Foundational branding for startups.
From who are we to hell yeah in days, not months.
Approach
With all the AI slop out there, you need an ownable brand now more than ever. We work in collaborative sprints to build foundational assets that stay unmistakably yours, so you can test, refine and grow without losing your soul. Let’s find yours.
Services
We'll scope a sprint to match what you need right now.
BEFORE YOU PITCH
Who We Are Story
MVP Customer Research
Naming
Logo & Visual Identity
Pre-Seed Positioning
Fundraising-Ready Messaging
BEFORE YOU LAUNCH
Company Vision & Values
Market & Customer Research
Positioning
Go-to-Market Strategy
Launch Messaging
AFTER YOU LAND CUSTOMERS
AI-Ready Brand Voice Guide
Marketing & Content Strategy
Content Execution
Results
HELPED CLIENTS RAISE $60M+ IN VENTURE ROUNDS
6 NEW MARKET LAUNCHES
2 ACQUISITIONS BY FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES
AVERAGE TURNAROUND UNDER 1 MONTH
Clients
Testimonials
Case Studies
RightSciences
One working session turned a biotech's brand confusion into Fortune 500 pharma conversations.
42 Memory Lane
So new it had no language yet. Two weeks later: a brand system built to pitch the biggest VCs and consumer brands.
Kinesia
A week and a flood of founder ideas. We made a brand framework out of it and a studio experience to express her vision.
FAQs
Hopefully this answers your pressing questions. When you’re ready, contact me for an initial call.
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Most of the work happens in the sprint itself, not on your calendar for months. That means we’ll need you for few focused sessions, from 1-2 hours per session. Then a short async loop for feedback. We do the heavy lifting.
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Weeks, not months. Or even days if that’s what your project needs. You'll have working deliverables based on your goals before most agencies finish their kickoff deck.
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Depends on your goals, but most engagements cover brand frameworks you can hand to a new hire, a vendor, or a GPT. Common deliverables are positioning, messaging frameworks, and visual ID at a glance, plus a voice guide built to keep your AI-generated content on-brand long after we're done. You can use the outputs for websites, pitch decks and LinkedIn.
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Engagements are scoped to startup speed and budget, not agency retainers. We'll size the sprint to your stage and what you need right now. Pricing is typically flat fee with clear deliverables and a set amount of revisions.
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Absolutely. Every engagement includes a brand voice guide built for GPTs so that the humans don’t have to re-explain your brand to the AI every time. We still advocate for human oversight, and we will build your brand framework to connect authentically with a thinking and feeling person.
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You'll hear from Britt directly. A quick call to see if we're the right fit, then we scope your sprint from there.
About
Britt Stromberg is the principal strategist at Brand Blocks. A former ad agency creative and child of two entrepreneurs, she breathes P&Ls and is still wildly creative. She's gifted at pulling the real story out of a founder, then distilling it into gold. Been at it for 20+ years.
Britt specializes in bringing soul to your startup brand. She can align market and product data with values and dreams, and make it convert.
Britt has operated both inside startups and large enterprises but thrives in the small to medium businesses where she can work direct with decision makers. With deep connections to the creative community, Britt will assemble the ideal team for your project’s needs and scope it to move fast so you can get on with your business.
Britt is also the founder of Underwire, a marketing consultancy for women’s health and she writes the Lift & Separate substack.