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Building
You are creating while the ground is still moving.
Traction, capital, partners and a young team are all asking for decisions before the full picture exists.
Founder Transition Counsel
For founders between what worked and what comes next.
Private counsel for founders navigating company, capital and leadership - and the life, relationships, identity and faith moving with them.
You do not need to arrive with the answer, or even the exact problem. Bring the situation.
Think clearly. Carry less alone. Sleep better at night.
Founder-built perspectiveCapital raisedInternational growthAcquisition navigatedC-suite leadership
Different seasons. One whole person.
Founders do not all arrive with the same questions.
You do not need a crisis to be in transition. The business may be central, adjacent or already behind you. EWA begins with the season you are actually in.
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Growing
The company works, but the old way of carrying it does not.
Leadership, ownership, boards, capital and founder dependency are changing what freedom and responsibility require.
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Exploring
Achievement no longer answers the next question.
After an exit or major chapter, the questions may move toward identity, family, faith, enjoyment and what wants to emerge next.
The EWA perspective
The stated problem may not be the real one.
The whole founder belongs in the room.
A request for capital may carry a relationship problem. A leadership issue may be a freedom issue. A successful exit may open a question about identity, family, faith or how you want to live.
EWA sits at that intersection - with enough operating experience to understand the company, enough range to see the person carrying it, and enough humility to begin with what's actually true rather than forcing the situation into a business category.
Explore the invisible layer of leadershipOne front door
Start with the situation.
The first conversation is for understanding what is happening, whether the parties are a fit and what the most useful next step may be. You do not need to choose a service before you arrive.
Bring the situation- 01
Conversation
Begin with the situation and why it matters now.
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Direction
Gal recommends the right relationship, focused engagement, specialist or direct introduction.
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Proposal
If the fit is mutual, the scope, rhythm, economics and boundaries become clear before the work begins.
Ways to work together
Two ways EWA can meet the moment.
Come for a trusted relationship across situations, or for practical help with a specific business need.
The core relationship
Private Counsel
For the chapters that do not make the press release.
I want someone trusted beside me.
Direct access, regular conversations and an open channel across decisions, seasons and situations that do not stay in one category.
Explore Private CounselA practical business need
Operating Support
I need something specific moved forward.
Practical help across capital readiness, lending, transactions, growth, partnerships, digital transformation, AI and operations.
Explore Operating SupportFounder Freedom is the deeper philosophy running through the work: greater agency and choice in how a founder builds, leads, lives and moves forward.
Explore Founder FreedomThis isn't built for a single tactical answer or a fixed-scope engagement - for that, EWA's specialist network is often the faster, better first call.
The EWA ecosystem
One trusted relationship. A wider operating ecosystem.
EWA begins with counsel, but it does not end with advice. As the real need becomes visible, EWA can help move the decision into reality - through vetted M&A professionals, lenders, lawyers, operators, developers and capital partners Gal already trusts, not a referral list handed off cold.
Gal remains close enough to preserve context, perspective and judgment while the relevant operator leads execution. In other situations, the right answer is simply a direct introduction.
Explore Operating SupportCapital readinessLendingM&A and strategic transactionsGrowth, business development and partnershipsDigital transformation, AI and operations
Representative situations
What the work looks like in real life.
The work is private. These generalized examples show the range without turning confidential moments into case-study theater.
Capital & relationship
They came for capital. The real constraint was between them.
A founding couple believed the company needed outside capital. Unresolved hurt was weakening trust, alignment and the energy available for the business.
As responsibility, forgiveness and alignment returned, commercial momentum recovered and the capital was no longer needed.
Board & founder
A board relationship had become adversarial.
A CEO was navigating board tension, a cofounder relationship and changing leadership demands around the company.
The relationship improved, stalled decisions moved and additional capital followed.
Systems & team
The request was systems. The transition was wider.
A founder was launching a new product while the operating structure and team struggled to keep pace.
Counsel and transformation capability moved together instead of treating each symptom separately.
Gal Bareket
Founder experience. Operator judgment. A room for the whole person.
Gal is happily married, shares life with two corgis and continues to redefine freedom and success alongside the people he serves. He is also exploring what fuller self-expression can look like - in work and in life.
Professionally, he has built and raised capital for a company, expanded it internationally, moved through an acquisition and joined the acquiring company in a C-suite role. His own transitions have included relocating across the Atlantic, navigating the loss of a family member and finding spiritual guidance.
Today, Gal facilitates confidential rooms for high performers, founders after an exit and investors - both in Los Angeles and online.
“He brings rare wisdom, empathy and practical insight - always showing up with depth and clarity.”Jonathan Hakakian · public LinkedIn reviewMeet Gal
Faith & the invisible layer
Prayer, strategy and the unseen can share the same room.
When a founder wants faith present, the work can make room for stewardship, calling, the power of words, shadow, energy, spiritual alignment and metaphysical interpretation while keeping facts and responsibility fully present.
Gal is a follower of the Way.
Explore Faith & LeadershipA private first step
Bring the situation.
The first conversation is for understanding what is happening, whether EWA is the right place to help and what the most useful next step may be.