Founder/operator advisory from idea through scale
FOUNDER-LED SCALE WITHOUT FOUNDER-DEPENDENT GROWTH FOUNDER-LED SCALE WITHOUT FOUNDER-DEPENDENT GROWTH
I help founders turn promising ideas into viable businesses and help established companies grow, scale, and become less dependent on the founder.
Different Stages.One Founder Journey.
From shaping an idea to building an organization that can scale without depending on one person.
How I Help
Any Stage
Founder Strategy Session
A focused working session for a specific strategic or operating issue.
Idea → Viable Business
Idea-to-Business Development Advisory
Turn a promising idea into a viable business model, plan, and path to launch.
Growth → Scale
Founder-Led Scale Diagnostic
A structured 3–4 week assessment to identify the constraints limiting scale.
Growth → Scale
Founder-Led Scale Advisory
Ongoing advisory to strengthen leadership, decision flow, and organizational capability.
Complex Decisions
Strategic Operating Counsel
Experienced perspective for founders and leadership teams navigating high-impact decisions.
How I Work
Perspective, structure, and practical experience that make the founder and the organization stronger, not more dependent on the advisor.
Clarity
Get clear about the problem, opportunity, assumptions, and decisions that matter most.
Structure
Turn choices into a practical path forward, with clear priorities, ownership, and next steps.
Capability
Strengthen the founder and the organization so they can make better decisions and execute without creating another dependency.
About Mark J. Newburger
Mark J. Newburger spent 33 years building and leading a healthcare information technology company, from idea through customers, teams, growth, and scale. He made the strategic and operating decisions and lived with their consequences over decades.
That founder/operator experience is the foundation of Newburger Consulting. Mark works with founders at critical stages of building and scaling businesses, while the founder remains the decision-maker. His deepest experience is in B2B technology and healthcare information technology, but the founder challenges he addresses extend well beyond technology.
Let’s Talk About What You’re Building and What Comes Next.
Whether you are shaping an idea, navigating growth, or reducing founder dependency, start with the issue or opportunity in front of you.