Chris founded RockBoost in 2014 and grew it from 10 to 85 people. It was ranked number 1 digital marketing agency in the Netherlands by Emerce 100 in 2020 and number 1 in the Fonk 50 in 2019, and won Golden Dutch Interactive Awards for E-commerce in 2018 and Branding in 2019. He sold his shares in the summer of 2020. Since then he has done 2,000+ private sessions with agency founders, written Structuring for Extreme Revenue Growth, the number one best-selling English management book on Managementboek.nl, and spoken on stages across Europe for rooms of 20 to 800 people. He lives in Spain, coaches online, and comes to the Netherlands regularly for in-person sessions.

He coaches on one number: Untouched Revenue, the revenue your agency delivers without you in the delivery. Every engagement starts with a free 45-minute Diagnosis that puts your U-level on the ladder and names the one meter that keeps it there: client happiness, autonomy, leads or margin per client. Not for you if you want a sales system bolted onto a company that still runs through the founder. Best for founders who are done compensating and want to redesign the system.

He is also the most direct coach on this list. Irene Krommendijk, managing director of Yonego: “He turns grey areas back into black and white. He works from a blueprint for success, so we cut straight to the core every time.”

Jason built a digital agency that worked for AT&T, Hitachi and LegalZoom, scaled it past seven figures and sold it. Since 2014 he runs Agency Mastery: an application-only mastermind where peer groups of 10 to 15 vetted owners meet every month, plus in-person events in Austin and Phoenix.

Best for owners of agencies between $1M and $25M who want to move from operator to owner, possibly toward an exit. Not for a founder who is still chasing the first million.

John has founded five companies and sold two: Credo to private equity in 2022 and EditorNinja to a competitor in 2025. His main offer is 1:1 executive coaching for agency owners who want a business worth running and worth selling.

Best for owners of SEO and digital agencies from about $50k a month who are building toward a sale. His coaching practice is younger than most on this list.

Chip calls himself a business coach for PR and marketing agency owners, and that is the whole practice: ongoing advisory for owner-led agencies, an Agency Business Checkup, and deeper consulting when it is needed. He has spent decades building, running and advising agencies.

Best for owners of small PR and marketing agencies who want a sparring partner on profit and growth. His site shows little hard proof beyond the podcast, so ask for references.

Josh and Yesenia Nelson scaled their own agency to over $7 million in annual revenue. They now coach agency owners from the first agency to eight figures, through two coaching tracks (Launchpad and Accelerate), two masterminds and a roadmap implementation programme.

Best for niched local-marketing agencies, for example in home services, on the way to seven figures. The results on the site are self-reported, and the number of owners coached differs per page.

Troy co-founded WP Elevation, an accelerator for WordPress consultants, which grew into Agency Mavericks: coaching (Agency GPS, Maverick's Club), online courses and a community, with coaches in Australia, the US, the UK and Thailand. He stepped down as CEO in 2022 and still coaches; CEO Emily Bryant sold her own agency.

Best for small web and digital agency owners who want a programme plus group coaching. This is a programme business more than a personal coach.

Craig coaches marketing agency owners out of survival mode and into growth and profit: a nine-week course (Escaping Small), a twelve-week programme toward a high-value exit (Agency to Exit), private monthly coaching, and an invite-only mastermind for graduates.

Best for owners who want to build toward an exit and work on themselves and the business at the same time. A client testimonial says he built and ran a digital agency; his site does not state it directly.