Notes on Clarity, Story, and Growth.

Essays from Stone Soup Strategy on how founder-led companies sharpen their message, strengthen their narrative, and build marketing systems that scale.

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Why the $50K Website Didn’t Work

by: David ShayPublished on: 04/06/2026

A CEO once told me he’d spent $50,000 on a beautiful new website that generated no leads. Both things were true — because a website can’t solve a clarity problem it didn’t cause.

Founder Intelligence
Why the $50K Website Didn’t Work

How To Scale Founder-Led Brands, Where the Founder IS the Brand

by: David ShayPublished on: 03/06/2026

Many founders want the company to stand on its own — and they should build toward that. But in founder-led companies, the founder is still the clearest, most credible expression of the brand. The job is to use that, not hide it.

Founder Intelligence
How To Scale Founder-Led Brands, Where the Founder IS the Brand

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