I bring extensive experience across various industries including food and bev, mobility, telco, pharma, health tech, IoT & IIoT, industrial applications, software & SaaS products, luxury consumer products as well as FMCG, and many others. The ideas I generate come with a global perspective, having overseen and created succesful strategies for startups in the US, Europe, Asia, and many other local markets.

My specialization is in problem-solving. I'm able to devise solutions for virtually any business, creative, or strategic issue you may encounter utilizing decades of experience and expert training.

Here are some broad examples of how I've assisted entrepreneurs in my previous calls:

Converting technical and scientific breakthroughs into successful brands and products.

Formulating effective business, venture, and fundraising strategies to drive traction and growth.

Swiftly developing or validating impactful new product, service, and feature concepts.

Overcoming bottlenecks and challenges to realize ambitious strategic and growth goals.

Creating innovative marketing concepts that boost visibility and differentiation across digital and physical channels.

Quickly generating attention-grabbing event, promo, PR stunt, and activation ideas.

Providing actionable expert feedback on creative assets to elevate design, copywriting, art direction, storytelling, and overall conceptual quality.

Solving literally hundreds of other types of complex business, product, brand, marketing, and venture challenges.

If in doubt about your particular challenge or goal, simply reach out for a quick assessment.

Yes. I offer extensive expertise in assisting founders and teams with B2C, B2B, B2B2C, D2C, eCommerce, NGO, and non-traditional business models, spanning both physical and digital products and services across virtually all sectors*.

* Please note that I do not work with clients in traditional fossil fuel, arms & defense, or tobacco/alcohol/gambling sectors.

Your Intellectual Property and privacy are key priorities for me. I actively support founders and inventors in initiating patent filings and am dedicated to complete confidentiality regarding anything discussed in our calls. Your data is never shared without your explicit consent. To establish an individual NDA agreement, simply reach out.

Active investors and VCs can provide invaluable input, but often have very busy schedules. I offer flexible and on-demand assistance dedicated to your growth whenever you need it most and immediately. Moreover, my core goal is your holistic success, not just your (or my) profits or returns.

I specialize in smart ideation and concept development, optimizing your resources. We'll clarify constraints upfront, ensuring our brainstorming focuses on actionable ideas within your team's capacity. I can connect you with cost-effective expert talent to help execute if needed. Moreover, I offer hands-on guidance during execution, providing productive feedback as you implement the strategies we discuss, and am an expert in helping you prioritize and narrow down long backlogs of potential ideas quickly.

I have used design and brand sprints extensively and they can be effective, but are only suitable for certain types of challenges and require a lot of different participants and planning. My methodology achieves similar, and often superior results in less time and at lower costs compared to traditional design sprints.

Having worked at leading global agencies, I now offer a distinctly different approach. While agencies rely on selling you marked-up junior talent and charging overhead fees, I prioritize delivering maximum value as quickly and affordably as possible – with faster turnaround times and leaner costs than any agency. Many of my clients also use me as an expert advisor whenever they want to assess creative and strategic proposals from existing or potential new agencies.

I've been trained at top-tier institutions on the most effective methods for generating and refining valuable ideas rapidly and reliably and am able to go far beyond simple ideation techniques. You get access to a brain that has been trained excessively for almost 2 decades, and if you ever feel that you could have come up with the same ideas on your own, just say so for a full refund.

Unlike freelancers seeking consistent bookings to monetize their skills and time, I provide fractional expertise in much shorter periods. This empowers you to tackle ambitious projects more quickly and largely in-house. I advocate partnering with cost-effective, mission-aligned freelance talent whenever needed and can aid you in sourcing quality candidates if needed.

I am not a replacement for your in-house talent but help you maximize your budget and develop skills within your internal team. It's often more efficient to bring in external expertise, facilitate knowledge transfer, and build up existing capabilities than hiring expensive, full-time, senior experts right off the bat.

To eliminate unnecessary expenses for you, there are a few specific things I do not offer:

Aquisition of new customer or market data sets or in-depth research

Detailed technical analysis or guidance on complex scientific topics

Implementation of performance, marketing, and digital paid media strategies

Any form of execution, including tasks such as copywriting, design, engineering, development, and asset production

In-depth data analytics or comprehensive financial planning

Legal advice in any capacity

If you have questions or need clarity on these service limitations, or if you require guidance in finding qualified hourly experts to execute, please reach out.

Yes! I have been mentoring and teaching at some of the world's most renowned business and creative schools. Additionally, I have served as a hiring manager and reviewed portfolios at some of the top agencies in the world. If you would like to break into the creative industry or approach any type of career development from a strategic and creative angle, please reach out.

You can cancel or reschedule calls up to 4 hours prior and get a full refund. Within less than 4 hours, full charges apply. For last-minute emergencies or extraordinary refunds, please contact us directly.

You get 100% of your money back! But you're not likely to feel that way.

Many founders I've worked with find exceptional value not only in creating new ideas and strategies together with me, but also in having a sounding board to feel more confident about big decisions. I almost always find additional strategies or tactics that have been overlooked.

I guarantee valuable in all sparring calls. If you think we didn’t generate any meaningful ideas, simply reach out to a@agent-a.org for a full refund. My subscription services (Strategic Advisor & Marketing Mentor) come with a 30-day money-back guarantee: If after a month you don't feel like you gained enough value from our calls, simply request a refund here.

If you are an underfunded or underprivileged founder (or part of a founding team) and are working on an exciting new solution to an important problem, please reach out for available stipends and to learn more about a potential pro bono engagement.

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