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Brand Strategy Teardowns

How great brands
actually work.

A portfolio of long-form brand teardowns. Each one analyzes a single brand across seven sections: thesis, positioning, engine, edge, crack, contrarian read, and a creative idea that could plausibly be on their meeting agenda.

What this is

Each teardown answers one question: what does this brand actually sell, and how does the engine behind it work.

Seven sections, eight hundred to twelve hundred words, five-minute read. No fluff, no padding, no generic advice. New brands added when there's something worth saying.

Browse by industry
01
Nike

Sells belief in your future self, sized to your foot.

Sportswear
02
Lamborghini

Sells the right to be looked at, packaged as a car.

Automotive
03
CRED

Sells status to people who already pay their bills on time.

Fintech
04
Louis Vuitton

Sells permission to belong, charged by the gram of leather.

Luxury
05
YouTube

The world's biggest TV network, but every channel has one employee.

Tech
06
Red Bull

A media company that funds itself by selling caffeinated water.

Beverage