cofounders look towards Cofounder coaching way too late. It needs to be invested in earlier just like so many other functions and assets within the business. Especially considering that Cofounder breakups are the number one reason why scaleups and startups 💣

@BartronPolygon @andreasklinger Agree - if they need founder-counseling, often (*) 1st step to breakup. Maybe better to cut quick & clean. exceptions might occur, of course. (*) n=2 from my experience ;)

@byosko @gunnr Ben- That is a fantastic/indepth post!!! I will share it with founders I mentor and coach! I shared an additional resource in the comments

@NoahAbelson @gunnr Thanks Noah. I just published my post on the topic of co-founder relationships here: focusedchaos.co/p/great-cofoun… I welcome feedback + comments! Feel free to share resources there too.

The co-founder relationship is often like a soap opera. Founders: What are you doing to maintain a good relationship with your co-founder? Please share in comments (or DM me if you'd prefer!)

@gunnr @andreasklinger @gunnr 🙏🙌 @andreasklinger Im slow on the uptake on Twitter... Would love to connect sometime whether or not the the CTO is still looking for a coach

@andreasklinger @NoahAbelson is amazing. Works with CEOs & CTOs.

Who is a good CTO coach you’d recommend? Customer is ex-lead engineer now in first startup CTO role with a complex product.

@byosko @gunnr @gunnr Thanks for the shoutout brother! @byosko happy to connect, and alternatively happy to share some useful free resources (:

@gunnr @NoahAbelson Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

If you’re interested in some founder myth-busting, and a bunch of tips and tools to uplevel your Cofounder relationship, check out my interview on Billion Dollar Tech: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bil… #interview #tech #cofounder #cofounders

@edbatista @edbatista Thanks for the mention here. Awesome connecting with you and learning about your impactful coaching philosophy, style, and relationships with clients from numerous sectors!!!

Noah @NoahAbelson Abelson-Gertler, a former CEO who draws on his own leadership experience to conduct 1:1 work with founders as well as co-founder coaching foundersjourney.io 37/

As an executive coach with a solo practice, working exclusively 1:1 with leaders, my colleagues are a vitally important community for me (especially these days), and lately I've had some amazing conversations with people who are among the best in this business... 1/

@christineptao @wesleybarrow @briannekimmel @LoriMazan @christineptao It turns out I can be more attentive to twitter 🤣 . Thanks for the shoutout!!!

@wesleybarrow @briannekimmel @NoahAbelson tagging you in, and of course @LoriMazan who is both a founder AND a coach. :)

Are any former founders now a full-time executive coach?

If you or a founder in your network are looking to work on your growth edges alongside a group of like-minded founders, Founder's Circle will be launching (bi-weekly Wednesdays, 9am Pacific, noon Eastern, 6 pm CEST). Shoot me an email or a DM docs.google.com/document/d/18N… #founders

Starting to think through what our fam is going to do for #CaptainTom100 challenge coming up on April 30th (through May 3rd), if anyone wants to brainstorm/join up for it, we would love to!!! youtube.com/watch?v=3ZVAgj…