Your playbook for growth looks different now.
82% of startups fail due to leadership or team related issues. With a doctorate in organizational leadership and a decade of experience in the field, we solve for people and process problems.
Dr. Barbara Levin
OUR FOUNDER
Dr. Barbara Levin is a leadership strategist and the founder of Be Bold Group, a modern R&D consulting firm redefining how startup founders grow and scale. With a doctorate in leadership, a decade of experience in organizational strategy, and a deep understanding of people, she works with founders to transform their leadership, strengthen their teams, and build companies that scale without breaking.
Known for her strategic thinking and direct approach, Barbara blends research-backed strategies with real-world execution—helping founders overcome the mental roadblocks that slow growth, build self-trust, and lead with clarity. Her work ensures that leadership isn’t the bottleneck but the catalyst for sustainable startup success.
WHAT WE DO
The Growth Levers
We’re taught to chase speed and growth, but fail to acknowledge impact of the intangible things like people, process, and leadership. Traditionally seen as soft skills, they get igored, but they are the fuel. The Leadership Growth Levers™ helps founders focus on what actually powers growth.
This framework maps the 12 internal levers that drive, or stall, momentum. When startups hit a wall, it’s usually one of these at play. We diagnose what’s beneath the surface and which ones are your barriers to growth. From there, we design a custom growth strategy that aligns your team, sharpens your leadership, and unlocks scale.
HOW WE DO IT
The Cycle
Every strategy starts as a hypothesis. We've gotten really good at testing it.
We take big, complex challenges and break them into bite-sized, high-impact steps—so you can lead with clarity, scale with intention, and watch your business turn into a well-oiled machine. Whether we're working with you 1:1, with a small team, or with a large organization, or work together is cyclical. We ground ourselves in these 4 steps over the course of every 2-3 months:
Diagnose – Pinpoint the friction slowing you down.
Strategize – Build a plan that scales with you.
Pilot – Test smart, simple shifts that drive results.
Implement – Roll it out, refine as you grow.