
Obsessed: Building a Brand People Love from Day One

Brand should be the ongoing, guiding force that drives how a business behaves.
Emily Heyward • Obsessed: Building a Brand People Love from Day One
look at how tension and surprise play a critical role in today’s brand playbook.
Emily Heyward • Obsessed: Building a Brand People Love from Day One
The single most important question we ask in our first conversation with founders is not how their business works, or who their competition is, but what the problem is that they are solving for people.
Emily Heyward • Obsessed: Building a Brand People Love from Day One
Brand needs to be ingrained in a business’s very reason for being, which is why it’s so important to get it right from the beginning.
Emily Heyward • Obsessed: Building a Brand People Love from Day One
In most cases, UX is now more about elegance and simplicity than a major overhaul of how people are accustomed to having things function.
Emily Heyward • Obsessed: Building a Brand People Love from Day One
Problems are the most effective springboard for innovation.
Emily Heyward • Obsessed: Building a Brand People Love from Day One
In order to drive success in today’s consumer landscape, brand cannot just be a layer that sits on top; it has to be baked into the business itself.
Emily Heyward • Obsessed: Building a Brand People Love from Day One
days. These are the ones who come out swinging, and it isn’t long before people have a hard time remembering the world without them.
Emily Heyward • Obsessed: Building a Brand People Love from Day One
“brand early, not often.”