Vision-shaped strategy. Strategy-shaped design.

Founders partner with Eklipse to scale growth faster, by design.

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Eklipse develops strategic operating systems for founders who want to scale faster.

About us

Eklipse is a strategic partner for companies navigating critical inflection points.

We help founders save one-quarter of their time by building strategic clarity, stakeholder alignment and execution momentum in focused 3-month cycles.

Our founders met at The Conduit in 2023, a room full of entrepreneurs, investors and creatives. One thinks in strategy and story, the other in brand and design.

After a handful of company makeovers, from school uniforms to industrial equipment, the pattern was clear: founders needed clarity, alignment and traction, fast. So they built Eklipse to fuse strategy and design into one system.

Meet the founders

Velocity over speed

Grow faster with velocity instead of speed.

Move fast and break things

In Silicon Valley, there's a saying: "Move fast and break things." It assumes that speed is of the utmost essence. However, time is often the more important consideration.

Velocity > speed

Others in the Valley are paying more attention to "velocity". Why? Because velocity requires both speed and direction. And velocity comes from deploying resources in the highest-leverage way, which compounds over time.

Eklipse turns founder time into strategic leverage.

Most founders optimize for speed.

  • More meetings.
  • More hires.
  • More launches.
  • More fundraising.

The best founders optimize for velocity.

Velocity = Speed × Direction

Without direction, speed compounds mistakes. With direction, every hour creates valuable leverage.

Strategic leverage helps founders achieve more with the resources they already have. It's not always about more people, more ideas or more capital. It's about creating the clarity, alignment and execution systems that multiply the impact of each.

Commercial narrative architecture

Eklipse installs new strategic architecture around a founder when complexity is increasing.

IDENTITY MONTH 01 Know who you are. SYSTEMS MONTH 03 Act on who you are. NARRATIVE MONTH 02 Say who you are.

Three cycles, one system

Know, say and act on who you are.

Each month builds one layer of your commercial narrative architecture. Hover over a circle, or pick a month, to see what it covers.

See the 3-month process

Inflection points

When does Eklipse come in?

At inflection points, strategic leverage often diminishes due to increased complexity.

Eklipse restores leverageGuide the transition or repositioning: B2C to B2B, hardware to software, or marketplace to product.

Eklipse restores leverageRestructure executive responsibilities and organization charts.

Eklipse restores leverageIdentify the trade-offs between A and B, with scenario analysis of the different pathways.

Eklipse restores leverageIdentify opportunities to realign and refresh the company's image and messaging.

Eklipse restores leverageDue diligence on strategic acquisitions or partnerships for market access.

Eklipse restores leverageIdentify board member interests and priorities, and leverage their connections and existing networks.

Curious to understand more about our ways of working? Read the FAQs

Why now

A start-up for start-ups, driving a pilot program.

Recruiting founders in Health Tech, Industrial Tech, Biotech, AI and Enterprise SaaS companies.

What's next for you?

Eklipse is the strategic partner for founders & VCs scaling companies.

Grow faster with

VELOCITY instead of SPEED

Move Fast and Break Things
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In Silicon Valley, there’s a saying: “Move Fast and Break Things.” In this statement, there’s an automatic assumption that “speed” is of the utmost essence. However, “time” is often a more important consideration.
Velocity > Speed
Others in the Valley are paying more attention to “Velocity”? Why? Because velocity requires both speed and direction. And velocity comes from deploying resources in the highest-leverage way, which compounds over time.
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Eklipse turns founder time into

STRATEGIC LEVERAGE

MOST FOUNDERS
OPTIMIZE FOR SPEED.
More meetings.
More hires.
More launches.
More fundraising.
THE BEST FOUNDERS
OPTIMIZE FOR VELOCITY.
Velocity = Speed × Direction
Without direction, speed compounds mistakes. With direction, every hour creates valuable leverage.

Strategic leverage helps founders achieve more with the resources they already have. It’s not always about more people, more ideas or more capital. It’s about creating the clarity, alignment and execution systems that multiply the impact of each.

The foundation we help companies build upon is called:

COMMERCIAL NARRATIVE ARCHITECTURE

MONTH 01
MONTH 02
MONTH 03
RESET

We help founders save one-quarter of their time, by building strategic clarity, stakeholder alignment, and execution momentum in focused 3-month cycles.

At inflection points, strategic leverage often diminishes due to ‍

INCREASED COMPLEXITY

WHEN COMPLEXITY INCREASES
EKLIPSE RESTORES LEVERAGE
Company pivots from one business model to another.
Guide transition or repositioning from B2C to B2B, Hardware to Software or Marketplace to Product.
Company grows from founding team to 15-20+ headcount.
Restructure executive responsibilities & organization charts.
Company is launching a new blueprint.
Identify trade-offs between A and B, scenario analysis different pathways.
Company launches new product portfolio.
Identify opportunities to re-align and refresh company image & messaging.
Company enters new industry or geography.
Due diligence on strategic acquisitions or partnerships for market access.
Company onboards new investor or board member.
Identify board member interest, priorities & leverage connections or existing networks.

Curious to understand more about our ways of working?

FAQs

Why us?

“Before I didn’t know my direction, now everything is clear.”

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CEO, Pre-IPO business
Industrial Tech sector

“I’ve never met someone so capable of articulating my vision and strategy.”

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CEO, Post-merger business
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Manufacturing sector

Why now?

A start-up for start-ups driving a pilot program in 6 cities.

Recruiting Founders in Health Tech, Industrial Tech, Biotech, AI, Enterprise SaaS Companies.

WHAT'S NEXT FOR YOU?
Eklipse is the strategic partner for founders & VCs scaling companies.