Business "coaches" that are any good typically have skin in the game. Your boss does reviews and gives feedback and you take them seriously because your perform

Business "coaches" that are any good typically have skin in the game. Your boss does reviews and gives feedback and you take them seriously because your performance reflects on them, so you can trust that they are making a good faith effort. VCs don't just provide money but also validation that they think your idea (or team) has a hope of succeeding and typically have prior business experience and give feedback of various sorts. And you can trust that they aren't trying to sabotage you and they are making a good faith effort because if you succeed they grow richer and also grow their reputation. "Coaching" is a negative term in some circles. In legal circles, it suggests you were told what to say to sound credible. I had that in mind when I first saw the title of this piece. Business has a lot of legal ties. Perhaps that's part of why we speak of mentors and VCs and not coaches. In business, no one wants you to be coached to sound authentic when you are full of bull. Mentors don't coach you in that sense. Instead, they help you genuinely grow into the role (or should).