VALUE ACCELERATION for PE-Backed and ESOP Companies

We accelerate growth and reduce go-to-market risk
through category leadership and a predictable revenue pipeline.

Mark Bloemhard, PhD, MBA, MA

Founder / CEO

We can maximize your exit multiple

BUILD AN UNRIVALED MARKETING ADVANTAGE

Soft positioning or an inconsistent pipeline gets discounted and labeled “execution risk.”

That’s the gap I fix.

For decades, I’ve built brand-to-revenue systems that turn capable companies into category leaders: a message the market believes, proof your buyer can repeat internally, and a pipeline that shows up every month.

If you’re serious about value acceleration, you don’t need an agency that “does creative.”

You need a partner whose reputation depends on outcomes... because mine does.

It’s all about the Case Study

The numbers don’t lie

CINCINNATI-BASED TECHNOLOGY COMPANY REBRANDS
AND GROWS 879% IN 11 MONTHS

VNDLY raised $58M and sold for $510M.

Shortly after tech company, VNDLY, raised $59M in private equity, their investors asked them to rebrand.

Following a national search, Bolder & Co. was awarded the task. Just months after they launched the new brand, VNDLY was acquired by industry titan Workday (and Bolder won a national Graphic Design award).

Our branding influence is what we call the inflection point in an organization’s lifecycle. By strengthening the brand and elevating its visual and message sophistication, the company realized $452M.

Or 879% growth.

In 11 months.

The numbers don’t lie

HEALTHCARE START-UP REBRANDS AND
GROWS 1,647% IN FIRST YEAR

Prescription Bliss takes new brand identity
and scales exponentially.

When Prescription Bliss came to Bolder & Co. Creative Studios, they already had a sound (albeit young) company with a functioning website and growing clientele. They had previously partnered with two different marketing companies, both of which had failed to give the burgeoning business what it needed. What was missing?

A rock-solid brand.

We didn’t reinvent Prescription Bliss; we simply used our time-tested branding process to re-examine their roots and highlight what was there all along.

The numbers don’t lie

AFTER REBRAND, 15-YEAR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY GROWS
400% IN FIRST YEAR, 250% IN THE SECOND

3C Industries hovered around $2M for 15 years.
The inflection stimulates growth of $8M in the first year and $20M in the next.

With a new generation taking the helm, 3C Industries was at an exciting turning point. The 15-year-old business had earned a solid reputation for quality construction work, which the new leadership aimed to leverage as it expanded its offerings to help grow the business.

Bolder’s strategy for both brand messaging and identity was to establish 3CI as a confident leader in the industry, leaning strongly on the team’s capabilities and customer responsiveness.

Overall, 3CI’s new identity invites renewed interest from current and past clients while firmly establishing the company as a professional, reliable resource for a wide variety of construction needs in Ohio.

Not all agencies are created equal

WE UNDERSTAND THE PRESSURE

At exit, nobody pays you for effort. They pay you for certainty.  They want a predictable, repeatable, scalable plan that they can scale.  And that multiplies your multiple.

There are only three engines in any business: Finance, Operations (including HR), and Marketing + Sales. We’re biased, but we’ll say it plainly: they’re not created equal.

Marketing and Sales create the conditions for growth; positioning, proof, demand, and conversion. Until that engine is predictable, every other plan is guesswork: hiring, capacity, cash planning, even valuation expectations.

Investors don’t just want a story. They want a go-to-market system that reduces risk and makes revenue more certain.

Make no mistake: hesitation has a cost—and the market charges it every quarter.

If maximizing your multiple is the goal, let’s talk.

SELECT INVESTORS 
WE’VE HELPED SCALE FOR EXIT

Let our experience be your competitive advantage.

Our Guarantee

And the biggest difference between us and everyone else?

WE ARE SO CONFIDENT IN OUR ABILITY TO PRODUCE RESULTS THAT WE DON’T REQUIRE CONTRACTS.

NEVER HAVE. NEVER WILL.

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Katelyn Martin
CFO

Excellence is never an accident.

It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution. It represents the choice of many alternatives.

It is choice, not chance, that determines your destiny.

~ Aristotle

WE’D RATHER BE ONE COMPANY’S SHOT OF
WHISKEY THAN EVERYONE’S CUP OF TEA.

We won’t even pretend to be the right agency for every business. However, if you are an investor or growth-minded business owner, then we should talk!

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Ken Kowalski
Creative Director