Executive Coach & Business Advisor

Based in Asia, working with founders worldwide.

An exited founder in your corner

I coach founders of owner-led businesses through their leadership growth, so they don't become the limiting factor.

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That's me. I trained as a designer, built and sold my own business, and now sit in founders' corners.

Jonathan O'Byrne smiling against a brick wall, wearing a jumper and scarf

Most founders don't stall because of the market

The business has outgrown the way it is run. Decisions only you can make, knowledge that lives in your head, a team shaped around your tolerances rather than the business's needs.

It usually arrives looking like a strategy problem. It usually isn't one.

I've done the job I'm advising on

I'm an entrepreneur first. I've built and sold several businesses of my own, led Asian partnership operations for a FTSE 200 company, and turned around a $75 million business. I know what the founder's chair feels like because I've sat in it.

Jonathan O'Byrne signing copies of Coworking Inc.
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Jonathan O'Byrne working at a laptop during a turnaround engagement
Image 03A seven-country turnaround in six months.
One thing I love about working with Jonathan is he rarely sugarcoats anything. He's never harsh or unfair.
Isaac · Serial entrepreneur, coworking and creative agency founder

Start with a conversation

A free 20-minute call to talk through where the business is and whether I can help. If I'm not the right fit, I'll say so.

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