Growth advisory for founder-led businesses.

Build Momentum.

Founded by Shark Tank entrepreneur David Sodemann, MANN + MACHINE helps founder-led businesses cut through complexity, make better decisions, and build momentum.

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Building a business is hard. Knowing what to focus on next is harder. Having built and scaled a company firsthand, I help founders gain clarity, identify opportunities, and move forward with confidence.

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I built a company from idea to more than $15M in revenue, secured a deal on Shark Tank, and learned what growth actually demands.

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Over eight years, I experienced the realities of building a business firsthand—from branding and marketing to sales, operations, hiring, and leadership.

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Today, I help founder-led companies gain clarity, create leverage, and build momentum.

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The Momentum Framework

Clarity

Every business has opportunities hidden in plain sight. Through a review of your website, search presence, lead generation, sales process, and customer journey, we identify what's working, what's being overlooked, and what's preventing the next stage of growth.

Clarity

Every business has opportunities hidden in plain sight. Through a review of your website, search presence, lead generation, sales process, and customer journey, we identify what's working, what's being overlooked, and what's preventing the next stage of growth.

Clarity

Every business has opportunities hidden in plain sight. Through a review of your website, search presence, lead generation, sales process, and customer journey, we identify what's working, what's being overlooked, and what's preventing the next stage of growth.

Leverage

Growth rarely comes from doing more. It comes from focusing on the few initiatives that create disproportionate results. Together, we identify the highest-impact opportunities across marketing, operations, systems, and AI, then build a clear roadmap for execution.

Leverage

Growth rarely comes from doing more. It comes from focusing on the few initiatives that create disproportionate results. Together, we identify the highest-impact opportunities across marketing, operations, systems, and AI, then build a clear roadmap for execution.

Leverage

Growth rarely comes from doing more. It comes from focusing on the few initiatives that create disproportionate results. Together, we identify the highest-impact opportunities across marketing, operations, systems, and AI, then build a clear roadmap for execution.

Momentum

Ideas are easy. Execution is where businesses separate themselves. Through ongoing guidance, accountability, and refinement, we establish a consistent operating rhythm that turns priorities into measurable progress and sustained growth.

Momentum

Ideas are easy. Execution is where businesses separate themselves. Through ongoing guidance, accountability, and refinement, we establish a consistent operating rhythm that turns priorities into measurable progress and sustained growth.

Momentum

Ideas are easy. Execution is where businesses separate themselves. Through ongoing guidance, accountability, and refinement, we establish a consistent operating rhythm that turns priorities into measurable progress and sustained growth.

David sees businesses differently than most people. He asks the right questions, challenges assumptions, and has a way of uncovering opportunities that were hiding in plain sight. Every conversation left us with a stronger sense of direction.

Brett Berger, Arcadia Gardens

David sees businesses differently than most people. He asks the right questions, challenges assumptions, and has a way of uncovering opportunities that were hiding in plain sight. Every conversation left us with a stronger sense of direction.

Brett Berger, Arcadia Gardens

David sees businesses differently than most people. He asks the right questions, challenges assumptions, and has a way of uncovering opportunities that were hiding in plain sight. Every conversation left us with a stronger sense of direction.

Brett Berger, Arcadia Gardens

David sees businesses differently than most people. He asks the right questions, challenges assumptions, and has a way of uncovering opportunities that were hiding in plain sight. Every conversation left us with a stronger sense of direction.

Brett Berger, Arcadia Gardens

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Who do you work with?

Is MANN & MACHINE a marketing agency?

What kinds of challenges do you help solve?

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FAQ

Before We Work Together

Who do you work with?

Is MANN & MACHINE a marketing agency?

What kinds of challenges do you help solve?

How do engagements work?

FAQ

Before We Work Together

Who do you work with?

Is MANN & MACHINE a marketing agency?

What kinds of challenges do you help solve?

How do engagements work?

The Next Move Matters.

Every business reaches a point where the path forward isn't obvious. If you're navigating growth, complexity, or change, I'd love to learn more about what you're building.

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The Next Move Matters.

Every business reaches a point where the path forward isn't obvious. If you're navigating growth, complexity, or change, I'd love to learn more about what you're building.

Start the Conversation

Drone shot of a running track at night

The Next Move Matters.

Every business reaches a point where the path forward isn't obvious. If you're navigating growth, complexity, or change, I'd love to learn more about what you're building.

Start the Conversation

Drone shot of a running track at night