#539: Alisa Cohn on Prenups for Startup Founders, How to Reinvent Your Career, the Importance of "Pre-Mortems," and the Three Selves

Alisa Cohn on Prenups for Startup Founders, How to
Reinvent Your Career, the Importance of "Pre-Mortems," and the
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Alisa Cohn (@AlisaCohn) is one of the most
prominent startup coaches in the world. She has advised founders
and executives at Venmo, Etsy, DraftKings, Wirecutter, Mack
Weldon, InVision, Tory Burch, and others. She has also coached
CEOs and C-suite executives at enterprises such as Dell, Hitachi,
Sony, Google, Microsoft, Bloomberg, The New York Times Company,
and Calvin Klein.


She is the author of From Start-Up to
Grown-Up, a guidebook for entrepreneurs on the
leadership journey from founder to CEO, and host of the From
Start-Up to Grown-Up Podcast. Her articles have appeared
in Harvard Business Review, Forbes,
and Inc. magazines, and she has been featured as an
expert on Bloomberg TV, the BBC World News, and in The New
York Times. A recovering CPA and one-time startup CFO and
strategy consultant, she is now an angel investor and advisory
board member. Outside of work, she is a (very) amateur rap artist
and an investor in Broadway shows, two of which have won Tony
Awards.


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