The Startup Messaging Accelerator
A three day program to turn your message into a force multiplier
Attract Customers, Funding, Talent, and Media with a Narrative That Wins.
Why do 8 out of 10 startups fail? How do some founders secure funding, attract top talent and win dream customers, while others struggle for years to get this right?
The most successful companies have full clarity on the unique value they bring. Know how to articulate their vision. And tell a story that is so compelling that no one can ignore them.
Because building a good product is simply not enough.
If you can sell your vision to the world,
you will multiply your potential.
Turn confusion into full clarity.
Nail your Offer
Know exactly what makes your business unique, and how to own it.
Accelerate Your Growth
Articulate a vision that sells itself, and attract customers, funding and talent
Become impossible to ignore
Know how to stand out and inspire for action.
The 3-Step Messaging Playbook
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1 / THE CORE
Craft a crystal clear core message that showcases your unique value, using the P-S-B framework.
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2 / THE FRAME
Learn to command any conversation with the proven message house framework.
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3 / THE NARRATIVES
Develop tailored audience narratives to take people along in your vision.
Crystal Clear Messaging. Powerful Results.
Crystal Clear Messaging. Powerful Results.
Ready to build a messaging foundation that truly sells your vision?
This 3-day cohort-based accelerator teaches you proven frameworks, real-world examples, and actionable exercises, ensuring you leave with a completed messaging blueprint ready to influence customers, partners, stakeholders, investors, talent, and media from day one.
Guided by communications veteran Lize Hong, with insights from tech reporter Anthony Ha.
The goal isn't simply to learn the concepts.
It's to make them work for you.
What’s included
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3 LIVE SESSIONS
Through three virtual sessions, Lize will walk you through the frameworks with exercises and examples designed to get you to tangible results.
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1:1 FEEDBACK
You'll get two review rounds with Lize, ensuring your positioning is sharp and effective.
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MESSAGING BLUEPRINT
You'll leave with a solid messaging foundation that you can use immediately, this includes your core message statement, message house, your key N and catchy one-liners.
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EXPERT CONTENT
Get exclusive insights from media, including longtime tech reporter Anthony Ha.
Starter
€1450,- €950,-
3-day Cohort based Accelerator
Specially designed for ambitious startups who want results fast.
Unlock three proven frameworks through focused 45-minute virtual sessions, with practical exercises you can apply right away.
Focused Self Work: Expect 2-3 hours of self-directed work towards a clear message.
Refine with Expert Feedback: Benefit from two rounds of personalized feedback to ensure your positioning is sharp, clear, and effective.
Tangible Messaging blueprint: You'll leave with a clear and compelling messaging blueprint, ready to implement.
Learn in a focused environment: Join a small, hands-on cohort limited to 6 founders for personalized guidance and valuable peer learning.
Premium
€3950,- €2950,-
VIP DAY
Best for startups, scale-ups and companies who want full messaging clarity in one day.
One-day Intensive Workshop: Focused 1:1 guidance to help your executive team develop a powerful core message and create compelling narratives using proven messaging frameworks.
Strategic Alignment: Gather your executives together for a focused session where we'll align your messaging strategy with your business objectives to drive maximum results.
Media Ready: Learn how to talk to press and give great interviews that get your message across clearly.
Tangible Messaging Blueprint: You'll leave the VIP Day with a clear and compelling messaging blueprint, ready for immediate implementation.
Limited availability.
Take their word for it
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Martijn Kalkwarf Co-founder, Bubl Cloud
“The combination of the course, workbook, and live session made it easy to articulate and pitch our product's core value.”
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Lea Milovich, CEO, FlowBeams
“Informative, straight to the point and compact, with a tangible end-result!”
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Salma El Maliki Marketing Manager, Scantinel
“This course really helps early-stage startups without specialized communication or marketing staff better articulate their vision.”
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Julia Jakimenko, Founder, Cyberette
“This course was very helpful, I loved the specific examples!”
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Koen Schmitz, CCO, Vox Ai
“This course delivered exceptional value, offering practical insights that would have been impossible to gain elsewhere.”
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Jeroen Glansdorp, CEO and Founder, Veridis Technologies
“We've been struggling with consistent messaging across the team and externally in the past, but the message house framework really helped us improve!”
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Jeffrey Grune, Data Strategist, Orthofoodie
"Lize's powerful delivery, paired with the structured message house framework, made the course both informative and compelling. It helped us understand how strategic messaging could help reach our company goals."
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Bernd Rietberg, CEO, Tulip Tech
“Lize helped us distill a concise and to the point message from lengthy clutter. Her feedback was concrete, specific and very helpful!”
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Evander Sneek, Marketing Manager, Dialogue Trainer
“This course delivers exceptional value for those who don't work on their messaging regularly. It provides crucial insights and dramatically improved our ability to create compelling, attention-grabbing pitches.”
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Ayhan Siriner, CEO, SunLED Life Science
"Clear and easy to understand, effective for summarizing your story, and laser-focused on your messaging. All the key points are practical and simple to share with your team."
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Klaas-Jan Kakebeeke, CEO, Beephonix
“In just 2 hours, you'll gain invaluable insights to strengthen your core messaging. Highly recommended for startups and any company that wants to cut through excessive buzzwords.”
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Benoit Hurtel, Marketing Communications Manager, E-magy
“This course helped me structure my thoughts around creating impactful messages. Its step-by-step approach quickly guides you toward crafting a clear, concise story.”
Hi, I’m Lize
Here to help founders better articulate their vision, to increase their chances of success.
This playbook brings you the proven communication frameworks utilized by the world’s most successful companies, distilled by Lize, a 15-year tech communications veteran.
Her experience includes protecting the reputations of giants like Google and Uber and building brands for startups to Fortune 500 companies in Europe and the US.
Lize is now making these powerful strategies accessible to companies of ALL sizes. And provide you with unparalleled insights, she has partnered with US-based tech journalist Anthony Ha, bringing a decade of experience from TechCrunch, VentureBeat, and Ad Week, alongside his venture capital perspective.
FAQs
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The goal is for you to leave with a clear and compelling messaging foundation that you can use immediately.
You will get access to the ultimate messaging document that I’ve used for all the companies I’ve worked at and with.
It includes:
Your core message statement
Your strategic narrative
Your message house
Your product, founder and company story
Your top one-liners
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Founders who will get the most from this course:
Care about quality and rigor, without unnecessary complexity
Know that achieving real results requires personal commitment and effort
Welcome candid feedback because they strive for continuous improvement
Want to punch above their weight class and have the determination to pursue ambitious goals that might seem out of reach to others
Recognize that even the best product needs a powerful story to succeed
You need to have full clarity on your strategy and product market fit. This course helps you articulate your vision, and in order to do that you need a working product and clear strategy.
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This is not for you if you believe there's nothing more for you to learn about sharpening your message.
This is not for you if you expect someone can do the hard work for you. If you go through all the steps and put in the hours, you will likely have a solid and clear message foundation within 3 days, which is a huge achievement.
This is not for you if you want 1:1 support over the course of several weeks or months. This is a crash course designed for busy founders who want to dive deep and finish their messaging in 3 days.
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For now, it will be a small group of maximum 6 startup founders (that’s you + max 5 others) to keep it focused and hands-on.
Doing this with like-minded peers will give you a candid perspective (besides expert feedback) from someone who’s not familiar with your product or industry.
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Expect a solid and clear message foundation within 3 days if you fully participate and put in the work.
This course can immediately improve your messaging, but your effort dictates the outcome. We've seen that 2-3 hours of self-work plus applying feedback leads to a compelling message.
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We’ve worked with founders of all stages to improve their messaging, redefine their narratives and determine their communications and PR strategies.
If you like to get more help besides the two review rounds, we recommend booking a VIP day or reach out to us directly for tailored support.
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