Founder · Operator · Writer · Researcher
BrittanyLynn Martin
I help lead companies through stabilization, growth, and scale, with as much care for the people inside them as for the numbers.
- 10+ yearsinside growing businesses as a coach, operator, consultant, COO, and President.
- 500% growthnavigated over four years as a company leader… and everything it taught me about what growth costs.
- 3 venturesChrysalis, Instar Partners, and Work in Practice.
- Grad researchin transformative social change, alongside the work.
What I’m building
Three companies, one question: how should work actually work?
Chrysalis
A patient advocacy and care management app for people with chronic and invisible illness.
chrysalis.inc ↗ Managing PartnerInstar Partners
Advising, leading, and implementing alongside established business owners on complex decisions and important projects.
Instar Partners ↗ FounderWork in Practice
Regenerative business and growth strategy for practitioners, researchers, clinicians, and coaches.
workinpractice.com ↗Writing & conversations
Thinking out loud about business, structure, and power.
Essays · In Practice
5 Ways to Prefigure the World You Want Through Your Business
The latest essay: making what’s implicit explicit, and deciding with intention what a business actually wants to practice.
Read the essays ↗Podcast · COO-fessions
A private podcast for people rethinking how businesses are built.
Nine episodes with eight builders, including Rae McDaniel, Amina AlTai, Trudi Lebron, and Bob Gower.
Listen in ↗Brittany Lynn Martin is a founder, operator, and strategist. She is the co-founder of Chrysalis, the founder of Work in Practice, and a managing partner at Instar Partners, and hosts the private podcast COO-fessions.
She helps lead companies through stabilization, growth, and scale, drawing on more than a decade as a coach, operator, consultant, COO, and President. She writes about business, structure, and power, and is pursuing graduate research in transformative social change.