David Mellett

Built from the
inside out.

Entrepreneur, startup investor, and creator of the Founder Readiness Framework. After co-founding 10 companies, raising and investing over €10 million, and having thousands of founder conversations — I kept seeing the same gap. This framework is my answer to it.

David Mellett in a founder coaching session
The story

The full picture —
not just the wins.

My entrepreneurial journey includes three bankruptcies, two liquidations, three ventures currently scaling, and two in early development. That full picture is what informs this framework.

Alongside building my own companies, I have coached, mentored, and sat on the boards of many early-stage ventures — meeting and assessing thousands of aspiring founders.

A Hitchhiker's Guide for Startup Founders — David Mellett
The book

A Hitchhiker's Guide for Startup Founders

An honest, personal account of what the entrepreneurial journey actually looks like from the inside — the failures, the pivots, the lessons that don't make it into the highlight reel. The foundation on which the Founder Readiness Framework was built.

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