About Us
Rewriting the rules of success.
We’re Bloom Ambition—your outsider’s edge for insider growth. Founded by Emily Longfellow and Sarah Wustefeld, we’ve walked the startup gauntlet from inception to Series D, bootstrapped to VC-backed, B2B to D2C. We’ve sold, raised, and coached our way through it all—now we’re here for you.
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Emily Longfellow will never tell you she’s a Stanford graduate. In addition to her extensive sales and marketing background, she’s also a coach, speaker, founder, nonprofit board member, a wellness junkie, and a fabulous dancer. Emily lives in OKC where she loves to make her husband do house projects, go to the lake, and spends way too much time at the baseball fields. Emily is a mom to three boys, two dogs, one fish, and a snail.
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Sarah Wustefeld is a networking extraordinaire. Everything is done with a smile. She can’t have a meeting before she vacuums or sweeps a floor. Active in church and in her three kids’ school, Sarah loves golf (but rarely has time to play) & digs lake life. Laundry is her arch nemesis, and organized closets give her peace. Plus, she won’t pass up on a glass of wine. Classically trained pianist and vocalist. Oh yeah, she’s also a tenured sales exec, former founder, and Chicago based.
Our Story
In 2022, Emily & Sarah met while working together at a digital health SaaS company and became fast friends. After an unexpected business trip to Las Vegas, the two bonded over a Ludacris concert and a love of startup growth, and started working together consulting companies on sales and corporate development. In 2024, organizations started asking them to do presentation training and help with sales and fundraising, and Bloom Ambition was born.
Mike - Ohana Health Network
“Working with Sarah and Emily was an absolute blast - they’re visionary, they’re executors, and they get it done. Highly recommend”
Sam - Lessns
“I love Emily and Sarah. They made my company better in more ways than I can count. We never would have hit our fundraising goals without them”
Why we do this.
Growth isn’t just numbers—it’s about building something amazing that lasts. We’re Emily Longfellow and Sarah Wustefeld, and we’ve spent decades in the trenches—pitching, selling, and quarterbacking growth for every kind of org imaginable. Startups to Series D, bootstrapped to VC-backed, B2B to D2C, even non-profits—we’ve seen what works, what flops, and how to turn a shaky pitch into a standing ovation.
We’re professional sales people—pitching is our lifeblood. We’ve crafted stories that close deals, polished numbers that win trust, and trained teams to read the room like pros. From enterprise sales—where you’re rallying the whole company to land those monster contracts—to sweaty investor rooms (ask us about the time we watched a VC doodle through a $10M pitch!), we’ve been there. We know how to translate tech jargon to exec speak, ops weeds to big-picture wins, and founder dreams to stakeholder buy-in. Every org we’ve touched, we’ve trained—sales reps, CEOs, even the IT crew—because growth isn’t one department; it’s the whole damn game.
Here’s the thing: too many leaders are stuck in the weeds—CRM chaos, shaky sales skills, fundraising flops—missing the forest for the trees. That’s our gift. We slow you down to speed you up—crafting strategies that save time, hit goals, and actually make sense for you. Need a tighter sales pipeline? We’ll revamp your CRM and train your team to sell like champs. Raising capital? We’ve got the playbook—pitch decks, valuations, investor intros—plus funny behind-the-scenes tales to prove it. Want to grow with confidence? We’re your cheerleaders, your coaches, your outsider’s edge—helping you see the path and own it.
Why do we do this? Because we love helping good people build great things. We’ve worked with every type of company under the sun—big tech, scrappy startups, you name it—and we’ve learned one truth: ambition without alignment burns out. You’re not here to crash—you’re here to soar. We’re good people (and damn fun ones—think wine-fueled brainstorming and dance-party wins), obsessed with getting sh*t done so you can too. Bloom Ambition isn’t just consulting—it’s growth with grit, heart, and a whole lot of hustle. Let’s make your story the next one we tell.
Experience you can count on.
Our extensive experience across various stages of company growth, from inception to Series D, bootstrapped to VC to public, M&A, within B2B, D2C, and non-profits, enables us to guide founders in clarifying their vision and achieving aligned growth.
