Adrian "A" Finzelberg

🌱 impact teams: $0 | 💯 Happy or💰back! | 3x founder | Multi-Awarded Brand & Product Strategist | CMO & Growth Innovation

San Francisco, United States (-08:00 UTC) English, Germanfrom Stuttgart, Germany
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$198 / hour
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Amazing! This was my 5th session with Adrian and I got tons of value out of it.

Kirill Eremenko

Wow, went 10 minutes earlier of the call because I have already got so many ideas for both of my businesses. Adrian truly stands out of the sea of mentors! Schedule a call with him if you want to brainstorm ideas quickly!

Nikola Martinovic

Adrian is an AMAZING mentor, A+++. He has given me ideas I haven't even thought of! I know this is going to be vital for my business and I cant wait to apply the new information and feedback he has given me! I couldn't have asked for better. He help me see my position and helped me see a way to strengthen it with minimal effort. I am extremely appreciative and will be booking him again in the near future.

Valerie Louissaint

Bio

👍🏼💰 GUARANTEE: I’ll help you quickly develop strategic new ideas for any challenge. If you don’t value our call, you’ll get your money back! 🌍 Working on social/environmental impact or animal welfare? Message me for a FREE call ⚠️ Wrong time zone? Message me for an earlier/later time slot ——— After graduating from the world's leading portfolio school, I spent 15 years conceiving brand and product innovations for major companies such as Bosch, Siemens, Mercedes-Benz, and Microsoft Xbox before launching Agent A – where I collaborate with climate and impact founders to develop intelligent ideas that help accelerate their growth, achieve their most ambitious goals and maximize their positive impact in the world. I reliably transform average ideas into award-winning concepts and enhance strategic plans from "could make sense…" to "we thought of everything!" within minutes, not months. My own ventures have received backing from competitive programs like the EU Innovation Funds and one of Silicon Valley's most iconic Founders/CEOs, and my campaigns and product innovations have been recognized at events like Cannes Lions and SXSW Festival. I consistently help my clients achieve big, meaningful results, ranging from viral success for their content to lucrative exits with a acquisition partners, and I'm excited to help you supercharge your creative ideas too. ––––––––––––––––––––– Over the past 15 years, I've worked with leaders in every imaginable market and sector, was mentored as a Creative & Innovation Director at some of the world's most awarded agencies in London, Berlin & New York City, and served as the Chief Strategist at three startups. Now I'm excited to give back! I've been professionally trained to quickly understand and develop creative ideas for new products, services, audiences and most of all, brands – meaning that if you have a unique business challenge, I'm the person to help you solve it through strategic creativity and impactful innovation. My experience includes co-developing brand-new startups from the ground up, helping established global brands like T-Mobile, and Bosch and everything in-between. I've been hired to help lead agencies & startups and was fortunate enough to work all over the world and am now excited to help you play on the same level. (for full details click the LinkedIn logo on my profile) I've developed product and brands strategies in: – Insurance, Finance & Crypto – IoT & Wearables – SaaS & Software Products – Healthcare & MedTech – Food & Beverages – Fashion & Lifestyle – Automotive & Sports – Aviation & Travel – Entertainment & Pets – Startups & Scale-ups – Fortune 500s & B2B As an expert for finding ways to get teams unstuck I'll guide you in the right direction, for fresh new creative ideas or innovative solutions on your most pressing challenges. PS: This rate is heavily discounted and exclusively available to GrowthMentor members. For my regular rates and packages visit www.agent-a.org

Expertise

  • Content marketing

    I've built large content campaigns for virtually all digital and social channels as well as helped early-stage founders decide on content pillars and come up with creative ideas for what their brand (or them personally) could talk about. I'm also an award-winning creative director and able to provide direction on the visual and design execution of content.

  • Product launches

    I'm an expert developing innovative ideas for PR stunts and disruptive social media campaigns that can help your product get noticed in its most critical phase.

  • Product marketing

    I've been building brand and product strategies for some of the most competitive agencies in the world for over 15 years and helped create compelling brand stories in virtually any imaginable sector.

  • Social media

    I led the creative teams at highly awarded social media agencies and specialize on disruptive campaign concepts, innovative interactive promotions and „hacking“ social features creatively.

Toolkit

  • Google Analytics logo

    Google Analytics

    22 years of experience

    I focus on research and strategy development based on all kinds of data and often scientific research rather than analytics implementation or technical support.

Industries

  • GreenTech

    I have been focussing my work on clean tech and climate tech startups for more than five years and have helped start an award-winning sustainability Venture myself.

  • B2B

    I've been the global digital brand lead for a leading B2B player as well as having helped smaller startups and manufacturers to create highly successful B2B (and B2B2C) brand strategies and creative tactics.

  • B2C

    I have developed work for countless globally leading consumer brands promoting B2C products from virtually all categories (excluding only Tobacco and Firearms brands).

  • E-Commerce

    If you are working in an E-Commerce business I will draw on my experience with online retailers and startups in the fashion, health, electronics and CPG sectors to help your store and products become more competitive and unique in the market.

  • SaaS

    If you are a SaaS or subscription-based business you will benefit from my experience working with apps, web platforms and all kinds of other software products and get help to make your SaaS offer stand out in the market and succeed in the long run.

  • EdTech

    If you are an educational venture you will benefit from my experience working with mobile apps, web platforms and content creators in the space in addition to producing high-end video, digital, and other educational content myself.

  • Green Consumer Goods

    I've worked with successful D2C brands ranging from sustainable female bodycare to patented pediatric crowns and many in between and am able to help make your D2B business stand out and grow strategically.

  • Internet of Things

    I have successfully worked with several innovative wearable startups before and have developed product and brand concepts for connected IoT and IIoT devices.

  • Creative Agency

    I’ve been a board member and Creative Director and Strategy Lead at some of the world‘s most awarded digital agencies and digital departments of big agencies.

  • Artificial Intelligence

    I've successfully helped ventures and founders in the ML & AI field as well as those deploying NLP & NLG plus – even though on a seemingly unrelated note – my mum actually has been calling me "AGI" for as long as I can remember…

  • mHealth

    Please reach out if you are working in the MedTech, Health or BioPharma space! Not only do I have a deep personal passion around medical innovation and democratization, I also have worked for one of the world's most awarded Healthcare and Pharma agencies and co-founded a venture that is utilizing medical technology from astronaut training and am a senior advisor for a patented dental innovation among many other HealthTech projects I've helped succeed.

  • Cannabis

    I am highly interested in the cannabis and CBD industry and have discussed business strategy and product & brand innovation topics with others in the industry.

  • Consumer Electronics

    Hardware and device startups and founders will benefit from a number of successful projects and products I worked with including anything from autonomous lawn mowers and power tools to kitchen and beauty gadgets and many more.

Experience

  • Arrive Health Technologies (Stealth)

    Strategic Advisor

    I successfully helped take a complex technical product from ideation to successful funding by the European Union’s innovation funds, developing the product concept, business model, go-to-market strategy and brand. Arrive is creating an innovative new MedTech mobile app that offers cognitive training modules utilizing the same technology used to prepare astronauts for the mental challenges of being hyper focused in space.

    HealthTechMachine LearningB2C

  • KiDDY CAPS

    Chief Strategy Officer
    •kiddy-caps.com/en

    I'm helping to expand an innovative new pediatric ceramic crown from being a patented invention sold directly by an engineer into a compelling and globally competitive DTC brand with an emotional brand story. Making state-of-the-art dental care accessible for all children around the world, regardless of economic background and ability.

  • The Normal Company

    Co-founder & Chief Strategist
    •vimeo.com/752032548

    I'm successfully leading the creation of an innovative brand and product that so far has acquired angel funding from a famous Silicon Valley tech founder, won Cambridge University's Center for Climate Engagement as a first major partner and got invited to Austin's South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Conference as one of only five finalists worldwide in the Future of Work Tech category. Empowering the 350 million+ small businesses around the world to drive positive change through a smart mobile platform, which automatically delivers customized action plans that make it easy to implement sustainable business initiatives. Click the Vimeo link to watch the 2022 SXSW finalist video.

  • MISSIONARY

    Co-founder & Co-CEO

    I created innovative strategies and products with a positive impact from the ground up and helped companies drastically re-think their strategy and offering in order to become truly sustainable and purpose-driven. Co-led the company as Co-CEO.

    Digital AgenciesB2BB2COther

  • Elbkind // Reply

    Innovation Director & Member of the Board
    •techcrunch.com/2017/09/06/turo-raises-92m-and-acquires-daimlers-croove-car-sharing-business

    • Led GTM strategy and launch campaign for Croove (acquired by TURO) • Led the concept development of a disruptive new platform for EV charging (winning €500,000 in POC funding in an internal innovation challenge of Daimler & Mercedes-Benz). • Led product & service innovation initiatives and creative comms, PR and brand strategy projects and for different global Daimler companies.

    Digital AgenciesB2BB2COther

  • IIoT wearable startup (Stealth)

    Strategic Advisor

    I pitched their product at an in-person startup competition using a deck that I created, leading to a spot in the accelerator program of the world's largest provider of enterprise application software (SAP). I also helped win a successful first pilot project with Europe's largest provider of land-based logistic solutions and the world's second-largest provider of logistic solutions in air transport, DB Schenker.

    B2BHardwareIoTSaaS

  • Different agencies (including JWT, Publicis, McCann London, DDB NYC)

    Creative & Innovation Director // Creative Strategy Lead

    • Worked with leading international clients to develop digital, innovation and creative strategy and marketing initiatives while evaluating results by establishing KPIs. • Repeatedly helped win major new accounts, awards, and the trust of senior executive clients • Oversaw mentorship and development of Jr. team members, interns and interning students. • Client examples: Mercedes-Benz • Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton • Microsoft xBox • Eurowings • Telekom • Zurich Insurance Global • Ritter Sport • Glidden Paints • Abbott Laboratories • Edeka

    Digital AgenciesB2BB2CSaaSE-CommerceFinTechHardwareHealthTechD2C

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