Clarity before scale
Nothing gets built until the idea, the message and the person it is for are unmistakably clear.
About us
We help people with something to say become known for it.
Masters in Clarity is a strategy and implementation partner for founders and experts whose work is strong but whose message is scattered. We find the through-line inside years of expertise, then build the message, the talk and the marketing engine around it.
Founder
Dolores Hirschmann
For over 20 years I've helped founders, experts and CEOs clarify their thinking, refine their message and grow with strategy. I've coached hundreds of speakers, organized TEDx events and guided owners through the moments that decide what their business becomes.
Most strategies fail not because they're bad ideas, but because they never get implemented.
That's why I built a trained team of experts who don't just think about strategy — they do the work. You are never left holding a plan you don't know how to execute.
- TEDx organizer and speaker coach
- Spoken at SXSW, Harvard Business School and Wharton
- Guest on 25+ business and leadership podcasts
- 20+ years advising founders and experts
What we believe
Three convictions behind everything we build
Human first, AI powered
AI sharpens thinking and speeds execution. It never replaces the voice and relationship that create trust.
Strategy that ships
Plans are worthless without execution. Our team implements alongside you, week after week.
How we work
One clear idea, then everything built around it
We start with the thinking: what you actually stand for and who it is for. Then we shape the language, the talk and the assets that carry it — and our team implements them with you until they're live and working.
The team
A trained fractional team, not a rotating agency roster
The evolution of the work
Different chapters. One through-line.
For more than two decades, the work has kept evolving — from message clarity, to stages, to scale, to transactions, to AI. The through-line has stayed the same: make what matters clear enough to move.
2004
Clarity becomes the work.
Dolores begins helping founders clarify their message, positioning, and next move.
The pattern was already clear: when the idea got clearer, everything else moved faster.
2015–2017
From clarity to the stage.
Dolores leads TEDxNewBedford and helps shape hundreds of talks, ideas, and speakers for the stage.
That experience deepened her understanding of what makes an idea clear, memorable, and worth sharing.
2019–2023
From message to scale.
Dolores licenses her IP to help build a speaker-placement business to $20M. The business was later acquired and became part of 10X Stages.
The work expanded from crafting the message to building the systems that put experts in the right rooms.
2023–2025
Clarity at the transaction table.
Dolores expands into M&A advisory as faculty with EPIC, supporting business owners navigating growth, acquisition, and exit decisions.
The same clarity principles apply when the stakes get bigger: know what matters, what creates value, and what comes next.
2024–2025
Human first, AI powered.
Dolores brings AI into the Masters in Clarity practice to strengthen messaging, marketing, strategic thinking, and execution without losing the human relationship.
Technology became a force multiplier, not a replacement for judgment, trust, or voice.
2026
The next chapter: AI-first speaker placement.
Dolores combines decades of speaking, strategy, and placement experience with AI to help experts find the right stages and pursue the right opportunities faster.
A new expression of the same idea: clarity gets the right message into the right room.
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And the work is still clarity.
The tools have changed. The rooms have changed. The stakes have changed. But the work is still helping smart people see what matters, say it clearly, and build from there.
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