Strategy
Why Good Plans Stall by March
Most strategies do not fail in the boardroom. They fail in week nine, when the calendar wins. How we build plans that survive contact with a busy quarter.
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Welcome to Northmere
Strategy
for a Stronger
Future
We help leadership teams move with clarity, discipline, and speed while their markets keep shifting.
Engagements
delivered
delivered
214+
Clients
retained
retained
96%
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Why Northmere
The way we work when the stakes are real
We are a small, senior team that works the way your best people already do: closely, honestly, and against a number we agree on before we start. No rotating bench, no shelfware, no surprises.
Operator instincts
Our principals have run the functions they advise, so recommendations come with a how, not just a what.
Evidence before opinion
Every engagement starts in your data and your customers' words. Conviction comes later, and it is earned.
Embedded, not adjacent
We work inside your meetings and your tools rather than sending decks in from the outside.
Built to outlast us
The goal is a system your team runs without us. We plan our own exit from day one.
About
Senior People, Hands-On Work
Our approach starts with people: clear communication, long-term thinking, and deep business insight. We believe sustainable success is built on trust, transparency, and bold ideas translated into purposeful action. From day one, we are fully committed to making your goals ours.
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David Stone / founder
We guide businesses forward with clarity and confidence.
Services
Practices Built
Practices Built
Around Hard Problems
Focused. Strategic. Built for growth.
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Strategy & Roadmapping
One clear thesis for the business, then a quarter-by-quarter path your operators can actually run. We stay until the plan survives contact with a real calendar.
- Company thesis and focus areas
- Quarterly execution roadmap
- Bet sizing and sequencing
- Positioning against the field
- Leadership alignment sessions
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Market & Customer Intelligence
We find out what your buyers actually do, not what surveys say they might. Field interviews, usage data, and win-loss work that turns opinion into evidence.
- Win-loss interview programs
- Buyer journey mapping
- Category and pricing scans
- Demand signal tracking
- Decision-ready research memos
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Operations & Margin Work
The margin you want next year is usually hiding in this year's handoffs. We map where hours and dollars leak, then rebuild the workflow with the team that owns it.
- Handoff and bottleneck mapping
- Cost-to-serve analysis
- Tooling consolidation reviews
- Capacity and staffing models
- Weekly operating cadence design
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Call to action
Steady Hands
for Ambitious
Teams
Senior counsel for companies that want to grow without losing their footing.
Prices
Clear Pricing
Clear Pricing
for Every Stage
One-time pricing. Scalable to need.
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Foothold
$520/ one-time
One question, examined properly, with a written recommendation at the end.
- Working session with a principal
- Market landscape brief
- Competitor snapshot
- Written action memo
- Operations deep-dive
- Standing advisory line
- Bespoke research sprints
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Traction
$1150/ one-time
Our most-chosen engagement, built for teams heading into their next stage.
- Working session with a principal
- Market landscape brief
- Competitor snapshot
- Written action memo
- Operations deep-dive
- Standing advisory line
- Bespoke research sprints
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Command
$3400/ one-time
A standing seat at your table across strategy, operations, and the quarters between.
- Working session with a principal
- Market landscape brief
- Competitor snapshot
- Written action memo
- Operations deep-dive
- Standing advisory line
- Bespoke research sprints
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Our Team
The Principals You
The Principals You
Actually Work With
Expert guidance. Results you trust.
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David Stone
Founder, Managing Principal
Elena Vasquez
Head of Strategy
Tomas Lindgren
Operations Lead
Jack Okafor
Senior Analyst
Blog
Field Notes From
Field Notes From
Live Engagements
The thinking behind the strategy.
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Strategy
Operations
The Margin Hiding in Your Handoffs
Every handoff between teams has a price, and a few of them are expensive. A practical walkthrough of finding the costly ones and closing them.
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Research
Hearing the Market Before It Shouts
The signal you need is usually available a quarter before it becomes obvious. The leading indicators we watch and what they told us this year.
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