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FOUNDER ADVISORY2025 – present

Founder Brand Advisory

Brand work for drinks + CPG founders who want to own a category.

Engagements with founder-led drinks and CPG brands on positioning, launch, and category platforms. Recent: ZACAL (brand strategy), Global Bartending (comms + launch), YF (90-day plan).

PositioningLaunchCategory work
WHAT I DO HERE

Brand work for drinks + CPG founders who want to own a category.

After nine years inside DV, I work with founder-led drinks and CPG brands on the same disciplines that made DV's portfolio brands break out. Positioning. Launch narrative. Category platforms. The press and retail conversations that compound.

Recent engagements: ZACAL (brand strategy for an early-stage spirit), Global Bartending (comms proposal and launch framework for a global operator), YF (90-day marketing plan), Fox Comms (strategic comms work).

The brands that last define a category before they try to win one. That's where I start.
HOW WE START

A 30-minute Brand Direction Call.

Thirty minutes. No commitment. We pressure-test brand direction before you spend another quarter committing to it. You leave with a sharper read on positioning and the next two moves worth making.