Hi, I'm Tarikh Korula.

I'm an ICF-certified executive coach who works with venture-backed founders and C-suite leaders navigating the hardest phases of building. I mentored with Reboot and Jerry Colonna—widely considered the gold standard for leadership coaching in startups—and I'm also an IMTA-certified mindfulness teacher with 20 years of meditation practice.

But my credibility isn't built on certificates. It's built on shared experience and scar tissue.

I've been a founder three times. I've raised venture capital, built products that reached millions of users, led teams through pivots, layoffs, and shutdowns, and found exits on the other side. I've lived the late-night panic, the cofounder tension, the board conversations where you're performing confidence you don't feel.

I came to coaching late—toward the end of my second startup—and I immediately regretted waiting so long. The wisdom and companionship opened a completely new way of understanding my role. Today I do this work for three reasons: to help founders accelerate their learning and avoid the mistakes I made, to break the crushing isolation of the role, and for the irreplaceable satisfaction of watching people overcome obstacles and find both success and wellbeing.

Since 2018, I've coached 120+ founders through 3,000+ hours of sessions. Four clients exited in the past 18 months. My clients come from companies backed by Y Combinator, a16z, First Round, Bessemer, True Ventures, Union Square Ventures, and Thrive Capital.

I used to grow products and companies. Now I grow people. It's the most rewarding work I've ever done.

I was born in Palo Alto and grew up bi-coastal, splitting my time between California and New York. I now live in Brooklyn with my wife and young son. We love to cook, watch old movies, listen to the Spiderman soundtrack exclusively (having graduated from "Wheels on the Bus"), and travel to new places.