Guides and Tools for Clearer Storytelling.
Frameworks, worksheets, and a diagnostic built from real advisory work. Free to use.
The Narrative Capital Index
An operational intelligence assessment for founders. Eighteen questions, six dimensions, one score. No download required.
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The Field Guide to Pitching
Structure, story, and the discipline to not wing it: the four deck types, the eight-beat anatomy, and how to customize a pitch by audience.
The Elevator Pitch Builder
The four-sentence version you need before anyone will give you sixty seconds, let alone ten minutes.
The One-Minute Pitch Builder
The fuller version you need the moment you actually get those sixty seconds: market context, differentiation, traction, and an ask built for who's listening.
The 10 Pillars of a Powerful Presentation
A field guide to presenting with tough love, built from real rooms, real failures, and real reps.
Filling in the blanks gets you a first draft. It doesn't tell you whether the story is working. That takes an outside read, and it's the work MessageHQ does.