When you want to improve

Invest in your organization. We are your strategic advisory partner in navigating and thriving through change and growth.

When things aren’t going as planned, you’re navigating change, and have a big, impact-driven goal you want support achieving

Let’s face it

The world is always changing. Your company is always changing. And you are always changing. We are constantly confronted with uncertainty, so we might as well prepare ourselves for it.

You need to improvise

Companies aren’t always predictable or controllable. They’re constantly changing and need to navigate uncontrollable market conditions.

We’re here to help

Every organization faces the daunting task of adapting and growing - to become a more thriving, resilient, impactful entity. Improve helps organizations and teams navigate, accelerate, and thrive through this change and growth.

We believe that no organization is ever stuck, you can always improve, and better achieve your goals, even while smiling along the way!

When struggling with...

  • Bottlenecks in decision making

  • Unclear outcomes

  • Aligning teams around new strategic priorities

  • Information hoarding and dwindling communication

  • Siloed functions and teams

  • Leadership panic when wrenches are thrown into plans

  • Holding tight to old ways of working that are no longer working

  • Achieving your growth goals, such as fundraising or business growth

Only when we IMPROVE can we...

  • Make courageous, well thought out decisions

  • Learn to and actually implement strategy despite uncertain outcomes

  • Confidently collaborate around shared strategic priorities

  • More clearly communicate, share, and support one another

  • Better cross collaborate, improving efficiency and performance

  • Build the leadership capacity to calmly handle crisis and adapt

  • Form new choices and new ways of working that do actually work

  • Achieve our growth goals

An impact-driven advisor that makes an impact

Mary has helped startups she’d advised raise over $50 million and has played a key role in several startup teams that have collectively raised over $3 billion, gone public and been acquired. She was a director of a philanthropic fund that deployed over $500,000 across 28 nonprofits, and has been part of venture investing teams investing in dozens of startups.

She advisors for organizations supporting key areas including…

Product and Company Launch. Supporting the launch of companies and products in the food, health, B2C, and B2B tech space.

Marketing Strategy / Growth. Supporting product and sales growth, so you can magnify your impact.

Leadership Advisory. As an advisor to CEOs of startups and leaders navigating change and growth she supports their growth, fundraising, and change efforts, while maintaining their personal wellbeing.

Team Advisory. Working with fast growing teams, she supports optimizing organizational design, best in class team collaboration, and development of high performing team skills. She’s worked with teams navigating change to transform their team from fear, mistrust, and low productivity to empowered, collaborative, and adaptable.

Mary Lemmer advises startups and growing organizations, supporting their product launches, growth, and leadership and teams

Here’s how it works

 
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Schedule a call.

Find a time to discuss your goals and challenges.

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Address problems.
Pursue opportunity.

Together we identify desired areas for improvement, we create a strategy, and implement it together.

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Enjoy the results.

Get more time to focus on other projects, or heck, take some time off.

Take their word for it…

  • “She possesses the rare combination of game-changing creative business design and strong applied execution. She knows what it takes to succeed and how to have fun doing it.”


    -Mike M, VP / Investor / Board Member

  • “Her energy, dedication, propensity for asking the right questions, and ability to integrate complex details into bigger-picture insights and recommendations made her an invaluable teammate and colleague.”


    -Brian F, Startup Founder

  • "An absolute joy to work with. Her passion and enthusiasm are reflected in each interaction she has.”


    -Jenny T, Publisher & Editor

Let’s improve together