Four independent coach rankings – one per discipline. Evaluated on the basis of your track record –
and above all: the anonymous feedback from at least 4 founders you have genuinely accompanied.
The Selection brings coaches measurable advantages – not just “visibility”. Here is what you actually get.
Silver, Gold, Platinum or Diamond – a verified quality signal for your LinkedIn profile, website, and hub applications. NZZ-ZHAW validated, not self-declared.
Swiss founders filter by discipline, stage, and industry and contact you directly without a hub intermediary. No cold calls, no generic enquiries – only founders who match your expertise.
Years of coaching work often remain invisible. Anonymous, aggregated founder feedback makes your impact verifiable – for Innosuisse reviews, hub applications, and premium engagements.
Coaching is not coaching. A patent attorney guiding MedTech startups through IP strategy does something fundamentally different from a growth coach scaling SaaS scale-ups. That is why we create four independent rankings – with the same methodology, but calibrated to the reality of each coaching discipline.
No cross-type comparison. A Diamond Specialist Coach is a Diamond Specialist Coach – not “better” or “worse” than a Diamond Business Coach. Both are at the top of their discipline.
287 coaches
STRATEGY · LEADERSHIP · OPERATIONS · FINANCE
51 coaches
IP · LEGAL · PATENT · REGULATORY · DOMAIN
36 coaches
TECH · PRODUCT · R&D · DEEP TECH
7+ coaches
SALES · MARKETING · GTM · SCALING
Self-assessments can be polished. Founder experiences cannot. That is why we weight the anonymous feedback from your coachees more highly than any other data source.
SHEET B SURVEY · ANONYMOUS · AGGREGATED
You nominate between 4 and 10 founders you have genuinely accompanied. We contact them with a standardised 10-item survey. With fewer than 4 returned reviews, your profile is marked as Provisional – without official Selection Status.
EXCERPT FROM THE FOUNDER SURVEY (5 OF 12 ITEMS)
Self-assessment, anonymised founder feedback, and objective third-party data (Innosuisse, hub affiliations) flow into five weighted sub-indices – with founder feedback as the most important source.
| Dimension | Weight | What is measured | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traction | 30% | Revenue growth, customer acquisition, retention, NPS | Self + Data |
| Team | 20% | Founder experience, domain expertise, team completeness, diversity | Self + Expert |
| Funding & Financials | 20% | Funding history, runway, burn rate efficiency, investor quality | Self + Data |
| Technology & IP | 15% | Defensibility, patents, technical differentiation, build vs. buy | Self + Expert + Data |
| Market & Impact | 15% | TAM/SAM/SOM, competitive positioning, ESG / SDG alignment | Self + Expert |
These four tiers apply independently in each coach discipline. A Diamond Specialist Coach
is not compared to a Diamond Business Coach — each ranking stands on its own.
Recognised quality — a credible signal for hub applications, LinkedIn, and founder pitches.
High-impact coach — actively featured in NZZ media and shared with Innosuisse and hub partners.
Excellence tier — direct introduction to the Founders Hive network and ZHAW research programme.
The highest coach recognition in the Swiss ecosystem — editorial feature and priority placement in the annual NZZ ranking.
Register with your work email and select your coaching discipline. No subscription required. Your profile is private until you choose to publish it.
Answer structured questions across the five dimensions – founder feedback, track record, expertise, founder fit, and availability. You can save your progress and return at any time. Sensitive fields (hourly rates, client names) are never published.
You nominate between 4 and 10 founders you have genuinely accompanied. We contact them with a standardised 10-item survey. Without at least 4 returned reviews, your profile receives a Provisional status – without official Selection Status.
Your profile is submitted and reviewed now – your final score and badge will be issued in October 2026. You decide whether to publish your result. If your score is below the Silver threshold, nothing is published without your consent. Accepted profiles are published in the ranking with your website and LinkedIn link — directly visible to Swiss founders searching for coaches in your discipline.
The assessment requires detailed information about your startup.
Here is exactly what we do — and do not — do with it.
Choose your discipline, submit your profile, nominate 4 accompanied founders for the anonymous feedback.
You control at every step which data becomes public.
