We are excited to launch a new series to help founders achieve their full potential.
This program is designed for Verissimo Portfolio Founders, but we are happy to offer aspiring founders the opportunity to participate as well. To learn more, watch the video below.
To apply, click here.
💡 Part 1: Zone of Genius Cohort Program
4-Week Intensive Leadership Program
Discover and leverage your unique strengths to lead with greater impact and less burnout. Led by David Rust, former Lyft head of strategy and successful founder turned executive coach.
📈 What You'll Gain
- Clear identification of your leadership sweet spot
- Strategies to maximize time in high-impact activities
- Practical tools to delegate non-core tasks
- Enhanced leadership effectiveness
📋 Format
- Three group coaching sessions
- One private coaching session with David
- Actionable implementation plan
- Ongoing founder community access
- Note: Verissimo is subsidizing this program, but it does come at a nominal cost to participants
🧭 Part 2: Everything Else
Monthly Founder Excellence Series
Success isn’t just about engineering, growth, recruiting, or product—it’s about managing everything, all at the same time. Our goal is to help founders identify and maximize their Zone of Genius while uncovering and solving blind spots that will become barriers to success.
Our view is that a small amount of time spent with the right experts in each non-core operating domain can massively reduce the risks of critical elements going unnoticed and improve founders’ ability to delegate those functions.
By learning from experts and seasoned founders, each session provides a structured deep dive into core operating functions, helping first-time founders gain foresight and experienced founders accelerate their operations and avoid pitfalls as they scale.
📈 What You'll Gain
- Insights from seasoned founders, operators and select service providers
- Strategic foresight for business challenges
- Solutions to common operational blind spots
- Peer learning from the Verissimo community
📋 Format
- Regular sessions on key operational areas
- Expert-led presentations, fireside chats, deep dives, AMAs and more
- Peer discussion groups for shared learning
- Post-event content for continued learning and reference
Pro Tip: If you think a session isn’t relevant yet, that’s exactly why you should attend! Scaled success requires the ability to focus on everything, especially the things that you’re not currently concerned about.