by Beth Mazza | Aug 28, 2026 | Mindset & Leadership
Two years after COVID nearly took the legs out from under us, Clermont Partners had its best year. The ESG practice we had bet the farm on was finally paying. Retainers were up. New logos were signing. The pricing decision that had terrified us, moving our target from...
by Beth Mazza | Aug 19, 2026 | Strategy & Growth
We were so excited when we found him on LinkedIn. We finally had enough work to hire a junior analyst, someone to take pressure of the partners who were seriously underwater. He was sharp and hungry and the kind of candidate you feel lucky to catch. We...
by Beth Mazza | Aug 5, 2026 | Mindset & Leadership
Most founders price the risk of asking. Almost nobody prices the risk of staying quiet. Early on, we built a spreadsheet of every person we knew. We exported our LinkedIn contacts, painstakingly scoured our email boxes (pre-AI of course) and added the membership...
by Beth Mazza | Jul 22, 2026 | Mindset & Leadership
The smartest partnership decision we ever made happened at a kitchen table, interrupted every five minutes by shrieking toddlers. We were about to walk away from fat corporate paychecks to start Clermont Partners. Before we jumped, we did something most people skip....
by Beth Mazza | Jul 8, 2026 | Strategy & Growth
The day I sold my first company, I didn’t pop champagne. I signed the documents, took the congratulatory calls, and went home to make dinner for four kids. Sometime after putting the kids to bed, I took a peak at my checking account. It had a lot more zero’s...
