Mathilde Bernard Funderburk (MBF)

Soulpreneuher

Have you ever thought about starting a business, only to end up buried in content that feels…

Dry. Bland. Bro-ish.

You know the kind:

Hustle harder.

Don’t sleep.

Grind until you burn out.

Force things.

Ignore your gut.

Copy the billionaires.

Hack the algorithm.

Sell sell sell.

Be anyone but yourself.

If that’s what it takes to be an entrepreneur… we’ll pass.

Because starting a business—especially one that’s close to your heart—can already feel overwhelming.

And when the only guidance out there feels soulless, it’s easy to think maybe you’re not cut out for it.

But here’s what we’ve learned (the hard way):

You don’t have to shove yourself into a box to be successful.

You don’t have to erase your softness, your intuition, or your humanity.

You can build something aligned, profitable, and powerful—your way.

We believe that business is spiritual.

That entrepreneurship is one of the most accelerated paths to self-growth.

And that the world desperately needs more women building their own thing.

That’s why we created Soulpreneuher, a Patreon community for intuitive, heart-led women who want to start and grow their business with soul, strategy, and support.

This community is for you if:

• You’re a spiritual and intuitive woman with a business idea (or ten)

• You want to build an online presence without losing your soul

• You crave business advice made for women—not repackaged tech-bro nonsense

• You’re interested in the energetics and spiritual aspects of entrepreneurship

• You want to learn the practical tools to build your dream without breaking the bank

Every month, we (Kris and Mathilde) will be going live to teach, share what’s worked for us (and what definitely hasn’t), and hold office hours so you can get personalized support as you build.

And we’re so excited to build with you.

This isn’t just about business—it’s about reclaiming your path, your voice, your vision.

Welcome to Soulpreneuher.

Let’s make magic 🪄

Co-Founder

MBF Agency

In 2021, I launched my own online coaching business to empower individuals at pivotal moments in their careers and personal lives to gain clarity, confidence, and direction. Helping them to figure out "what's next" for them.

Since its inception, MBF Agency has grown into a thriving platform:

Key Achievements:

- Supported 100+ clients through a range of personalized services, including coaching programs, one-on-one sessions, and tailored guidance, helping them navigate career transitions, clarify life goals, and achieve both professional and personal growth.
- Designed and delivered a comprehensive online coaching program featuring 30+ modules, interactive exercises, and weekly group coaching sessions, fostering a supportive community.
- Developed a strong personal brand across multiple social media platforms, significantly growing my following and engagement through strategic and impactful content creation.
- Hosted live sessions and webinars for a global audience, driving audience engagement and expanding community reach on LinkedIn and beyond.
- Produced high-quality, free resources, including a mini-course and downloadable tools, to attract and nurture prospective clients while promoting the MBF Agency brand.
- Created and executed targeted marketing campaigns that consistently delivered results, increasing client acquisition and brand visibility.
- Mentored clients on mindset shifts, and professional strategies, enabling them to take actionable steps toward their dreams.

Key Skills Demonstrated

Career and life coaching.
Community building and client relations.
Strategic marketing and personal branding.
Content creation and audience engagement.
Program development and delivery.

CEO / Founder

The Systems Duo by Jaemi & Mathilde

Provided strategic consulting to online businesses with revenues ranging from 6 to 7 figures, helping them optimize operations and drive growth.

Key Achievements

- Streamlined operational processes for various online businesses, enabling greater efficiency and scalability.
- Supported managers in the successful launch of products and services, ensuring seamless execution and impactful results.
- Designed and implemented processes and project plans tailored to support business growth and long-term success.
- Developed and executed strategic marketing plans that contributed to significant revenue increases for clients.
- Planned and managed online events, coordinating logistics and execution to achieve client objectives.
- Led recruitment efforts, hiring team members and contractors to delegate workloads effectively and support CEOs and managers in focusing on high-level tasks.

Maison de la région Occitanie // Sud de France New York

- Directed the US branch of the Occitanie Region, managing a 7-figure annual budget and overseeing all branch operations.
- Led a team of up to 7, including full-time staff and consultants, ensuring seamless collaboration across departments (Food, Wine, Tourism, and Technology).
- Developed and executed a comprehensive business and marketing strategy to promote Sud de France, the umbrella brand for Occitanie Region products (wine and food).
- Spearheaded high-profile events and strategic partnerships with notable organizations, including PBS WNET, French Embassy, MoMA, and the NY French Consulate.
- Represented the office in PR campaigns and media interviews, elevating brand visibility across the US.
- Managed international relationships between French and US partners, fostering collaboration and promoting business growth.
- Oversaw immigration sponsorship for employees, ensuring compliance with US regulations.
- Handled legal and administrative work for the US office, including negotiating a lease and managing the full relocation to a new office space.
- Established and nurtured connections between Occitanie businesses and US partners, particularly in sustainability and renewable energy sectors.
- Generated additional funding by renting office space to local businesses.
- Managed liaison with HQ in France, overseeing accounting, legal matters, HR, and performance reporting.

Key Achievements:

- Expanded brand visibility through partnerships, generating long-term benefits for Occitanie businesses.
- Organized events with 6-figure budgets, achieving significant ROI and stakeholder engagement.
- Transitioned office operations into a self-sustaining model by introducing a new revenue stream.

Executive Director - U.S. Branch 

- Advanced to Executive Project Manager after demonstrating expertise in business development for the Wine and Food departments.
- Led initiatives to connect Occitanie producers with US distributors, enhancing export opportunities and market penetration.
- Coordinated promotional campaigns and events to showcase regional products to US audiences.
- Maintained high standards of project delivery, ensuring alignment with HQ objectives and local market needs.

Executive Project Manager - US Branch

- Designed and executed strategic plans to grow Occitanie wine and food exports in the US market.
- Built relationships with distributors and retail partners, facilitating increased sales and product visibility.
- Collaborated with French and US teams to align marketing efforts and maximize promotional impact.

**The company hired me while I was working in France and sponsored me for a visa.

Project Manager - US Branch 

La Maison du Whisky - LMDW

- Handled all administrative tasks related to orders, ensuring compliance with legal regulations and accurate delivery.
- Acted as a key liaison for the sales team, providing essential support for field operations and addressing logistical challenges.
- Ensured seamless communication between departments, enabling efficient workflow and improved customer service.

Business and Administrative Development

Sopexa

- Assisted the manager with communication budgets from marketing recommendations to implementing multi-channel campaigns.
- Helped design, implement, and execute 360° communication plans, encompassing creative design, media, PR, operational marketing, web marketing, and performance reporting.
- Successfully assisted the manager in taking care of budgets for notable clients such as Qualité Landes, CIFG Floc de Gascogne, APEF, and CNIEL/EMF (European Milk Forum).

Key Responsibilities

Assisted in developing marketing strategies tailored to client objectives and market demands.
Delivered measurable results, ensuring client satisfaction and long-term partnerships.
Streamlined administrative processes for enhanced campaign efficiency and effectiveness.

Project Management - Sales and Marketing

Project Manager Assistant - U.S. Branch

✨ If there is a dream then there is life✨

Hi, I’m Mathilde! 👋 

A coach, mentor, and professional dream architect!

I am passionate about helping the ones "who don't know what's next" to listen to their hearts (and guts!) while building lives they truly love. 

Over the past 10+ years, I’ve had the joy of leading teams, managing projects (from wine events to live coaching webinars), and empowering people to find clarity and confidence to pursue their passions.

What lights me up? 

Seeing someone realize their potential and take bold steps toward their dreams. 

Whether I’m mentoring a team, coaching an individual, or organizing impactful events, my focus is always on connection, collaboration, and creating space for people to thrive.

I’ve worked with diverse teams across industries:

→ guiding them to streamline processes, 
→ spark innovation, 
→and achieve big goals. 

As a leader, I’m all about balance: structure with flexibility, strategy with heart, and ambition with kindness. 

👀 Oh, and I’ve learned a thing or two about making things happen while traveling the world and managing my own online business. Talk about multitasking! 🌍

What drives me is knowing that everyone has something unique to offer the world. 

I’m here to help people uncover what that is, trust themselves, and take the next step—whether it’s launching a project, building a business, or simply finding clarity in what comes next.

If you’re looking for someone who can mix strategic thinking with heart-centered guidance (and maybe with some french twist to it), let’s connect! 

Together, we can turn big dreams into real, actionable steps. 🌟

I’m a bit of a walking contradiction.

(Sorry, not sorry) 

I grew up in a spiritual household but I always worked in corporate roles that were incredibly pragmatic and driven by logic.

So here I am - an amalgamation of the spiritual and the practical.

I blend the stuff that makes sense with the ‘non-sensical’.

And it is because of this that my life - and my client's lives - have done a complete 360 in both their internal and external world.

You see, you can form a solid step-by-step action plan, but without spiritual direction and a laser-focused vision, you can still feel lost.

You can do manifestation, visualization, astrological readings, and tarot card readings, but without practical execution, you can still feel stuck on the HOW.

Now, combine the two together and you have a recipe for infinite possibility.

If you’re a spiritually curious, corporate escapee (or soon-to-be) and you want to explore how to build a lifestyle business that promotes freedom in the truest sense…

The Spiritual Freedom Blueprint offers everything you need to thrive in your transition.

Visualise - Plan - GO FOR IT!

Click the link in my bio, or DM me, for a lowkey exploration of how I can best support you to live the life you deserve.

“Mathilde has a unique gift of taking her client's big ideas and visions and mapping them. By doing this she was able to create a strong foundation for the business. Her attention to detail and process is unparalleled. Whether starting a business or shifting gears or looking to add more intention to your existing business, do yourself a favor and hire Mathilde. It will save you time, money, and energy in the long run” - Melanie

Jens Hein

Agile Heroes

Senior Agile Transformation Consultant

Agile Coaching
- Supporting teams and organisations in the adoption of agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, OKR's)


Training
- Training of over 100 new Scrum Master & Product Owners (PSM1&2, PSPO1) in cooperation with training institute "karriere tutor"
- Creation of own Scrum Master / Product Owner training & coaching program

Agile Coach & Trainer

Go Scrum Yourself!

Coaching for gifted individuals with scanner/generalist/renaissance personalities and the wish to create a Solopreneur business supporting their ideal lifestyle (and find out what that lifestyle is first).

Founder & Solopreneur Incubator

Solarisbank AG

Agile Coach

Sabbatical

Coaching Spirale
- Systemic Coaching (DCV-certified)
Karrieretutor
- Project Management with PRINCE2 (Foundation & Practitioner, PeopleCert)
- Professional Scrum Master (PSM1&2, Scrum.org)
- Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO1, Scrum.org)
Yogibar
- Hatha-Yoga teacher
Kikidan
- NLP Practitioner (Society of NLP)
Individual, self-paced
- Professional Agile Leadership (PAL1, Scrum.org)
- Learning How To Learn (Coursera)
VHS - Adult Education Classes
- Various Courses around Coaching, NLP, Non-Violent Communication

Training / Education

Long Distance Cycling & Hikes
Training & Participation in several Triathlons

Travel & Sports

Deutsche Börse

For the full section of ~80 employees I 	
- improved the cooperation by maintaining focus & alignment
- facilitated events around our Kanban implementation (stand-ups & retros)
- moderated section-wide management meetings
- organised a 2-day offsite with training in Design Thinking
- continued coaching new PO's and team leads
- consulted the section lead on organizational & strategical topics

09/2015 - 12/2016 Ad Interim

My responsibilities and successes included:

Setup of a team in Eschborn & Prague
- Recruiting, Onboarding, Coaching of 11 employees in 2 locations
- Responsibility of the team included
    - Functional 24/7 operations and costumer support
    - Coordination of new releases
    - Onboarding of new customers
    - Problem- and Incident-Management
Introduction of Agile Management Framework for section of ~80 employees in 10 teams
- Integration of Scrum for Software Development with 
- Kanban to organize and prioritize change initiatives
   (based on Flight Levels and cooperation with Dr. Leopold)
   - Reduction of active initiatives from 20 to 10
- Removal of impediments for the Scrum implementation
   - Introduction of Service Desk ticketing for coordination between development and operations
   - Reduction of active version index from 4 to 1
Successful contract negotiations in internal and multi-lateral project environment (XBID)
Introduction of 24/7 on-call and escalation management

Head Of Unit Energy Infrastructure & Service Management

- Managed the Design, Setup and Maintenance of technical infrastructure for SaaS product
- Orchestrated the move from Mainframe to x86 infrastructure
- Service Implementation for new customers (international energy & commodity exchanges)
- Proper cost analysis for infrastructure and run time costs for new customers
   - Leading to better cost coverage on new contracts
- Steering and controling internal delivery units

IT Business Analyst

Landesbank Berlin

Responsibilities included:
- Management of technical & functional issues around the trading desk infrastructure
- Implementation of new legal requirements around OTC trading
- Migration of workflows during Mx3-project (major version change for Murex)
- Seemless hand-over of orderdesk to Dekabank after acquisition

IT Business Analyst (Referent Business Management)

- Management of technological issues with trading desk infrastructure
   - Systems included: Murex, Ullink, Cameron FIX Engine, Bloomberg Terminal)
- Implementation of financial instrument setup tool (VBA-based) resulting in time savings of ~90%
- Internal hospitations at Client Desk, Risk Management, Back Office, IT

Trainee Business Management - Business Technology

Australia

Work and Travel

Student temp - Market Data & Analytics

I help Scanners become Solopreneurs without giving "their selves up". Go Scrum Yourself! Agile Management for Teams of One.

¾ What I do most of the day?

✍️ Writing 
- Blog posts
- Newsletter
- LinkedIn content
- e-Mails

🎙 Talking to
- Strangers
- Agile Solopreneurs in the making
- Corporate Clients
- People that can help me

💭 Reflecting on
- New Ideas
- Improvements to Processes
- Observations
... both for my clients and myself


💲 What you can pay for 💲

🔄 Support in Becoming an Agile Solopreneur:
- Creation of liberating structures for your Agile Solopreneurship
- Moderation of discussions within your inner team - on vision, values, ..
- Facilitation of your personal reviews, retros and plannings
- Accountabilitisation* through daily check-ins
- Consultation to choose the right metric for some empirical evidence
* No, it's not a word. But you know what I mean.


🙌 Support in Becoming A Truly Agile Leader:
- Honest and objective feedback on why you are not
- Co-Creation of solutions to these impediments
- Moderation of discussions within your team - on vision, values, ..
- Facilitation of reviews, retros and plannings
- Consultation to choose the right metric for some empirical evidence

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