Small Businesses and Startups
A tortilla chip company. A one-person design studio. An illustrator, a consultant, a music venue, an architecture firm. What they have in common isn’t a sector — it’s that the person making the decisions is also the person doing everything else, and there’s no one to hand the communications problem to.
How We Can Help
Launching a new brand
Starting a brand from the ground up can be overwhelming — everything depends on everything else, and nothing is decided. We help you settle what you’re for, who you’re for, and how you sound, then find the right design team and brief them properly. If it needs a name, that's usually where we start.
Growing past what got you here
The way you described the business when it was new stops fitting once it isn’t. For businesses scaling up, raising money, or adding a product line, we work out what to say now—and where to spend a sudden influx of cash so it lasts.
Being found by the right people
Sometimes the work is good and the business is quiet. We look at the whole picture — site, search, social, email — and find out where it’s leaking. Often the answer isn’t more posts. It’s a clearer position and a site built around what people actually came to do.
Published pricing
Brand strategy, naming, and ongoing access, with the scope and the fee set out before you start.
“Constellation Collective’s help was a game changer for me. They not only helped me with the nuts and bolts — design and language — they served as a key strategic thought partner in helping me refine the mission and vision of my consulting practice.”
— MARIANNA SCHAFFERSelect Clients
Archer Roose · Atomic Software · Avalanche Strategies · CFO on Speed Dial · Dear Annabelle · Designer Fund · Diane Barnes · Gowanus Music Club · Klahr Consulting · KnollTextiles · Kyndall Minley-Marshall · Love & Victory · Madcap Factory · Marianna Schaffer · Marion Kadi · North River Architecture · Sam Chenkin · Tabeeze · Three Furies · Upbeat · Zack’s Mighty
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