Most founders think positioning is marketing—brand identity, messaging frameworks, taglines.

It's not.

Positioning is strategy. It's the translation layer between your vision and what buyers can understand right now. It's the bridge between what you want to build and what the market is ready to buy.

Get it wrong and your entire sales process suffers. CAC climbs. Sales cycles extend. Only founders can close. Marketing burns budget on the wrong message.

Get it right and everything works.

Strategic diagnostics. We find what's broken when you can't see it yourself.

Positioning strategy. We translate what's in your head into something buyers understand and commit to.

Growth advisory. We help you move from founder-led chaos to scalable sales motion.

We work with founders who've tried repositioning 2-3 times and something still feels off. Who know their product is good but sales cycles are too long. Who can close deals themselves but teams can't.

We diagnose patterns you're too close to see. Then we show you what to fix.

We don't do cookie-cutter playbooks.

First, we diagnose. Deep dive into your current positioning, sales motion, and what's actually happening in buyer conversations. We look at what you're too close to see—the patterns, the gaps, the inhibitors.

Then, we build strategy. Positioning that accounts for where you are now and where you're trying to go. Not theory. Practical frameworks you can execute immediately.

Then, we advise through execution. This isn't "here's a deck, good luck." We work with you through implementation—whether that's repositioning, sales process changes, or scaling from founder-led to team-led motion.

Timeline depends on scope. Some engagements are single diagnostics (weeks). Others are ongoing advisory (months). We'll tell you what makes sense after we understand your situation..

Uncomfortable truths. We'll tell you what's actually broken, not what you want to hear.

Strategic honesty. If we can't help, we'll say so. If someone else is better suited, we'll tell you that too.

Pattern diagnosis. We see what founders miss—the gap between what's in your head and what buyers hear, the reason founder-led sales won't scale, the positioning that breaks when reality hits.

No bullshit. We don't do corporate consultant speak. We don't pad engagements. We find what's broken, show you what to fix, and help you execute.

Expect direct communication. Expect psychological depth (we understand why positioning isn't working, not just that it isn't). Expect to see patterns you've been living but couldn't name.

Based in London. Work globally.

Everything is remote unless there's a reason to be in person. We've worked with founders across US, Europe, and emerging markets.

Geography doesn't matter. Clarity does.

First, diagnose what's actually broken.

Long sales cycles usually mean one of these things:

• Buyers don't understand what you do (clarity problem)

• Buyers understand but don't trust you can deliver (credibility problem)

• Buyers understand and trust but aren't ready to commit (timing/urgency problem)

• You're selling to wrong buyers entirely (ICP problem)

Most founders guess which one. We diagnose which one.

Then we fix it. Usually the adjustment is smaller than you think. The return is bigger than you expect.

Book a call. We'll tell you what we see.

First, understand why founder-led sales work:

You close deals because you:

1. Deeply understand the problem

2. Can improvise when objections arise

3. Radiate conviction

4. Adjust positioning in real-time based on buyer signals

Your reps can't do this. Not because they're incompetent—because they don't have your context, conviction, or permission to improvise.

The solution isn't "hire better reps."

The solution is building positioning and process that transfers your advantage:

• Codify the psychological journey buyers go through with you

• Build positioning that handles objections before they arise

• Create frameworks reps can execute without needing your brain

• Identify what's founder-specific vs. what's transferable

We help founders extract what's in their heads and build it into scalable process.

Hedge funds. Tech startups (B2B SaaS, crypto, web3). Alternative investments. Fashion retail. Distribution. Emerging markets.

The industry matters less than the pattern.

We work best with:

• Complex B2B products with long sales cycles

• Sophisticated buyers (investors, enterprise, technical)

• Founders transitioning from founder-led to team-led motion

• Companies that have product-market fit but growth feels harder than it should

If you're Series A-B, have real revenue, and something feels off but you can't name it—we can probably help.

That's exactly when you should talk to us.

Most founders who think they have a marketing problem actually have a positioning problem.
Most founders who think they have a sales problem actually have a positioning problem.
Most founders who think they have a product problem sometimes have a positioning problem.

The diagnostic conversation will make it clear. We'll tell you what we see. If positioning isn't the issue, we'll tell you what is.

Book a call. Worst case: you get clarity. Best case: you find what's been blocking you.

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