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Testimonials · Words from the people we work with

Every quote below is on the record, tied to a shipped project, and paired with the outcome our client asked us to help move. No stock testimonials, no anonymised praise — just operators who trusted us with a real number, and were happy to say so afterwards.

A founder mid-conversation during a client review at the studio
· ON THE RECORD9 CLIENTS

Video · Featured

Maya Okafor, on the record.

Recorded post-Series B, San Francisco, 2026. Runtime 2:38.

Quotes · By industry

Filter by who they are.

9 of 9 on the record.

  • They rebuilt our story in five weeks and closed the round in eleven. I have never seen an agency this precise.

    Maya Okafor

    CEO · Aurora Labs

  • The website they shipped feels like a product, not a brochure. Every stakeholder inside the bank wants to be on the next project.

    David Chen

    CMO · Meridian Financial

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    We finally have a growth team that thinks like operators, not vendors. Revenue is up 4×.

    Priya Patel

    Founder · North Supply

  • A partner that raises the bar every week. Half the reason we are hitting our targets.

    Lucas Meier

    VP Marketing · Lumen OS

  • They made insurance feel human — and made our board look brilliant.

    Rhea Kapoor

    Head of Brand · Orbit Health

  • Field Notes went from a newsletter nobody read to the reason our sales team hits inbox zero. That is what a real editorial program does.

    Tomasz Nowak

    Editor-in-Chief · Field Notes

  • SaaS
    We stopped explaining what we do and started closing on the first call. That was the deliverable.

    Anika Ramanathan

    Co-founder · Halo & Co

  • Fintech
    The design system they left us runs three product lines and a marketing site without a fight. That is compounding infrastructure.

    Ben Whitaker

    Head of Design · Beacon

  • Health
    A boutique that operates like an in-house team. We stopped hiring agencies after them.

    Isabella Rossi

    CMO · Kinship

Results · Compounded outcomes

What all of those quotes add up to.

Aggregate numbers across active retainers and post-launch reporting. We publish these every year with the client roster and re-verify on request.

Average client tenure
3.4 yrs

across active retainers

Would refer us again
94%

annual NPS survey

Capital raised post-launch
$500M+

client-reported

Second engagements
78%

expand within a year

Roster · Selected clients

A short list of the teams who trust us with the hard work.

We keep the roster small on purpose. Fewer clients, deeper relationships, and a bar we can hold across every engagement.

  • Aurora Labs
  • North Supply
  • Orbit Health
  • Lumen OS
  • Meridian
  • Field Notes
  • Everly
  • Kinship
  • Halo & Co
  • Beacon

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