Dear Doc
The Dear Abby for business owners.
Because running a business can be lonely, and good leaders still need a sounding board.
Anonymously submit any questions or challenges you are having in your business and award-winning business consultant and advisor, Lauren Goldstein, aka the Biz Doctor®, will give you her expert advice & prescription.
It’s like having a trusted business advisor and expert in your pocket to support you and your business when you need it most!
Submit your anonymous question(s) below.
Lauren helped us quickly understand how our team was truly operating and what needed to change to support our next stage of growth. Her diagnostic surfaced critical strengths and gaps, and her recommendations were practical, aligned, and immediately actionable. The clarity she created continues to shape how we lead and make decisions, and she is the advisor we trust as we scale.
Anonymous business advice for business owners who want a trusted sounding board
Owning a business often means carrying decisions you cannot fully talk through with your team, your friends, or even your partners. You are responsible for the outcome, and there are moments when having an experienced outside perspective matters.
Dear Doc is where business owners can anonymously submit real questions they are navigating in their business.
Everything from, leadership decisions, team dynamics, growth inflection points, team and leadership challenges, scaling your business, productivity, AI, to the complexities of just running your business.
Lauren Goldstein, award-winning business consultant and trusted advisor to 7- and 8-figure business owners, will answer your questions with a clear diagnosis and practical prescription.
Her responses are shared on her podcast, YouTube channel, and newsletter, reflecting the same strategic perspective she brings to her private advisory work.
Sometimes you just want a trusted point of view before making the next call; that’s exactly what Dear Doc gives you.
How to Submit Your Question
There are two easy ways for you to submit your anonymous question to Lauren.
- You can send a voice message
- You can write in with an easy form
All submissions can be anonymous.
Meet the Biz Doctor®, Lauren Goldstein
Lauren Goldstein is who 7- and 8-figure business owners call when they’re stuck in the weeds of success and need their business to truly run without them.
She is an award-winning business consultant and advisor. As the founder of Golden Key Partnership, a boutique business consulting firm, she has spent the last decade behind the scenes of high-growth small businesses, fixing broken team dynamics, untangling operational chaos, and helping leaders reclaim their time, fulfillment, and freedom.
Nicknamed The Biz Doctor®, Lauren doesn’t do surface-level advice. She diagnoses what is actually holding the business back, then builds custom strategies that create clarity, capacity, and a culture that scales.
Her work has helped some of the most respected small business owners build companies they actually enjoy running again.
Hi! I’m Lauren Goldstein,
I have spent the last 15 plus years inside seven and eight figure companies, working directly with business owners as they grow, scale, and reach the point where the business they built requires a different way of leading.
I have seen what truly scales and what quietly caps growth.
I have watched capable leaders exhaust themselves trying to do everything, not because they are doing it wrong, but because the business has outgrown an operator-led model.
I have rebuilt teams, reset leadership structures, and helped owners step out of the day-to-day without losing control.
At this stage, scaling is no longer about effort. It is about leadership, structure, and knowing where not to spend your time, energy, and focus.
This is where I work.
I help business owners move from Operator to Owner by creating real capacity, stronger leadership, and a business that works for you, not because of you so you can have the freedom you started it for.
Because at this level, doing more is no longer the answer.