What we do.
narrative first → customer intel feeds everything → product + capital run parallel
Six workstreams covering every move from idea to seed. Not sequential — they run in parallel with a strict priority hierarchy. We embed across all of them, in founder voice, with the depth of a fractional C-level and the speed of an operator.
01 · narrative foundation
1ST · UPSTREAMNarrative Foundation & Positioning.
The thinking everything else is built on. Before pitching, selling, hiring or posting — there's a working answer to who this is for, what the problem is, why now, why this team.
- ICP definition
- Problem framing in customer language
- Category design — enter or define
- Validated value proposition
- Master narrative arc, deck-feeding
Outcomea story the founder owns under fire.
02 · customer intelligence
2ND · ALWAYS-ONCustomer Intelligence — a system, not a phase.
Validation is binary; intelligence is ongoing. We build the discovery rhythm that surfaces signal from interviews, deals, and churn — and routes it back into product, narrative, and sales.
- Discovery architecture & respondent map
- 15–30 structured interviews
- Pattern recognition · affinity diagrams
- Continuous loop · win/loss · churn autopsy
- Cross-workstream insight brief
Outcomesignal that compounds, never dries up.
03 · product + revenue
3RD · PARALLELProduct + Revenue Track.
Two tracks that stress-test each other. Product stays honest only when revenue says "yes" — and the sales motion only sharpens when product hears the objections live.
- Problem-solution fit memo · MVP scoping
- Build, kill, iterate
- ICP-aligned prospecting · founder-led
- Pilot-to-paid · first 10 deals debriefed
Outcomeretention curves and signed contracts.
04 · capital track
4TH · PARALLELCapital Track — a process, not an event.
Fundraising as continuous relationship-building. The deck is a leave-behind; the pitch is a conversation. We sequence outreach like a sales funnel and read between the no's.
- Tiered investor mapping · A/B/C lists
- Pitch from master narrative
- Warm outreach sequencing & CRM
- Live objection library · iterate per round
- Term sheet → due diligence → close
Outcomecapital, on terms that don't haunt you.
05 · team & ops
ONGOING · TABLE-STAKESTeam & Org · Ops & Finance.
The risk floor. Just-enough structure to de-risk the business and support fundraising — without burning founder attention on infrastructure that doesn't matter yet.
- Founder gap mapping · constraint-based hiring
- Role scorecards · Topgrading-style interviews
- Operating principles · decision rights (RACI)
- Driver-based 18-month financial model
- Clean books · cap table · data room ready
Outcomeinfrastructure that disappears into the work.
06 · marketing & visibility
LAST · NARRATIVE-GATEDMarketing & Visibility — earliest in temptation, last in priority.
Founder-led, narrative-gated. From credibility, point of view, and being findable by the right people to brand building, channel strategy and campaigns planning.
- Narrative gate-check before any public output
- Founder POV / category thesis
- 1–2 channels
- Repeatable content system + repurposing
- Category awareness · speaking
Outcomepost less, say more — own the conversation.