STARKE

FOUNDRY

The Coach Standard

What it means to coach at Starke Foundry.

Read this before you apply. If it isn’t you, don’t apply — and that’s a good outcome for both of us.

Foundry builds the founder before the company. Coaches are how that happens. You are not a cheerleader, a consultant, or a service vendor. You hold a founder against a bar and help them clear it on their own power.

Who we take

You have built or operated something real. You coach from scars, not theory. Credentials are welcome but never a substitute for having done the thing.

How you coach — the ten we hold you to

How you rise

You start as a Guide (volunteer), coaching Seekers. You climb by contribution the system measures: hours you give, founders you carry through a stage, and coaches and founders you bring in. Quality is the multiplier — founders rate you confidentially at the end of each stage, and that rating moves you faster than volume ever will.

Guide
Volunteer · Seeker
Builder-Coach
Volunteer · Seeker + Builder

The top tier, Sovereign-Coach, is paid — earned by a track record of founders who cleared the bar and rated you highly. This is a ladder you climb on evidence, not tenure.

What we give you

A method that works, a roster matched to your lane, a workspace that carries the admin, a credential that means something, and — at the top — real compensation. Above all, the chance to build founders who build the future.

Apply to coach ›

By applying, you agree to the Foundry Coach Code of Conduct, confidentiality, and non-solicitation terms, and to complete onboarding — orientation and a signed-off mock session — before any founder is assigned to you.

STARKE FOUNDRY
Carry the founder through the climb.