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Who do you need to be next as your company grows?
If you’re preparing to scale your company, you’re probably laser-focused on making it ready to grow effectively and make a difference in the world. But you might be overlooking one key variable: your own upgrade.
The roles you once had will evolve or disappear, and if you’re not prepared to manage that change, you could become the point of failure. As businesses reach inflection points faster than ever before, the identity shifts that used to happen gradually now demand that you adapt at a speed you may not be prepared for.
The Next Version is the roadmap you need to prepare for the changes ahead, so you can respond rather than react. Discover:
- a ‘founder diagnostic’ to help you understand how you need to evolve;
- how to avoid the most common traps that keep founders attached to their roles;
- how to anticipate and prepare for your next move with clarity;
- how to protect your most important asset as a founder as you scale: your drive.
Sofia Nunes is an expert in founder evolution. An entrepreneur, coach and founder advisor with a background in psychology and Human-Computer Interaction, she spent 12 years as a co-founder of fintech unicorn Mambu.
After leaving in 2022, conversations with other founders confirmed her suspicion that the pressure to evolve their roles and identities was a pattern, and almost no support structure existed around it. That led her to ICF-accredited coach training and eventually to becoming an advisor and coach to founders - directly and through partnerships with VC funds - to help them evolve in parallel with their companies.
A recognized voice in the European startup ecosystem, Sofia is a sought-after speaker and contributor. She has spoken at the Web Summit, Slush, Panathēnea and London Tech Week, and has been a guest on podcasts such as Sifted and Soaked by Slush.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part 1 – Understand
Chapter 1: Founder identity
Chapter 2: The cost of doing nothing
Chapter 3: The founder-CEO and the non-CEO founder
Part 2 – Prepare
Chapter 4: The stages of founder evolution
Chapter 5: You will always be a founder
Chapter 6: Reading the signals
Part 3 – Evolve
Chapter 7: The intentional pivot
Chapter 8: The rippled effect
Chapter 9: Owning it
Conclusion: The next version is not the last