brand manifesto

most companies see their potential customers as weak, naive, and prone to addiction.

what would the world look like if companies spoke to our highest values rather than looking to make a quick profit off our base instincts...

“Any damn fool can put on a deal,

but it takes genius, faith, and perseverance

to create a brand.”

- David Ogilvy

The startup is a song, not a fixed story. New movements arise, old ones fade, new harmonies join. A manifesto is great way to coalesce the current movement but it must be a living document.

Changing the interpretation of the past is critical to controlling the future.

A company is a cathedral built to shelter an idea that might be true.

if you don’t have a very specific enemy in your sights, you’re no where close to finding product market fit or growth.

bootstrapped = enemy must be company.

funded = enemy must be idea.