How Founders Can Build Resilience and Readiness for Sustainable Growth

Lessons from the Leap

Philippe (Phil) Neil is the CEO of Founders Compass™, a leadership and human-performance firm helping startup founders grow. Having scaled a healthcare startup to over $70 million in revenue annually and $30 million EBITDA, he created the Founder Readiness™ framework that integrates neuroscience, emotional mastery, decision clarity, and intuition. Phil is also the Founder and General Partner of Phil Neil Ventures, a venture capital arm where he builds bold companies.

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Entrepreneurship is a journey filled with growth, setbacks, and moments of deep self-discovery. Many founders focus on scaling revenue and building teams but overlook the emotional and mental toll that comes with leading through uncertainty. How can business owners master entrepreneurship?

As a serial entrepreneur and growth strategist, Phil Neil has learned difficult lessons on balancing intuition, resilience, and self-awareness. He maintains that founders must confront their shadows — the hidden fears and doubts that derail decision-making — and cultivate emotional intelligence to sustain clarity under pressure. By learning to trust intuition, manage uncertainty, and stay aligned with purpose, entrepreneurs can transform challenges into opportunities for growth and innovation.

In this episode of Lessons From The Leap, Ghazenfer Mansoor interviews Philippe (Phil) Neil, CEO of Founders Compass™, about how founders can build inner readiness. Phil shares how he scaled his first venture to $70 million in annual revenue, what he learned from a $5 million business scam, and why every founder must reconnect with their purpose.