Patrick J. McGinnis is an executive coach whose practice focuses on growth-minded leaders in entrepreneurial, venture capital, private equity, legal, and corporate settings who seek intellectual curiosity, accountability, self-inquiry, and decisiveness in the pursuit of sustained performance. Patrick has held investing roles at Chase Capital Partners, JPMorgan Partners, AIG Capital Partners, and PineBridge Investments, and has sat on multiple public and private boards of directors, including ibex (NASDAQ: IBEX). He sits on the investment committee of Salkantary Ventures (Latin America) and serves as an advisor to The World Bank on venture capital and private equity.   Patrick coined the term FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), as well as the related term FOBO (Fear of a Better Option) in a 2004 article in the student newspaper of Harvard Business School. FOMO has since been added to the dictionary and FOBO has become an increasingly popular framework to describe choice paralysis. He writes and speaks frequently about both terms in the context of decision-making, marketing, entrepreneurship, and leadership. He is the creator and host of the hit podcast FOMO Sapiens and the author of the international bestsellers Fear of Missing Out: Practical Decision-Making in a World of Overwhelming Choice and The 10% Entrepreneur. He has also designed and run workshops on decision-making, entrepreneurship, and marketing for organizations such as Bloomberg LP, Google, Alliance Bernstein, The World Bank, the U.S. State Department, and Deutsche Bank. Patrick serves on the Steering Committee of the Leadership Now Project, a project to strengthen American democracy, and the boards of Bridge USA, a youth-led nonprofit organization that fosters cross-partisan dialogue, and of the Planet World Museum in Washington, D.C. A graduate of Georgetown University and Harvard Business School, Patrick has visited more than 115 countries and is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and French. He received executive coaching training from Columbia University.

Liz is an executive coach, entrepreneur, and operator with deep experience leading and scaling businesses in the B2B SaaS and professional services sectors. She advises private equity firms and C-Suite executives on accelerating growth and driving scale, drawing on her track record as a $100M+ P&L operator. Liz has coached CEOs, founders, and senior executives navigating critical inflection points such as scaling a business, evolving leadership style, and managing investor relationships. She has also led workshops on business transformation and executive leadership. Earlier in her career, Liz spent a decade at Thomson Reuters, where she served as Managing Director and General Manager of several business lines within a $600M+ global enterprise software business. She also served as acting CFO of Fairygodboss.com, a venture-backed platform for women, and began her career as an investment banker and strategy consultant with Merrill Lynch & Co., American Express, and S&P Global. Liz holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Harvard College. Beyond her business career, Liz is a Juilliard-trained pianist and serves on the Board of the American Classical Orchestra.

Mitul Desai is an executive coach and entrepreneur with a cross-functional background that bridges law, finance, tech, and public service. He has coached startup CEOs, attorneys, private equity professionals, and rising leaders across sectors—guiding clients through high-stakes transitions like scaling teams, navigating investor and board relationships, evolving company culture, and stepping into new leadership roles. His coaching style encourages deep reflection, decisive action, and long-term performance. Mitul began his career as an intellectual property attorney, practicing at top NYC law firms and the pharmaceutical company Merck. Mitul also spent seven years in financial services, first at Piper Sandler as an equity research analyst, and later at Mastercard, leading global teams across product management, data services, and digital strategy. A strong proponent of public service, Mitul served in the Obama Administration as a Senior Adviser at the U.S. State Department, handling public-private partnerships in South Asia. He was the first person to have such a role. Mitul has a B.A. in chemistry and philosophy from Rutgers University and a J.D. from the Boston University School of Law. He is a Board Member of Firefly (CUNY's Public Health Innovation Accelerator) and NAMI-NYC. Mitul has been certified as both a Registered Securities Analyst and Licensed Patent Attorney.