Every founder has a story.
We help you tell yours — with clarity, strategy, and purpose.
Narrative Arc is a brand consultancy for early-stage entrepreneurs, founders, and small business owners. We help you shape the story of your brand and tell it to the right audience at the moment it matters most.
Whether you’re building a deck, applying for a grant, launching a product, or defining your brand for the first time, we help you find the throughline, sharpen the message, and make it resonate.
Narrative matters,
now more than ever
Founders wear every hat, but when it comes to the story, the stakes are too high to wing it.
Good ideas often fail because of muddled positioning, internal misalignment, or a pitch that doesn't connect. Whether you're pitching for investment, applying for grants, launching a product, or building your first brand strategy, you need a story that doesn't just inform—it moves.
We help you find the throughline, sharpen your message, and make it resonate with the people who matter most.
Our process is designed to turn potential energy into a clear, compelling story that drives action.
Discover the Core Identity
We dive deep into your purpose, audience, and market to find the true story of your brand. This ensures your message is rooted in authenticity and market reality, giving us the foundation for a sustainable arc.
Define the Throughline
We craft a clear, cohesive narrative—your Narrative Arc—that communicates your value proposition instantly and persuasively. This blueprint ensures strategic alignment across all future communications.
Deploy the Message
We translate the strategy into messaging frameworks and direct execution support for your highest-stakes moments. Your story goes from internal insight to external impact.
Services
Brand Guidance
This is the strategic foundation. We clarify your positioning to ensure your brand is built to scale and define who you talk to and why they should care.
Deliverables: Audience Segmentation, Positioning Strategy, Value Proposition Framework, Recommended Content Pillars.
Brand Execution
Turning strategy into tangible assets. We craft the core messaging that powers your website, pitch decks, and campaigns, giving you the vocabulary for growth.
Deliverables: Core Brand Narrative and Messaging Architecture, Starter Copy and Key Brand Slogans, Content Strategy Roadmaps, Tone of Voice Guidelines.
Pitch & Presentation Prep
Support for moments when communication stakes are highest. We help you distill complex ideas into clear, persuasive, and memorable presentations that demand attention.
Deliverables: Content Strategy for Pitches, Investor Deck Review and Refinement, Presentation Story Coaching, Full Presentation Development.
Grant writing
We leverage your brand's unique narrative to power critical grant applications and high-stakes proposals. Our focus is on persuasion and strategic alignment, not just form-filling.
Deliverables: Grant Narrative Refinement, Strategic Proposal Writing Support, Feedback/Editing for Application Materials, Fund Alignment Strategy.
You have the vision. We provide the voice.
We bring structure to the noise, clarity to the message, and strategy to the way you show up.
Because in a pitch, a grant, or a first impression — your story isn’t just what you say.
It’s what they remember.
Get in touch to discuss your current challenges and explore how a clear narrative can unlock your next stage of growth.