Ian Tenenbaum — Co-Founder
I’ve built and sold companies. Sold millions to countless Fortune 500 brands. Led teams to the Inc. 500 — twice. Hired and managed dozens of people. But none of that compares to what I do now. Because for most of my career, I looked successful on paper… while silently battling chaos behind the scenes. As a founder with ADHD, I lived in cycles of burnout, inconsistency, and confusion. I knew I had potential but I couldn’t access it consistently. And I couldn’t lead the way I wanted to. That realization was that my brain wasn’t broken, just wired differently, changed everything. I went deep: therapy, coaching, performance frameworks, behavioral science. And rebuilt my life from the inside out. Now, I run Accountable, a coaching platform and community for visionary founders who want to scale with structure, lead with clarity, and operate at their full capacity. I help founders break the cycles holding them back: ⛔ Overwhelm, distraction, and emotional reactivity ⛔ Team misalignment, conflict, or delegation struggles ⛔ Constant firefighting and decision fatigue And instead build: ✅ Calm, confident leadership ✅ Clear systems for execution and delegation ✅ Habits that drive focus, momentum, and scale If you're a startup founder who knows you're capable of more — but can’t seem to unlock it — I’d love to connect. Because when you shift your internal operating system, everything else follows. DM me. Let’s talk.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and startup expert with a focus on leadership and sales.
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Experience: 20 yrs 5 mos
Skills
- Executive Coaching
- Sales Management
- Start-up Leadership
- Sales Leadership
- Business Development
Career Highlights
- Founded and sold multiple startups.
- Advising founders on ADHD business strategies.
- Led teams to the Inc. 500 twice.
Work Experience
G2i Inc.
Advisor (2 yrs 2 mos)
Accountable.Live
Founder | Executive Coach | ADHD Business Strategies (3 yrs 1 mo)
Braintrust
Advisor (2 yrs 5 mos)
Media.Monks
Enterprise Sales | Salesforce (1 yr)
Cognizant
Enterprise Sales | Salesforce (11 mos)
BUNCH
Advisor (5 mos)
C-Suite Media / CSQ
Head of Sales | Associate Publisher (2 yrs)
Petfluence
Founder (2 yrs 4 mos)
PawPack.com
Founder (1 yr 11 mos)
Suzy
VP Enterprise Sales - SaaS (2 yrs 4 mos)
Unroll.Me
Advisor (2 yrs 1 mo)
MarketSharing
Founding Team - SVP Sales (11 mos)
Show Media
VP Sales & Business Development (1 yr 10 mos)
AOL
Sales Director - TMZ.com (1 yr)
Northeast Advertising Sales Manager TACODA (2 yrs)
ICM Partners
Assistant to Senior Motion Picture Literary Agent (ICM) (1 yr 11 mos)
Education
Media Management at California State University, Northridge
at Université Paris-Sorbonne
Communications at University of Massachusetts Amherst