Founder. Operator. Strategic Advisor.
I’m a founder, operator, and strategic advisor who brings firsthand experience building, scaling, and selling a nationally recognized company.
She works with founders and founder-led businesses navigating growth, change, and the decisions that will shape what comes next.
Her approach is grounded in experience, not theory. Having built and sold her own company, Maggie understands the opportunities, challenges, and complexities that come with building a business—and what it takes to create lasting value.
FROM FOUNDER TO ADVISOR
In 2008, Maggie founded Rustic Wedding Chic and became one of the early pioneers of digital media in the wedding industry.
Over the next 12 years, she built the company from the ground up into a nationally recognized brand, growing its audience to millions of monthly readers, developing a significant social media presence, expanding through licensing and strategic partnerships, and authoring six books.
In 2020, Rustic Wedding Chic was acquired by David's Bridal.
That experience fundamentally shaped the way Maggie works with founders today. She has lived the realities of building a brand, scaling a business, creating new revenue opportunities, navigating strategic decisions, reducing founder dependency, and ultimately preparing a company for acquisition.
WHY MAGGIE
As a founder and CEO, Maggie knows what it feels like to make consequential business decisions without an experienced strategic voice in the room.
Building a company can be isolating, especially as the business grows, the decisions become more complex, and there is more at stake.
Today, Maggie brings that firsthand experience to founders and founder-led businesses navigating their next stage of growth.
Through strategic coaching, ongoing advisory, and high-touch strategic engagements, she helps founders make better decisions, identify opportunities, strengthen their businesses, reduce founder dependency, and build greater long-term value.
Her goal is simple: to help founders move from where their business is today to where they want it to go—with the strategy, perspective, and support to make it happen.
BEYOND MAGGIE LORD & COMPANY
Maggie is also the Co-Founder of The Whisper Group, a collective of exited female founders advising women before, during, and after their best exit.
Through this work, she continues to support women building businesses, creating value, and navigating the next chapter of entrepreneurship.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT
Whether you're looking to grow, navigate a major business decision, strengthen your company, or prepare for an eventual exit, Maggie brings the experience and perspective to help you move forward.
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