PREVENTING CO-FOUNDER CONFLICT
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ABOUT CONFIDANTE
Confidante offers curriculum-based coaching to startup teams to help them navigate interpersonal relationships and conflicts that arise when building a company, increasing the likelihood that founding teams are able to stay with the company as it grows.
Confidante was founded in 2019 out of Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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ANNIE GAROFALO
Founding Team Relationship Coach
Annie strives to smooth the bumpy road of entrepreneurs by supporting the relationship development of founders and teams across the life cycle of a company. She launched Confidante in 2019 as a passion project, and has been excited by the demand for these types of services. Get to know Annie by scheduling a quick 20 minute chat here.
Annie draws directly from her academic background in neurobiology at Harvard University (BA), and organizational behavior and coaching at Stanford University (MBA & MA Sociology) as well as her professional experience as a growth strategy consultant (Innosight) and former founder (My Merkata).
Annie spends her free time volunteering for Stanford Women on Boards, as well as designing and renovating her COVID purchase, a tiny home on wheels.
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Questions, comments or general interest in how we support founders? We’d love to hear from you, so don’t hesitate in reaching out today.