Karen Schlesinger

++ Sustainability professional with nearly a decade as an entrepreneur, project manager, educator, and award-winning local economic development catalyst.

++ MBA in sustainable management. Focus areas include: sustainability strategy development, stakeholder engagement, and operations.

FounderTherapy works with founders of software startups to launch new products, acquire users and scale operations while transforming the organization’s ability to execute with impact and predictability

Our core practice includes helping founders understand the “real” problem they are trying to solve with their product (as opposed to the one they might think they are solving), so that we can help them build the right product with the right people using the right processes.

I work with non-technical founders to actualize their vision through product and operational guidance during critical growth stages of their companies, with specific focus on product strategy, team dynamics and organizational development.

I specialize in working with social enterprise and “tech for good” startups.

Specialties: • Sustainability • Strategy and Operations • Stakeholder Engagement • Company Building • Waste Issues • Leadership • Communications • Systems Thinking • Creative Direction and Design • Excellent Written Communications • Research & Competitive Analysis • Photography and Digital Imaging • Education • Small Business Consulting • Local Economic and Sustainable Development • GRI Sustainability Reporting