About JamesSinclair
James Sinclair is a highly experienced Founder Coach with a proven methodology to help founders come to market quicker and achieve accelerated scale. Over the past 20 years, he has worked with some of the most successful founders from companies such as Uber, Google, Shopify, LinkedIn, and ABK, and as a coach to founders at top accelerators like Y Combinator, TechStars, and Capital Factory.
He is also the author of the bestseller Starting A StartUp | Build Something People Want, a practical playbook drawn from his two decades in the trenches.
Through his weekly newsletter read by 140,000 founders and a library of startup frameworks downloaded more than one million times, James has built one of the most widely used toolkits for early-stage entrepreneurs.
James works as much on the founder as on the company—helping leaders earn the right, find their atomic ICP, and unlock the clarity to move faster. He also works with Third Mountain entrepreneurs—founders who have already climbed wealth and influence and now want to build something that endures.
Enterprise & GlobalInnovation
He has successfully applied his methodology to drive innovation and foster agile thinking in bringing products to market. He has worked with industry giants like Coca-Cola, SAP, EY, Adidas, Saudi Aramco, Bechtel, and Singtel, as well as government agencies across the US, New Zealand, and Brazil.
As a founding member of the WSJ StartUp Series, a seasoned serial entrepreneur, board advisor, and angel investor, James has personally raised over $50 million for his own companies, driven more than $400 million in deal volume, created new verticals in the market, and successfully exited multiple times.
Whether advising the company or coaching the founder, James knows how to download, organize, and identify how to run faster, more intelligently, and with the foundations for scale. He is a founder's founder, who can help guide your journey, ideate your vision, and provide insights and guidance into your strategy.
No bullshit. Value. Day One.
— James Sinclair
Track RecordBy The Numbers
Two decades of building, scaling, and exiting successful companies while helping others do the same.
Frameworks Downloaded
Startup frameworks used globally
Newsletter Subscribers
Weekly insights for founders
Capital Raised
For his own companies
Y Combinator
Accelerator Coach
TechStars
Mentor & Advisor
WSJ StartUp Series
Founding Member
Multiple Exits
Serial Entrepreneur
Beyond WorkOff Grid
When I'm not working with founders, you'll find me off grid. That's it. I believe in lifelong learning, radical honesty, and the power of small, consistent actions to create big change.
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