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Common questions
What is a performance psychologist for founders?
A trained psychologist who works on how you perform under pressure: decision-making, focus, recovery, the relationship with your co-founder and your board. The same discipline that keeps professional athletes at the top, applied to running a venture-backed company. Not therapy, and not business advice.
How does Titan select performance psychologists?
Out of more than 1,600 coaches interviewed, fewer than 3% made it into the network of 48. A performance psychologist in that network has a doctorate, a record with elite athletes or executives, and a roster of founders who vouch for them: one has coached 50+ unicorn founders.
What do founders work on with a performance psychologist?
Burnout and sleep. Anxiety before board meetings and fundraises. Anger and conflict with a co-founder. The fear of being found out. Getting back to the version of yourself that made the company work. Titan has matched founders at Beacons, Cents, Noetica, Enterpret and Teal Health with a performance psychologist.
Is a performance psychologist the same as a therapist?
No. Therapy treats a condition. Performance psychology works on how you perform under pressure, the way it does for athletes: focus, recovery, decisions when the stakes are high. If a session surfaces something that needs clinical care, your psychologist will say so and refer you. Many founders use both.
Do I need a performance psychologist or an operator coach?
If the problem is in your head, the anxiety before board meetings, the sleep, the anger at a co-founder, the fear of being found out, a performance psychologist works on that directly. If the problem is in the company, the hire, the fundraise, the executive team, an operator coach who has done it is faster. Most founders are not sure which, so the discovery call sorts it and you can meet one of each in the trial sessions.
