Founding programme · 2026

Four founders.
Then full price.

A small, deliberate programme: four founders, outside the Noscenti Holdings group, taken on this year at a reduced fee. The trade is straightforward — you get the same engagement at a sub-market price; we get a published case study and a reference call when the work goes live. Once the four slots close, the programme closes with them. It is not a discount. It is the entry.

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FOUR SLOTS OPEN

The trade — named, time-boxed, four times only

What the founder receives.

  • The full core engagement — strategy, identity, copy, marketing site, deploy — at a deliberately reduced fee, named in the proposal that follows a qualified call.
  • The same principal-led process every steady-state client receives. No junior handoff. No discounted standard.
  • Priority scheduling within the agency's 2026 capacity — first slot to sign, first slot to ship.

What the agency asks in return.

  • A published case study at launch — written by us, approved by you, hosted on this site under your name.
  • A 30-minute reference call with one prospective applicant, once your launch is shipped.
  • Permission to credit the engagement publicly — name, logo, launch URL — on Vector&Lore communications.
Who this is for

Five things have to be true.

Founding-tier slots run on the same qualification bar as steady-state engagements. If any of the below is missing, this is the wrong moment for Vector&Lore — and we'll say so quickly so you can keep moving.

  1. 01
    The round is closed. Termsheet signed, funding announced, public moment scheduled. The brief lands inside a real window — not before one.What we listen forPublic moment named — date, channel, audience.
  2. 02
    The launch is inside 12 weeks. If the moment isn't real, the engagement loses its centre and the work drifts. We don't run on speculative timelines.What we listen forA real calendar window, not a wishful one.
  3. 03
    One founder owns the verdict. Brand and site decisions are made by the same person, in the room, and signed off without a committee. Decide, don't defer.What we listen forDecisions made in the room, signed off on the call.
  4. 04
    The problem is brand and site. Not product, not distribution, not pricing. If the real issue is downstream, we say so and refer if we can.What we listen forNot product, not pricing — clarity and surface.
  5. 05
    You can name the buyer in one sentence. The investor, the journalist, the first hundred customers — whoever the launch has to land for. If you can't, we run the positioning sprint first.What we listen forThe buyer is named — investor, journalist, or first hundred.
From apply to ship
  1. 01ApplyOne paragraph. What / when / who.
  2. 022-day replyYes or no, inside two working days.
  3. 0330-min callFounder + principal. The brief, read together.
  4. 04ProposalScope, fee, schedule. In writing, within the week.
  5. 05ShipLive URL inside 12 weeks. Case study at launch.

One paragraph. Then a 30-minute call.

Use the contact form. Tell us — in one paragraph — what you're launching, when, and who it has to land for. If the moment fits, you'll hear from us within two working days with a 30-minute call invitation. If it doesn't, you'll hear that too — within the same window.

Apply for a founding slot