Business and brand strategy

We turn purpose into business direction.

A strategy consultancy that brings purpose and results into the same conversation.

The starting point

When purpose and results don’t meet, a company loses both.

Purpose that never becomes direction

Good intentions that never reach strategy or day-to-day operations.

A brand disconnected from the numbers

Narrative on one side, spreadsheets on the other, and no bridge between them.

Growth that drifts from the essence

Scale that dilutes what made the company unique.

This is exactly where SOW works.

What we do

Coherence and consistency build brands.

We help leaders turn purpose into direction, combining analytical depth with human sensitivity.

  • Vision for the future
  • Strategic planning
  • Organizational culture
  • Brand expression

The result is a strategy that holds up in the numbers and is recognizable in the company’s identity.

The SOW layer model: from purpose, at the core, to business, in the outermost layer. Purpose, values and beliefs, behavior and culture, community, brand, market and business. Business Market Brand Community Behavior and culture Values and beliefs Purpose
From purpose to business, each layer coherent with the one before.

How we work

A method in three movements.

Immerse

  • Vision and purpose
  • Context, culture and market

Deep listening to the business and the world around it.

Set the direction

  • Purpose-market fit
  • Business model

Where purpose meets what the market values, with economic viability.

Bring it to life

  • People and culture
  • Positioning and branding
  • Strategic plan and execution

From identity to plan, all the way to consistent results.

The symbolic half

Vision, culture and brand

The economic half

Economic fit, model and plan

Two halves, always together. Purpose-Market Fit

Our lens

Looking inward and outward.

Inward

The essence of the business: its history, its values and the vision of those who build it. The point where what the company believes becomes direction.

Outward

Culture, behavior and trends that shape the present and the future. The context that grounds the strategy.

Listen, connect, give direction

Stakeholder listening

Qualitative and quantitative research with leadership, frontline teams, end customers and partners.

Context and market

Desk research and analysis of trends, behavior and competition.

Business results

Margin, revenue, costs and expenses in dialogue with strategic objectives.

The value lies in the connections, and in coherence.

Qualitative and quantitative research is the foundation of our work. We also lead dedicated diagnostic projects, designed to generate strategic direction, not just data.

Who trusts SOW

Relationships built on depth and permanence.

Innovation

Google Campus Brasil

Repositioning and strategic planning for the new phase of one of Google’s largest innovation assets in Brazil.

Group transformation

Grupo Raízes

From CMO as a service to group-wide transformation: marketing and leadership, a brand spanning three business units, sustainability and B Corp (Sistema B). Founding client since 2020.

Media and content

Constance Zahn

From strategic planning to brand repositioning.

Consumer goods

Cervejaria Campos do Jordão

Brand strategy and market analysis. Repositioning and channel-based pricing architecture.

Education

Quitanda Escolas

Strategic marketing planning, value proposition design, branding and the creation of a strategic advisory board on nutrition and pediatrics.

Cooperatives and governance

Longevisar

Governance and strategic planning in a cooperative setting.

Brands that trust SOW with their strategy

  • Google Campus Brasil
  • Grupo Raízes
  • Quitanda
  • Quitanda Escolas
  • Constance Zahn
  • Cervejaria Campos do Jordão
  • Cucinare
  • Longevisar
  • Yassaka
  • Fome de Quê
  • Aninha Gonzalez Gastronomia

Who we are

Before advising purpose-driven brands, we built some.

A path through management, culture, brand and impact that gives SOW an insider’s perspective.

  1. Management consulting

    TOTVS Consulting

    The foundation, and a first school in management and business administration.

  2. Management and information

    Blue Tree Hotels

    Management and performance aligned with organizational culture and a sense of purpose.

  3. Marketing and people leadership

    MaxHaus

    Brand, product and communications development, from building awareness to delivery. More than 3,000 units launched and more than 40 buildings delivered.

  4. Co-founding and executive leadership

    Dos Anjos

    A food brand created to fund education for children and young people in vulnerable situations. In two years, 3,000 points of sale, including Carrefour, St Marche, DPSP, Santa Luzia, Raia, Google and Porto Seguro.

  5. Partnership and executive leadership

    Banca do Bem

    E-commerce and B2B sales for Editora MOL, the world’s largest social impact publisher, which has donated more than R$ 95 million to social causes.

  6. Founded in 2020

    SOW

    Strategy, marketing and culture consultancy. Since 2020, supporting organizations in business strategy, marketing, product, culture and sustainability.

Founded in 2020

SOW

Strategy, marketing and culture consultancy. Since 2020, supporting organizations in business strategy, marketing, product, culture and sustainability.

Luana Rizzi

Founding partner

A pioneer in developing impact businesses in Brazil. She founded Dos Anjos and Banca do Bem (MOL Group). She was Marketing and People Director at MaxHaus, information manager at Blue Tree Hotels and a consultant at TOTVS BMI. She holds a degree in Marketing, an MBA from ESPM and International Business studies at FIU. A B Corp movement (Sistema B) ambassador and a board member of the NGO Locomotiva since 2015.

Coherence and consistency build brands.

Shall we build yours?

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