From Start-Up To Grown-Up with The #1 Start-Up Coach In The World, Alisa Cohn

This week’s conversation with our guest will be short, because I will have to spend a long time talking about all of her incredible achievements. She was named: #1 Startup Coach in the worldTop 30 Global Gurus for Startups Writes for Inc, Forbes, and HBRHas been featured in BBC, Bloomberg, NYT and WSJ Client list includes: Venmo, Draft Kings, Microsoft, Google, Pfizer, Dell, IBM, Calvin KleinAnd is the author of “From Start-up to Grown-Up: Grow Your Leadership To Grow Your BusinessOne thing that many people don’t know about this week’s guest is that she is an Amateur rapper. Coaching Connoisseur and Start-Up Savant, Alisa Cohn is this week’s guest on “The Jake Dunlap Show.” Alisa graduated from Boston University with her Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism, and later went on to also receive her MBA at Cornell University. Early in her career, she was exposed to the non-profit world where she became extremely interested in what motivates people to work in alignment with their organizations. She later found herself working at a Big Four Professional Services Firm, where she was on a fast track to partner. One day after 2 years, she hoped she would have the flu so she didn’t have to go to work. 18 hours later, she had to go to the emergency room with the flu, and realized that hard work was not the path. She met a coach at a conference, and decided that was the path she wanted to do. Alisa coached people as a side hustle while serving as a CFO. Alisa is now the CEO of Alisa Cohn and Associates, where she specializes in:Startup coaching - founders, co-founders, CEOs, executive teams and their investorsBuilding influenceNew leader onboardingDeveloping a strong personal brandNavigating corporate politicsBuilding your social capitalIncreasing your resilience - building mental toughnessFeedback and coaching Please enjoy this week’s episode with Alisa Cohn.  Achievements:Author of From Start-up to Grown-up and (podcast host of the same name)Top Startup Coach in the World at the Thinkers50/Marshall Goldsmith Global Coaches Awards#1 Global Guru for Startups in 2021 and 2022, A sought-after speaker, Inc. named one of the top 100 leadership speakerskeynoted events for IBM, PwC, Dell, and Citi. The executive coach for Runway, the incubator at Cornell’s New York City campus. A regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Inc, and she's been featured as an expert on BBC World News and in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. An angel investor and a Broadway investor Additional Links:From Start-Up to Grown-Up Book Link: https://www.alisacohn.com/start-up/5 Scripts PDF Download: http://alisacohn.com/5scriptsFrom Start-Up to Grown-Up Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-start-up-to-grown-up/id1576751076Alisa’s Rap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av0kma7rHD4"The Secret": https://www.thesecret.tv/ Alisa Social Media:Instagram: @alisacohnTwitter: @alisacohnFacebook: facebook.com/alisa.cohnLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisacohn/Website: http://www.alisacohn.com Jake Dunlap:Personal Site - http://jakedunlap.com/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakedunlap/Twitter - https://twitter.com/JakeTDunlapInstagram - http://instagram.com/jake\_dunlap _Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JakeTDunlap/ Skaled:Website - https://skaled.com/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/skaled