Having Yosi as a coach was invaluable. He really understands first hand how to navigate situations that are critical to the success of a startup. Whether it is about building and managing a board, dealing with a difficult co-founder, managing investors, developing partnerships, maximizing shareholder value, or dealing with the pressures and stresses of the CEO job, his involvement was of great benefit. In summary, Yosi provides a platform for the CEO that is unique, unlike what any other advisors, board members or friends of the company can provide.
— CEO
Without Yosi our company, team, board, VC investors, and the millions of users we developed would have never been built.
— CEO
I walked into Yosi's office ready to resign my CEO role and shut down the company. Six months later, I got the company sold, and Yosi's coaching had a large part in making this happen. He has a unique ability to coach on practical business matters, and the subtle emotional intelligence issues, as well as the important challenges of balancing CEO's work-life stress. I only wish I hired him earlier when things were going well. If I did, I might have avoided some of the darker moments in my journey altogether. If you are a first time CEO, having a coach is a must. You have nothing to lose and a lot to gain.
— CEO
Having founded and run two successful companies previously, I didn't initially think I could get so much out of our coaching sessions.
I was wrong. If there is one word I'd use to describe my benefits from working with Yosi, it would be greater 'awareness'.
As a CEO being consciously aware of yourself, your environment, your team, emotions, values, intuitions, logic, allows you to be deliberate and aligned in your decision making process, which ultimately allows you to make your best judgment in most situations.
— CEO
I have been a company founder and corporate executive, but I had never faced failure before. As a CEO I worked with Yosi for about nine months. Although he couldn't save the company, he succeeded in something more important for my future: he helped me see it as a business failure, not a personal one. I don't think I could have come to grips with the situation nearly as quickly and effectively if I hadn't worked with Yosi.
— CEO
In this age of specialization, Yosi brings an integrative approach to leadership coaching. Drawing on his own experiences as an entrepreneur, CEO, Board member, angel investor, and businessman, he incorporates the latest from the diverse disciplines of communications, emotional awareness, and personal growth to weave a net that any person in a leadership position would be wise to utilize. This net helps one excel on the way up and is indispensable for the occasional slip. Having worked with Yosi for over a year, I believe that Yosi’s personalable and passionate interest in his clients makes this a must experience and resource for CEOs.
— CEO
As a CEO, I have known and relied on Yosi Amram’s input and counsel for over 6
years. As a former CEO, he knows the territory and has
been through the ups and downs himself. I have been able to count on
his insight, balance, and guidance as I needed — sometimes once a month
at the calmer days, and sometimes several times a week during critical
moments when his input and perspective were invaluable. What more can a
CEO ask for in a confidant and a coach?
— CEO
Yosi Amram has been my business and personal advisor for 5 years. I started 3
companies during this period, successfully and unsuccessfully. Yosi’s
coaching led me through the business challenges as well as helping me grow
as an individual. His approach cultivates serenity and confidence. His
advice helped me to stop, analyze and reflect, avoiding the danger of
distress and burnout. His coaching helped me leave problems in the office
and carry my drive and energy into other activities in my life.
— CEO
If I were a CEO, there is no person I’d rather have on my side than Yosi
Amram. Yosi and I worked together at a venture capital firm, and
subsequently I was an investor in his first start-up. Through these
experiences, I’ve seen his full range of capabilities. Yosi is a master at
business strategy, with the ability to address technology, market, and
organizational issues in a deeply insightful way. He has great operating
skills, having founded and been CEO of two successful start-ups. He is an
expert on the venture capital and start-up world, and how the two interact.
And he’s terrific person - caring, thoughtful, creative, and direct. In my
own career, Yosi’s advice has been invaluable - as it will be for you.
— General Partner at top 10 VC firm &
Former Director of the National Venture Capital Association
Yosi Amram was an advisor and board member from when I had founded the company,
and through difficult times. I greatly valued the business expertise,
wisdom, perspective, and balance that he contributed in his role with the
company. Yosi’s personal qualities and professional depth would make him
extraordinarily qualified as a CEO’s mentor and confidant.
— CEO
Yosi taught me that the way you feel, is a choice you make. I still think about that every day of my life. When everyone is looking to you to make the right decision, just ask Yosi he will help you figure out your truth. Even when he is not there, he will be right there inside you, spiritually, helping you make that decision for yourself..
— CEO
It was also great to have a partner in making business decisions -- not just an emotionally supportive leadership coach, but one who could help me think through strategy and business issues.
— CEO
Being the CEO is a lonely job. It can be far too easy to get wrapped up in your own head and lose perspective. I've used Yosi to provide guidance in good times and bad. He has both calming and practical wisdom to provide in every situation.
— CEO
Yosi listens. He understands. He gives quality feedback.
He helps other people understand their dreams, and how to make them come true.
His experience enables him to understand the meaning of events as they unfold.
He suggests plans of action. Working with Yosi has helped me articulate and realize my own dreams.
— CEO
When you find yourself in an impossible trap fighting for your life, Yosi can tell you a story of his own escape from similar circumstances what he learned, and how to avoid it in the future. When you are contemplative, philosophical, moody, and aloof, he makes you sensible, practical, realistic, and direct. When you are working hard, focused, diligent, and intense, he will teach you to stop, take a breath and to reflect. And with Yosi’s help, you won't ever stop believing in yourself.
— CEO
You have been a big help. I'll definitely recommend you to other up-and-coming CEOs.
— Up-and-coming CEO
From Yosi I learned to communicate and to build a shared vision, to build a team, and to work as a team. I learned how to set goals, and measure results. I learned to set expectations, then to manage, meet and exceed them. I learned how investors think, how to raise capital, and how to allocate scarce resources. Most of that came in the first several hours of working together, and much more over time.
— CEO
