Sebastian Dienst

Coaching CEOs & Exec Teams | Consciousness Catalyst | 3x Founder

City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

About

Sebastian Dienst is a 3x Entrepreneur turned CEO / Founder Coach. With over 15 years of experience as a Co-founder and two decades training in different mind-body wisdom traditions, Sebastian blends analytical precision with intuitive insight to guide founders in pioneering change from a place of deep self-knowledge. His holistic approach empowers founders to navigate complex decisions, elevate their leadership, and achieve lasting growth. He has coached more than 100 founders and teams, including many supported by top-tier VC firms like Sequoia, YCombinator, and Google Ventures.

Experience

  • Coach to VC-backed Founders at Advance Coaching
    Apr 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 3 mos

    Being a founder is like being a high-performance athlete - you must perform at an extremely high level under immense pressure to succeed. Like athletes, founders require comprehensive support. Advance™ addresses founders' challenges holistically through 4 pillars: 1. Guided Growth - A sounding board for strategic decisions plus leadership development. 2. Body Boost - Personalised health roadmaps created through extensive testing and analysis. 3. Mind Mastery - Transforming blind spots through assessments and targeted growth plans. 4. Founder Fellowship - An insider community for sharing struggles, insights and victories. Advance™ is a 360° coaching program tailored to empower startup founders in their business, body, mind, and network.

  • Co-Founder & CEO at Remagine
    Aug 2019 - Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Remagine was a digital, purpose-driven Business Bank. With Remagine, Business owners were able to take full control over their finances with: • a next-generation Bank Account • intelligent Team Cards • comprehensive Analytics • and positive impact at every step Remagine enabled business owners to align their values with their Banking. Remagine was backed by some of the most renowned fintech angel investors such as former Global Head of Google Payment Jonathan Weiner and former COO of Venmo Michael Vaughn.

  • Shore GmbH (8 yrs 4 mos)
    • Country Lead USA
      Sep 2015 - Dec 2018 · 3 yrs 4 mos

    • Co-Founder
      Sep 2010 - Dec 2018 · 8 yrs 4 mos

      Shore provides the most efficient software solution for appointments, customers and marketing. Intelligent and easy-to-use. With Shore, businesses of any type make their services bookable online, monitor their numbers and improve their customer relations. Arranging an appointment with just a few clicks – even outside regular business hours: That is possible with Shore as well. Additionally, businesses can keep track of all booked appointments at any time and benefit from automated reminders.

  • Co-Founder at Hacking Happiness Conference
    Apr 2014 - Dec 2014 · 9 mos

    Hacking Happiness was a conference on the nexus of Entrepreneurship, Technology and Wellbeing. The 4 day event brought together startup founders, bio hackers, monks, scientists and everyone who is excited about the possibility to hack their own happiness.

  • Venture Developer at Rocket Internet GmbH
    Feb 2009 - Jun 2010 · 1 yr 5 mos

    Venture Developer at Rocket Internet - the largest, fastest and most successful online venture builder in the world. Taking on projects across different ventures and functional areas of expertise, assisting teams to scale and expand to other markets. • Founder of e-Commerce Start-Up​ managing over 50 employees • Focus on Product and Marketing with Budget responsibility of €500k+ • Scaling to 700k monthly revenues 3 months after launch www.rocket-internet.com