Meredith Mahoney
CEO & Co-founder @ Lantern
Meredith is an experienced digital exec with a demonstrated record of building lucrative brands from the ground up. Thriving best in teams with strong creative and product DNA, she brings discipline and rigor to a team to drive vision. She was VP at Wayfair during the highest growth years and founded Birchlane, one of Wayfair’s top lifestyle brands. She’s joined early stage starups like Follain, and now she’s building the future of the Cannabis industry leading Lantern (Drizly’s sister company) as CEO. Coming off of Drizly’s recent $1.1 Billion acquisition to Uber… Meredith is obviously going to replicate that success in this adjacent category.
Domain Expertise: Ecommerce & Omnichannel D2C startups
Most passionate problem sets:
Solving complex consumer journeys
Building and working on diverse, dynamic, once-in-a-lifetime teams
Learning something every day and passing it on
Career Experiences: Lanter, Wayfair, Follain, MIT
💪🏽 COACHING COURSES
1X1: Working with founders
My specialty is working with founders and helping them be proactive to get in front of upcoming roadblocks and challenges. 90% of startup issues can be traced back to not having the foundation sturdy. I help secure that foundation.
$2,500 per month
(Typically two sessions per month + prep work + followup email/text time)
GROUP SESSION: Giving Feedback
Giving feedback is one of the hardest things to do working in a high growth tech company. You hve strong personalities, strong opinions, and strong bias towards moving fast and “breaking things.” Here’s how to give feedback to move fast, break less, and cause much less frustration.
2 hours
$325 per person
⭐ CORE VALUES
1. If you can't see it you can't be it. Surround yourself with greatness.
2. Be a servant leader.
3. Transparency, always.
4. Create the next generation of leaders.
5. Innovate and learn every day.
6. Have fun doing 1-5.
Interests
🏍️ Passion areas: Teenage girl momming, summiting (small) mountains, road biking, eating bread. Working in tech and leading teams.
📚 Favorite books: The Art of Happiness, Americanah, Lucky Boy, Omnivore's Dilemma
🆘 Causes I support: Greater Boston Food Bank, ACLU, Girls Who Code, Cradles to Crayons
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