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Vol. 042011 — 2026

Work · Chapter 04

Stories that moved markets.

Every project begins with a business challenge. Every outcome begins with strategic communication.

An editorial archive, in progress.

Featured stories

Three flagship engagements.

No. 01
Duration
36 months
Industry
Mobility
Location
Lisbon · Madrid
Media
Expresso · El País · Sifted
Team
6 consultants
BoltMobility2023 — 2026

How a European challenger became a household name in Iberia.

From market entry to category leadership: a three-year narrative that placed Bolt at the centre of the mobility conversation in Portugal and Spain.

Challenge
Enter a market dominated by incumbents and shift the conversation from price to purpose — sustainable, city-friendly mobility.
Transformation
A always-on media relations engine, executive positioning for regional leadership and issues-led storytelling around cities, drivers and regulation.
Business outcome
Over 1,200 media placements across tier-1 outlets in Iberia. Executive voice established in urban mobility debates. Category share of voice ahead of every regional competitor.
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No. 02
Duration
84 months
Industry
Innovation & Venture
Location
Lisbon · Brussels
Media
FT · Sifted · Handelsblatt
Team
5 consultants
Beta-iInnovation & Venture2019 — 2026

Turning an innovation platform into Europe's reference for corporate venturing.

Seven years of narrative work built Beta-i into a European voice on open innovation — quoted by the Commission, invited to Davos, chosen by Fortune 500 partners.

Challenge
Move Beta-i from local accelerator to European authority on corporate venturing, without losing the founder-first tone.
Transformation
Thought leadership programme, flagship report launches, executive profiling and coordinated European media relations from Lisbon.
Business outcome
Coverage in the Financial Times, Sifted, Handelsblatt and Expansión. Speaker slots at EU-level innovation forums. A three-fold growth in inbound corporate partnerships.
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No. 03
Duration
48 months
Industry
Deep Tech
Location
Coimbra · Munich · London
Media
FT · Les Échos · Handelsblatt
Team
7 consultants
Critical SoftwareDeep Tech2022 — 2026

Making a Portuguese engineering house visible to a European buying market.

A repositioning story — from technical excellence to strategic partner — supporting international expansion across defence, aerospace and mobility.

Challenge
Translate 25 years of deep engineering into a business narrative that resonates with European CTOs and government buyers.
Transformation
Category framing, executive positioning, targeted media in Germany, France and the UK, and an employer brand engine to sustain hiring at scale.
Business outcome
Named a Financial Times FT1000 fastest-growing company. Executive voice in European defence and aerospace media. Hiring pipeline sustained through record growth years.
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Browse the archive

By industry.

Every category carries a different tempo, a different audience, a different definition of influence.

All case studies

The full archive.

A selection of engagements from 2019 onwards.

Impact

Proof over promises.

We measure work in outcomes that a CEO recognises: reputation earned, markets opened, categories owned.

01

European visibility

From single-market presence to coverage across France, Germany and the UK.

02

Market positioning

Repositioning technical companies as strategic partners for European buyers.

03

Executive profiling

Founders and CEOs established as credible voices in their categories.

04

Media coverage

Consistent placement in tier-1 business and industry press across Iberia.

05

Employer branding

Talent narratives that sustain hiring through hyper-growth years.

06

Thought leadership

Reports, essays and platforms that shape category conversations.

07

Funding communication

Round announcements that translate capital into market signal.

08

International expansion

Coordinated launches in new geographies, with local media weight.

How we measure success

Reputation compounds into business impact.

A framework for reading communications outcomes — from earned attention to measurable growth.

  1. Stage 01

    Reputation

    How the market speaks about you when you are not in the room.

  2. Stage 02

    Visibility

    Consistent presence in the media and platforms where decisions are made.

  3. Stage 03

    Influence

    Being cited, invited and asked — by peers, press and policymakers.

  4. Stage 04

    Business impact

    Pipeline, hiring, valuation, category share. The work has to move numbers.

Client perspectives

What our partners say.

Lead voice
The Square helped us build the reputation we needed to be taken seriously across Europe — not just in Lisbon.
Pedro Rocha VieiraCo-founder & CEOBeta-i
They understand our business as well as they understand the media. That combination is rare — and it moves markets.
Executive Team
Regional Leadership
Bolt Iberia
A partner, not a supplier. Every conversation raises the quality of the narrative we take to market.
Communications Team
Corporate Affairs
Critical Software

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