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Yariv Ganor started focusing on providing therapy to startup founders six years ago.Yariv GanorCofounder relationships can get tense, especially when fundraising or keeping pace with the AI industry.Therapist Yariv Ganor advises founders on managing identity, stress, and mental health.Many founders say their "always on" mentality is key to their success.The most intimate relationship of an entrepreneur's life may not be with a spouse or a best friend, but with their cofounder. When it works, a thunderbolt idea can become a unicorn. When it doesn't, conflict can sink the ship just as quickly as it took off.Though confounder conflict isn't particularly new to Silicon Valley, the pressure to launch a successful AI startup, especially among young founders in San Francisco, is only mounting. The pace of dealmaking and technological advancements makes it all the more important to address internal fractures.And it's a new year, and that's always cause for some well-meaning reflection — and perhaps an influx of founders interested in couples, err, cofounder therapy.Yariv Ganor, a therapist based in Israel, has been counseling startup founders for the past six years. Ganor, who is trained as both a clinical and industrial psychologist, knows a thing or two about startup life. He used to work in marketing at various Israeli startups.Some research suggests that Ganor is onto something. Nearly seven in ten founders in a 2025 study said that their "always on" mentality was foundational to their success, while over 70% of participants in a 2018 study on psychiatric conditions among entrepreneurs reported experiencing higher rates of depression, ADHD, and other mental health conditions compared to non-entrepreneurs.Ganor sees the consequences of that strain play out in real time, especially as startups scale, funding multiples, expectations mount, and stress compounds. After years of working with founders, Ganor told Business Insider his three pieces of advice he repeatedly gives cofounders:Your startup isn't your identity, even if it feels like oneFor many founders, the line between who they are and what they do blurs fast, Ganor said. "Being a founder is a question of identity: It's a personal identity, not just a job," he added. "Sometimes they get so wrapped up in their titles that they forget parts of themselves."When work life crowds out everything else — personal relationships, hobbies, and more — Ganor said it becomes difficult for founders to maintain a sense of self outside the company.Founders are, Ganor thinks, trained to problem solve, execute, and optimize, often at the expense of reflection, which may have downstream effects on leadership, decision-making, and cofounder relationships.That's why a core part of Ganor's work is helping founders create diffusion between work and play. Ganor requires that founders take their meetings with him outside of the office and offers them tools for compartmentalizing their career and personal stressors.'Mental runway' is as real as financial runwayFounders ride or die by their runway, or how much cash they have left in the bank. What they don't track nearly as closely as they should, Ganor said, is their own capacity to keep going.In his experience, many founders believe they have unlimited mental stamina and can always push through those "996" work weeks, a demanding schedule — and an ascendant trend in Silicon Valley — that encourages founders and employees to work from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six days a week.Instead, Ganor wants founders to think about their mental health in the same way they think about their financial stakes in their companies: "Don't dilute your mental equity," he said. "You need to be very knowledgeable of your mental runway — once the startup starts, your runway gets shorter and shorter."Preserving that runway, Ganor thinks,…

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BISometimes you need a little assistance when making a big business decision. Fortunately, the best consulting firms in the country are here to help.Business Insider teamed up with Plant-A Insights, a leading insights and technology company that publishes business rankings in cooperation with world-class media brands, to find the 300 top management consulting firms in America. The list includes giants of the industry as well as a slew of more specialized and boutique firms.BIThe list is based on a large-scale survey of around 25,000 professionals who have worked with consulting firms, who evaluated them on factors like industry and practice area expertise, as well as client satisfaction. Other reputational measures, like the firms' placement in other industry rankings, were also factored in. The full methodology can be found at the bottom of this article.Are you on the list? Claim your award and learn how to use it.Are you on the list? Claim your award and learn how to use it.MethodologyAmerica's Top Management Consulting Firms 2026, a collaboration between Business Insider and Plant-A Insights Group, recognizes the best management consultancies in the United States. The ranking highlights companies that excel in providing their expertise across multiple industries and practice areas. The results are based on a comprehensive study combining extensive desk research with a large-scale survey of over 25,000 U.S. working professionals with direct experience working with management consulting firms.To be eligible for consideration, a firm had to provide consulting and advisory services to companies located within the United States. An initial list of over 15,000 firms was screened and validated, resulting in a final list of 2,200 firms for evaluation, categorized across 15 industries and 14 practice areas. This list was further validated with support from data analytics company Aniline.Eligible firms were evaluated in a nationwide survey of over 25,000 respondents that took place between August 2025 and October 2025. This included more than 18,000 respondents who recently worked with the firms on a project and over 7,000 individuals who were a part of the selection committees that hired them.Client ExperienceRespondents evaluated their experience working with consulting firms across three areas: Industry Expertise, Practice Area Expertise, and Client SatisfactionIndustry Expertise: Management consulting firms were evaluated based on their expertise across 15 different industries.Practice Area Expertise: Management consulting firms were evaluated based on their expertise across 14 different practice areas.Client Satisfaction: Firms were evaluated across six key drivers of client satisfaction, including Strategic Insight & Innovation, Adaptability & Customization, and Value for Investment.Overall ScoreAn overall score for each consultancy was calculated by combining the Industry Score, Practice Area Score, and the Client Satisfaction Score using a proprietary scoring model. Firms also received bonus points for being featured in other credible industry rankings, serving as a proxy for sustained industry recognition. The 300 highest-scoring management consulting firms were recognized by Business Insider and Plant-A Insights Group as America's Top Management Consulting Firms 2026.The exclusion of a company from this ranking is not a reflection on its quality or performance and is not disputed.Media MonitoringCritical Mention media monitoring platform Onclusive was utilized to investigate whether management consulting firms were implicated in a wide range of significant issues within the past two years (Dec 1, 2023 — Dec 1, 2025). This included a review of financial misconduct (such as fraud, accounting scandals), legal and regulatory actions (like major lawsuits, settlements, or investigations by the SEC or DOJ), and workplace and labor violations (including discrimination or…

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