They just need help amplifying it!
One of the most common things we hear from founders is: “I’ve always done it myself.”
And it’s true — from day one, the founder has been the storyteller-in-chief. You pitched the idea to early investors, convinced the first hires to join, and persuaded customers to take a chance on something unproven. Your passion and clarity of vision got the company off the ground.
But as your business grows, that founder-led storytelling starts to hit limits. Suddenly, you’re managing a team, closing your next round, building product at pace, and navigating compliance or expansion. The audience is bigger. Now you’re talking to investors, media, regulators, and employees (among many more), so the message needs to travel further.
At this stage, the barrier isn’t willingness. It’s capacity. You simply can’t do it all yourself. And the risk is that while you focus elsewhere, your story becomes fragmented, diluted, or inconsistent, particularly when others start telling it on your behalf.
Amplification, not replacement
The fear many founders have is that bringing in marketing or comms experts means losing control of the narrative – that someone else will “take over”. But good strategic comms doesn’t replace the founder’s voice. It strengthens it.
Think of it this way: you’re still the lead singer, but now you have a band behind you. The job of comms is to make sure the story you want to tell is clear, consistent, and amplified in the right places, whether that’s your website, a funding announcement, or a keynote stage, or a presentation to your growing team.
What this looks like in practice
- Translating your vision into a simple, repeatable message everyone in the company can use.
- Building proof points and momentum signals that back up your story with evidence.
- Ensuring your voice comes through in investor decks, media interviews, and social content. Not drowned out by jargon or hype.
The founder remains the story
At Rowntree2, we believe the founder’s voice is the most powerful asset any startup has. Our role isn’t to take it away. It’s to scale it.
So yes, you’ve always done it yourself. And that’s why you need help now. Because the next stage of growth isn’t about changing the story – it’s about making sure the right people hear it, at the right time, in the right way.
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