by Venchito Tampon | Last Updated on August 25, 2025
Many entrepreneurs ask, “Do I need to wait until my business scales before I can get a business coach?” The short answer is no—you don’t have to wait.
In fact, having a business coach at the early stages of your business has advantages that will set you up for success and actually sustain your growth.
Customized business coaching matters at every stage of the business, depending on the industry, context, and the functional expertise the business coach can bring to the table.
Why Business Stage Matters in Coaching?
Filipino entrepreneurs, especially SME founders and owners, face different challenges in every stage of their business—what they’re going through isn’t identical to each other—but they may have similar functional patterns that a business coach can help solve.
The focus of business coaching shifts depending on where your business currently stands.
Early Stage
Turning a business idea into a reality is often the early stage of business, where the founder is looking for the right business model for their venture.
This is also the stage where the aspiring entrepreneur must register business permits and licenses (including DTI or SEC, BIR compliance, etc), and find their first paying customers. Coaching at this stage helps with clarity, defining the right business model that works, and setting goals and priorities.
Growth Stage
At this stage, the business gains traction, and capabilities challenges appear. You need to establish systems in place, hire a second line of leaders, and figure out how to scale the business without burning out. In the Philippine MSMEs ecosystem, this is the point where the business owner feels stretched too thin because every outcome depends on them (overdependency).
Coaching at this stage will help build leadership capacity, streamline operations, and check the profitability and sustainability of the business—the first few requirements for scaling and expansion (franchising, adding new branches, or targeting new markets).
Maturity Stage
The maturity stage is when established businesses reach a point where things are stable, but growth slows down—there’s a product-market fit. However, the business requires consistency of activity in every function. This is where challenges in innovation arise and conflicts among second-line leaders arise (where team performance is required to assess and improve).
Business coaching at this stage is focused on succession planning, digital transformation, building the second to third line of leaders, addressing team performance issues, and keeping the company thriving and competitive in its chosen industry.
Decline Stage
While many entrepreneurs seek to start their own ventures, some businesses face shrinking sales, outdated processes, or are in their declining stage. This is one of the most critical stages where business coaching demands more than any other stage of the business.
Business coaching centers around turnaround strategies, identifying and building more capabilities—whether in marketing, sales, or leadership—and finding new pathways for growth (seeking the right business models with a high probability of profits).
As you can see here, business coaching is a must for every stage of the business, whether it is going from early stage to maturity or from decline to establishing the business right.
Key Takeaway: Readiness Over Stage
It’s not about whether your business is in the startup, growth, maturity, or decline stage. Readiness over the business stage matters most when seeking a business coach in the Philippines.
A business coach can provide you with strategies, tools, and frameworks—all of which matter if you’re willing to put in the effort to implement what’s relevant to your business.
Explore Rainmakers Business Accelerate Coaching in the Philippines
If you’re looking for the best business coach, consider Rainmakers. They offer programs designed for Filipino entrepreneurs and SME owners who want to find clarity in their business, systematize their business functions, build leadership capacity, and achieve profitability and sustainability.
No matter your stage, the goal is about results – to help you scale your business strategically.
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