The Founder Memoir in 2025
How to Tell Your Story Right & What it Actually Does for Your Company
By now, the founder memoir isn’t just a vanity project. In fact, it could be your biggest business asset. Done right, a memoir can be your company’s most persuasive recruiting tool, your most viral piece of content, and the thing that lands you speaking opportunities, press, and deal flow for years.
If you’re a CEO or founder wondering whether writing a memoir is worth your time in 2025, the short answer is yes — but only if you treat it like a strategic investment.
Here’s exactly how to transform your story into a book that pays dividends for years.
The Founder Memoir Has More Pull Than Ever
Shallow content is everywhere in 2025. But your current and future partners, customers, clients, and investors crave connection, not a quick swipe. A recent study from Edelman and LinkedIn ties high-quality thought leadership and storytelling directly to conversation and pricing power, suggesting that legacy media like a memoir can help you grow faster than online content or ads.
Think of your CEO memoir like your Bat Signal. When you tell your story, it pulls in the right clients, partners, investors, and even employees.
And your founder memoir is also:
Your ultimate storytelling tool before journalists, competitors, or critics define you.
Your calling card for investors who want leaders with resilience, vision, and clarity of thought.
Your ticket to speaking engagements, workshops, podcasts, and much more. Organizers are looking for narrative, not just data.
Your IP that can’t be auto-generated in an era where AI content is reaching the saturation point.
Don’t believe me? Founder memoirs continue to top bestseller lists year after year.
Ok, you’re thinking, but I don’t have time to write a book and run my company.
That’s where the right ghostwriter comes in.
Here’s how I work with founders, CEOs, influencers, and innovators to craft their memoirs:
Phase 1 (Month 1): Mapping Your Story
Together, we clarify your core themes, origin story, and major turning points in your career.
Identify business goals (PR, lead generation, legacy).
Phase 2 (Months 2 & 3): Interviews & Research
We spend time IRL or over Zoom to capture your voice and the full arc of your story.
I pull together research, press coverage, and internal documents to add depth to your memoir.
Phase 3 (Months 4 - 6): Drafting Your Manuscript
I begin drafting your memoir, turning over chapters for notes and ideas in a flexible, collaborative process.
Phase 4 (Months 7 & 8): Final Polish
I manage revisions and proofread the final version of your manuscript so you have a book that’s ready to sell or self-publish.
With the right wrier, your book can be written in 9 - 12 months without derailing your schedule.
Ready to start writing your founder memoir?
Applications are currently open for my memoir ghostwriting and book proposal services.
You’ve already built the company. Now let’s tell the story that only you can tell, securing your legacy for years to come.
