The EXM bench · Operators, not theorists · One model, a team of specialists

You don't get one coach. You get a team of operators who've built and led real companies.

Every coach on this bench has been the owner. They've built companies, scaled them, led real teams through real pressure, and several of them sold. Nobody here is handing you theory from the cheap seats. They're handing you what worked when it was their money and their payroll.

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The coaches

One model. Many operators.

Whoever you work with, the same 3D Momentum Model is underneath, so it's a proven model, not a personality contest. And because it's a team, you're never trapped inside one person's blind spots.

Cullen Talley

Founder & Head Coach

Built the 3D Momentum Model. Part of the Firethorn startup team acquired by Qualcomm. Coaches across the whole triangle.

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Cole Taylor

Certified Business Coach

Grows the owner, the leadership, and the business at once. Founder of The Starting Line, former D1 athlete.

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Julie Couret

Certified Business Coach

Trades workplace drama for discipline, ambiguity for clarity, and hesitation for ownership. 13+ years coaching C-suites.

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Jason Ambeau

Certified Business Coach

Grows your people and your systems at the same time. 40+ years a business leader, 20+ a business owner.

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Deric Keller

Certified Business Coach · Western Division

Turns chaos into clarity: overwhelming problems broken into systems your team can run. Marine Corps combat veteran.

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Craig Sweeney

Certified Business Coach

Makes growth repeatable: systems, rhythm, and clarity that scale. Built it himself, more than once.

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Michael Townsend

Certified Business Coach

Took his family's third-generation business from $25M to $80M and exited clean. Client-turned-coach.

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Ren Flickinger

Certified Business Coach

Built the #1 foundation-repair sales team in North America. Sales engines and the people who run them.

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Marki Willis · Operations. The person who keeps every engagement running: scheduling, materials, follow-through, and the client experience between sessions. Not a coach, and that's the point. The bench coaches; Marki makes sure nothing falls through the cracks.

Why EXM coaches are different

You can smell theory from across the room.

When you're a $10M, $20M, $50M owner, you've read the books and sat through the keynote. What you actually need is someone who's hit the same ceiling you're hitting and climbed past it.

They've sat in your chair. Real operators with real companies behind them, not career consultants. Read each one's story and check for yourself.

They'll tell you the truth. Direct when it counts, because they care too much to let you stay stuck. Cheerleaders are easy to find. This isn't that.

They work from one model, not nine opinions. Whoever you work with, the same 3D Momentum Model is underneath.

They're a team, not lone wolves. When your situation needs a second set of eyes from a different specialty, the whole bench is right there.

However you got here, the next step is the same.

You don't have to know which coach is yours. You don't have to have it all figured out. You just have to be an owner who's done hitting the same ceiling and ready to build a business that can run, scale, and one day sell without you.

If that's you, let's talk. We'll figure out where you are, where you're trying to go, and which operator on this bench is the right one to get you there.

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It starts with one conversation.

Where you are, where you want to go, and which coach is the right fit. No pressure, no pitch. Just a straight conversation between people who've done the work.