Crafting
Narratives
that make this world a better place.
Recent Projects
Thought Leadership Writing
Preview Interviews and Coverage for Houston Energy & Climate Startup Week with Investors, Advisors, and Founders.
Art Prints
2026 RICE University-themed limited-run art prints. Continuing tradition for Alumni Weekend. Event Date: Nov 14, 10 am – 2 pm.
Marketing Strategy
Building the marketing strategy for a small craft-forward luxury house to grow new customer segments and lift revenue.
Eavesdropping with Brands
7+
Industries
100+
Articles
50%
Lift in engagement
3
Rebrands
Customer-informed Marketing | Listen-first aka eavesdropping
Brand strategy that converts into revenue generation
- Find Growth: Customer interviews, segment analysis and journey mapping
- Sharpen Promise: Value proposition and messaging strategy, tested before big $$ spent.
- Go-to-market: Product launches, campaign execution, building pipelines and flywheels.
Sugar Words Blog
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What if the Abruptness of Life is a Feature, not a Bug
I have been exploring people who did not have a single trajectory in their careers and lives. People who have zig-zagged their way to reach…reach a place they defined, instead of what they were told. When I look around and find everyone very sure of where they want to reach; being able to define themselves… Read more
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Is Letting Go a Selfish Act?
Letting go is widely romanticised, so much so that when you are the main character, it almost feels altruistic. There is this notion that letting someone go is going to make them better. There is this quote you hear again and again, from movies, from friends, plastered on every book that remotely has the trope… Read more
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The Anatomy of Faith: A Case for Rationality
How can you actually be delusional? Does that mean having faith, and if so, what does faith even mean? As someone who is very cause-and-effect oriented, if you’ve had a chance to speak with me on certain subjects, I will bring up data and the sequence of events. But on the other end, if you… Read more
Independent Initiatives
Media House for Artists
Art community that helps you commercialise art. I am building a home for: tools, stories and connections that help artists find their audience.
Culture Machine Experiment for Marketers
What if a brand could simply know what’s building in culture? Cultural Machine reads the signals across Reddit, Substack and social media to spot trends before they get crowded, and surfaces the consumer insight behind each one.
Facilitating art and the artist
I offer one-on-one brand positioning and marketing coaching for artists, so your work reaches the people it was made for. Send me an email with a few pieces of your work and what you’re struggling with most. We’ll take it from there.
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