Turn Founder Tension Into Alignment: A 10-Week Accelerator for the Messy Middle
No one trained you to be a Cofounder…
That’s Where My Cofounder Accelerator Programme comes in
This is for co-founders navigating the messy middle—scaling teams of 10-150 where partnership tension threatens momentum. Over 10 weeks, you’ll rebuild three things that define scale: your company, your leadership, and yourselves. Through weekly live masterclasses, optional coaching, modular toolkits, and a community of founders who hold you accountable, you’ll turn theory into execution. Because companies rarely fail to scale on strategy alone — it’s how cofounders work together that makes the difference. And when the cofounders transform, the company follows.
The curriculum draws directly on the tools in From Dream Team to Divorce? — including:
- The Partnership Pulse™ Protocol – A structured meeting architecture that separates Governance from the Grind, so strategic, operational and relationship conversations each get their own space and cadence.
- The Stormline Map™ – Read the predictable patterns behind cofounder conflict and learn where you are on the curve from tension to crisis.
- Always Be Contracting (ABC) – A live framework for renegotiating the Three Rs: Roles, Rewards and Relationship as your business evolves.
- Branching Paths of Choice – A decision framework for what comes next: Stay and Rebuild, Redesign the Partnership, or Prepare a Conscious Exit — so you’re not forced into decisions under pressure.
- The Issues Clearing Model – A 4-step structured conversation framework for raising concerns with honesty and compassion, untangling facts from emotion, and resolving conflict before it becomes toxic.
You’re not starting from scratch — you’re working with a system built on decades of working with and coaching founders through the critical middle of growth.
10 Weeks, 4 Core Movements
1: Orientation & Cofounder Diagnosis
Diagnose where your cofounder relationship stands today. Using tools from From Dream Team to Divorce? including the Stormline Map™ and the Partnership Pulse™ Protocol to create your 10-week transformation roadmap. Outcomes: Clear diagnosis of current stage + personalised action priorities.
2: Good Foundations – Vision, Roles, Motivation
Build the structural foundation missing from 80% of founder conflicts.We apply the Co‑founder Foundations framework from From Dream Team to Divorce? to translate your story, roles and motivations into a one‑page charter you can actually use
Outcomes: 1-page Vision & Roles Charter + motivation alignment worksheet & behavioural assessment
3: The Stormline Map™ – Reading Your Story
Spot tension before it becomes conflict. Learn to identify Base/Mid/Peak patterns in your real conversations and use de-escalation moves that work when emotions run high.
Outcomes: your personal Stormline Map™ + 5-minute de-escalation toolkit.
4: Business Health Check – Stabilising the Foundation
Know your numbers so emotions don’t run the business. Master cashflow survival, identify your single Critical Number, and build a 90-day financial dashboard that founder stress can’t override.
Outcomes: Cashflow survival plan + KPI dashboard template.
5: Values, Alignment & Accountability
Turn shared values into specific behaviours and commitments. Create explicit accountability agreements that survive growth and pressure without relying on friendship alone.
Outcomes: Values-to-Behaviours matrix + weekly accountability cadence.
6: Governance from Grind – Meeting Architecture
Separate shareholder governance from daily operations. Implement four distinct meeting types (Shareholder Council, Strategic Steer, Operational Pulse, Relationship Reset) to eliminate 90% of operational friction. Outcomes: Complete meeting architecture with agendas + cadence calendar.
7: Always Be Contracting (ABC) – The Three Rs
Keep relationships, roles and rewards aligned through growth. Master ongoing “emotional contracting” beyond legal agreements to maintain trust during scaling and success.
Outcomes: ABC conversation templates + Three Rs renegotiation framework.
8: Celebrating Success, Owning Failure
Build vulnerability and recognition habits that compound. Learn structured practices for celebrating wins, owning failures constructively, and breaking through founder isolation.
Outcomes: Weekly celebration rituals + failure debrief templates
9: What If – The Conscious Unravel or Build
Plan for every outcome, including graceful exits. Using the Conscious Unravel and Reckoning Road decision paths from From Dream Team to Divorce?, you’ll map graceful exits and rebuild scenarios before you’re forced into them..
Outcomes: Exit playbook + worst-case scenario decision tree.
10: Integration, Sustainability & Peer Review
Lock in gains and design your ongoing cofounder operating system. Peer reviews, 12-month roadmap, and maintenance rituals to sustain transformation beyond the programme.
Outcomes: 12-month cofounder OS + peer accountability partnerships.
Next Co-founder Accelerator Starts in…
Not Sure If This Is Right For You?
Group Coaching is ideal if:
- You want peer learning + community accountability
- You’re exploring frameworks for the first time
- You prefer structured, time-bound engagement
1:1 Co-founder Mentoring might be better if:
- You need diagnosis of where your partnership stands (using The Stormline Map™)
- You’re considering restructuring roles or re‑thinking how this partnership works
- You need confidential strategic guidance
Co-founder Accelerator Investment
Next Cohort Starts October 2026