About Us
This is a directory for CEOs of startups and scaleups to find the advice they need, when they need it. Our guides are handpicked and trusted experts in their fields with a deep understanding of the startup/scaleup world.
Everyone in this directory strives to support young CEOs in making informed decisions, feeling supported along their challenging journey and becoming healthy, confident leaders.
“As Managing Director of the W.A. de Vigier Foundation I often found myself connecting and startups/scaleups with my network. Over the years I could draw from a vast pool of experts to place them specifically where their expertise was needed – for putting out fires, for a specific assignment or for longer term guidance. And more often than not, these connections proved to be pivotal. I decided to turn this into my passion project and put together this Goodguides directory which exclusively features guides I have personally worked with, guides I trust to offer valuable and practicable advice.” – Regula Buob
FAQ
We recommend the following hourly rates:
Regular Rate:
CHF 150 (if nothing else is communicated)
Discount Rate:
CHF 125 (if agreed upon)
Higher Individual Rate:
Needs to be actively negotiated
Absolutely! Make sure to sign an NDA, there’s a sample NDA on each of the guides’ profile and of course you are welcome to use your own.
We trust our guides. We trust them so much that we let them interact and work out the conditions of their mandates directly with the startups/scaleups – including billing. 20% of what the guides earn flows back into the GoodGuides network. We do not track, monitor or control the collaborations that sprout from this platform. Because if we want you to trust these experts, we need to trust them first. By building our entire revenue model on trust, we demonstrate that we do.
Each guide is individually responsible for billing the startup/scaleup they work with. This means you will be billed by the company your guide works through.
Yes, we are so lucky to have them. Of course they are very busy people and we have to be mindful of their time constraints. Contacting these active CEOs works through Regula, who will decide on a case by case basis if a startup/scaleup and one of the active CEOs would make a good match. Thanks for your patience and understanding.
Here’s how this works
Step 1
Find your guide! You have three options:
- You can find guides in different categories directly on our website, check out their profile and contact them directly.
- You can give us a free phone call (the first 15 minutes are free), we’ll listen to your needs and point you to one or two experts we deem a good fit.
- Of course you can also send us an email and we’ll get back to you with a few suggestions.
Step 2
Once you know who you pick to be your guide, book an appointment with them directly via contact form and start getting the expert advice you’ve been looking for. Make sure you sign an NDA (download available on the guide’s profile in the yellow field).
Step 3
Put the advice into action and see your startup move closer to the next milestone! Also, please let us know if the advice was helpful.