your STARTUP
is our FORTE

leadership & strategy — team — marketing — data — finance & operations

we do GREAT THINGS with GREAT PEOPLE

Simply put, we work with leaders to unlock and unblock—to drive the joy of the mission through purposeful planning and culture focus.

There are stages of growth where companies are unsure of how to move forward. They may be experiencing success and need a strategy to sustain growth. Or, they may feel stuck. 

Our experience as operators and founders within the start-up landscape has helped us recognize many reasons why companies flourish and equally so, why companies flail.

Our goal is not to stay with you and your team indefinitely…but to create an end game that jointly feels like success.

CHRISTINA & TAL
FOUNDING PARTNERS, THE POD

WHICH ARE you?

Companies have a unique set of challenges depending on the revenue segment where they are hovering.  We recognize that and modify our approach to align with where you are—and where you are going.

CONSULTING FOR EVOLVING STARTUPS

less than $5MM

$5MM - $10MM

$10MM - $20MM

$20MM - $50MM

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  • Is your company working towards its next significant revenue hurdle? Or, maybe even stuck on a plateau?… If so, THE POD is a perfect fit!

    We recognize that companies have a unique set of challenges depending on the revenue segment where they are hovering. We modify our approach to align with where you are and where you are going.

    Revenue segments we work with:

    • Less than $5MM

    • $5MM-$10MM

    • $10MM-$20MM

    • $20MM-$50MM

    We have an affinity towards anything consumer centric. If your company sells a product or a service Direct To Consumer, via Marketplace or is seeking to add one of these channels to your strategy, we are excited to partner with you.

    Together we can get there. Now, let’s go do great things with great people!

  • To unlock and unblock. We work with companies to build towards their next significant revenue hurdle.

    We focus on five core consulting sectors:

    • Leadership & Strategy

    • Team

    • Marketing

    • Data

    • Finance & Operations

    Our approach is a combination of just-enough qualitative and quantitative assessments coupled with a plan that THE POD and your company can jointly execute and propel forward.

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  • Our process is grounded in understanding the challenges and opportunities you're setting out to tackle. It all starts with questions.

    We start by asking where your business is at the current moment. Have financial results become more difficult to achieve? Are meetings feeling inconclusive and unproductive? Is execution becoming more challenging?…

    Whatever the answer, our commitment is to draw on our past wins, mistakes, and experiences to make sure we are collectively landing on sound decisions and processes.

    We consider your startup stage to ground us, couple that with your goals, and then run a diagnostic that encompasses:

    • People

    • Data

    • Processes

    • Strategy

    Using the insights from the diagnostic assessment, we’ll co-create a plan that is part strategy and part “how-to” guide.

    That’s where the fun really gets going...

  • SAMANTHA BOLOSAN — POMteam, founder & managing partner

    After I fell into starting my own firm, I started to observe gaps that were inhibiting us from scaling at my desired rate. I hired Christina to help me strategize the second chapter of POM. After we started working with her, the company immediately began to form into my vision. She partnered, listened, stuck around for the many tumultuous turns… She is my go-to for strategic business advice. Not only because she is incredibly smart, experienced and talented. But because she is honest and will give me the right advice—not just what I want to hear. 

  • ELYSE HIGHSMITH — koala, director of retention; ruggable, director of retention

    Tal has been instrumental in my growth as both a leader and people manager. She continues to be a mentor to me and someone I look to for career and leadership advice.

  • MONICA SARACINO — coo, janessa leone

    Christina is one of the most valuable advisors Janessa Leone has ever come across. She has the unique ability to provide thought leadership across ALL parts of the business. We worked with Christina to reestablish the financial, operational and team strategy over the last 18 months and that work has already led to significant profitability improvements and has put the business on a path to drive continued meaningful growth.

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