Teresa Bartaseviciute

When I was a kid, instead of Cartoon Network I have been watching the Cannes Golden Lions Advertising awards. Now my professional career leads me to...

A creative B2B Growth Marketing specialist with 11 years of experience in Life Sciences tech (Automation, Biotech), SaaS, Fintech. 

Obsessed with understanding customer needs and delivering positive marketing ROI. Strong ability to effectively handle multiple projects and stakeholders in a fast-paced, hands-on environment.

Holds Master's degree in Data Analytics & Marketing, dissertation topic: blockchain uses in tech marketing. Hold CIM Award in Professional Marketing. Attended art school for 6 years as an extracurricular. Passionate about tech and innovation.

Whenever I'm off professional duties I derive pleasure in traveling, reading, art and culture, or embracing the stillness of mountains. 

Please feel free to send me an invite; I’d love to connect with you.

Senior Growth Manager, Life Sciences

• Automata is the leading robotics and automation company powering the laboratories of the future. 
• Our Lab Automation Platform meets labs where they are on their automation journey, and we are the trusted partner to improving efficiencies and freeing scientists to work on new and innovative discoveries, or healthcare systems to bring life-saving testing faster and in quantities unattainable to achieve manually.

Let’s figure out why people aren’t buying and fix it together.

I work with founders and commercial operators when a decision actually matters.

Not brainstorming.
Not motivation.
Real calls with money, people, and momentum on the line.

Most businesses do not stall because of effort or talent. They stall because the picture gets distorted. Too many inputs. Too much advice. Not enough signal about how the market and buyer are really responding.

My role is simple.
I provide an independent commercial view before decisions are locked in.

Hiring.
Offers.
Pricing.
Expansion.
Go or no-go moments.

I look at the context the business is operating in, how buyers are experiencing the offer, and where perception, trust, or confidence breaks down.

From there, I help surface what actually matters, what is being misread, what to decide, and what to ignore.

Sometimes that leads to a clearer growth move.
Sometimes it prevents an expensive mistake.
Often, it just removes enough noise for the right decision to become obvious.

I do not motivate.
I do not sell tactics.
I do not push frameworks for their own sake.

This work is about judgement. Understanding buyer behaviour, how sales is being perceived, and reducing the risk of getting the next move wrong.

If you are sitting with a decision that feels heavier than it should, and more advice would only add noise, you can DM me.

Charlie Platt

You don’t remember the smartest leader.

You remember the clearest.

Because clarity:

• Reduced stress
• Built confidence
• Improved performance

Clear expectations.
Clear feedback.
Clear decisions.

No guessing.
No politics.
No silent standards.

Leadership isn’t about being impressive.

It’s about removing confusion.

Confusion creates pressure.
Pressure spreads fast.

If performance feels heavier than it should,
don’t push harder.

Install clarity.

Clarify one expectation.
Clarify one role.
Clarify one decision.

Clarity compounding

So does confusion.

What you tolerate becomes what you scale.

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Clarity for high-stakes commercial decisions

When pressure rises, most people don’t lose confidence.

They lose access to clear thinking.

That’s the thing most people don’t realise.

It doesn’t show up as panic.
It shows up as hesitation where there used to be momentum.

Smart people.
Capable leaders.
Doing well on paper.

As soon as things feel hard to trust, their thinking changes.
Not because they’ve lost belief in themselves.
Because their head doesn’t feel settled.

That’s the part most mindset advice skips.

Mindset isn’t what you tell yourself.
It’s how your brain responds when things feel uncertain.

When safety drops, thinking narrows.
Decisions feel heavier than they should.
Control creeps in.

That’s not weakness.
That’s psychology doing its job.

Once you see that, a few truths stop sounding 
abstract and start making sense.

10 mindset truths that actually hold up under pressure

1. Mindset follows clarity
 ↳ The brain relaxes when it knows what matters

2. Belief is trained, not chosen
 ↳ Repeated actions shape what feels true

3. Emotion leads thinking
 ↳ You feel safe or threatened before you reason

4. Pressure narrows perception
 ↳ Stress removes options before logic arrives

5. Calm is a learned skill
 ↳ Regulation beats raw confidence every time

6. Identity drives behaviour
 ↳ People act in line with who they believe they are

7. Habits outweigh motivation
 ↳ What’s repeated beats what’s intended

8. Control increases resistance
 ↳ Autonomy restores confidence and trust

9. Standards quietly decide outcomes
 ↳ What you tolerate becomes normal

10. Certainty comes from alignment
 ↳ When actions and beliefs match, doubt drops

Most people don’t need more mindset advice.
They need less noise.

If this felt familiar, you’re not behind.

You’re just carrying too much at once.
   
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When the stakes feel high, decisions don’t fail because of bad logic.

They fail because of how the risk feels.

That’s the thing most people miss.

As pressure rises, the brain quietly changes the question.
Not:
 “What’s the best move?”

But:
 “What’s the safest move if this goes wrong?”

That shift explains a lot.

Why smart people stall.
Why good options get delayed.
Why decisions get smaller instead of clearer.

Not because they’re unsure.
Because the downside feels too exposed.

This is what shows up in high-stakes decisions:

1. Downside gets overweighted
 → Loss feels louder than potential gain

2. Worst-case scenarios dominate
 → The brain fixates on what could go wrong

3. Reversibility matters more than upside
 → Undoable options feel safer

4. Delay feels protective
 → Waiting reduces felt responsibility

5. Consensus replaces judgment
 → Shared decisions spread the risk

6. Accountability gets diluted
 → No single owner feels safer

7. Complexity increases
 → More thinking creates cover

8. Information gathering becomes a shield
 → Data replaces commitment

9. Smaller decisions feel smarter
 → Low-risk moves feel easier to justify

10. Timing gets misread
 → “Not now” feels safer than “no”

If a decision feels hard, pause and check this:
Are you solving the problem, or trying to reduce 
how exposed you feel?

Before deciding, ask:
 “What’s the downside I’m protecting myself from?”

Reduce that first.

Most high-stakes decisions don’t need more thinking.
They need less perceived downside.
   
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You’re Not Reacting To Reality.

You’re Reacting To What You Think It Means.

Sales dip for a week.

You think: “It’s failing.”

That wasn’t in the data.

You added it.

Team member goes quiet.

Fact: fewer words.
Story: disengaged.

Again - you added it.

This is how smart leaders create unnecessary chaos.

Not from bad strategy.

From bad interpretation.

And when you’re leading, your story spreads.

Tone shifts.
Decisions tighten.
Things get pulled too early.

👉 Here’s the fix:

When something feels urgent, write this:

SIGNAL: what actually happened
STORY: what I think it means

If the STORY line is longer, don’t act yet.

That pause saves money.
It saves trust.
It saves momentum.

Strong leaders separate signal from story.

Everyone else reacts.

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Revenue Doesn’t Care How Hard You’re Working.

You can believe your offer is strong.

If it’s not converting, the value isn’t clear enough.

You can believe your team is working hard.

If objections repeat, trust isn’t high enough.

You can believe the price is fair.

If price dominates the conversation, positioning is weak.

Commercial reality doesn’t measure intention.

It measures behaviour.

1. Leads stall → friction in the journey.
2. Sales need convincing → the offer isn’t sharp.
3. Revenue swings → systems aren’t stable.
4. Customers don’t return → delivery missed expectation.
5. Retention drops → value didn’t compound.
6. Growth needs constant pushing → strategy isn’t aligned.

This isn’t emotional.

It’s structural feedback.

Most founders defend effort.

Operators diagnose alignment.

Perception → Positioning → Journey → Sales → Delivery → Retention.

Break one link, revenue reflects it.

💡 When revenue dips, run this audit:

↳ Is the perception clear, or confused?
 ↳ Is the positioning strong, or debated?
 ↳ Where is friction slowing movement?
 ↳ Is the offer strong without persuasion?
 ↳ Does delivery match the promise?
 ↳ Are customers staying, or slipping?

Fix the first weak link you find.

Not all of them.

One.

The market tells the truth.

Are you auditing the signal
or defending the story?

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Standards don’t collapse overnight.

They rot quietly.

And they rot for a reason.

I’ve seen strong teams lose their edge.
I’ve allowed it myself.

Avoid the awkward conversation and the bar drops.
Protect feelings and effort falls.
Tolerate it once and you’ve reset the standard.

Here are 10 signs it’s already happening:

1. You start the meeting anyway.
2. You say “good job” when it wasn’t.
3. You let your top performer bend the rules.
4. You ignore small mistakes because you’re tired.
5. You redo the work instead of addressing it.
6. You lower the target so it feels safer.
7. You let the moment pass without calling it out.
8. You excuse behaviour you once challenged.
9. You keep the peace instead of being clear.
10. You notice the drop in quality and say nothing.

None of this feels big.

That’s the problem.

Every time you let it pass,
you teach the team what “good enough” now means.

And once that line moves,
it’s hard to move it back.

Before your next meeting, don’t just reflect.

Pick one thing.
Call it out.
Reset the bar in real time.

Then hold it.

Ask yourself:
“What am I allowing now that I wouldn’t have last year?”

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