Kendra valentine

Story Strategist

I help businesses to communicate value through a method I call strategic story design. I look to the details just as much as the big picture and use a red thread to connect it all.

Aligning your business strategy with your vision and value is what strategic storytelling is all about. 

In other words, I work with people to define their vision, solidify their value proposition, and from that create authentic and robust creative assets.

If you can't explain the value you provide, no one can invest in it.

And before?

Well, I'm an American whom has lived in Europe (Stockholm & Berlin) for several years.

In the U.S, I worked in film production for studios such as Warner Bros. and Universal, as well as commercials. Thereafter I went to Stockholm for my Master's degree in Media Industry Studies. My thesis focused on defining "industry" in the Swedish film context and further propose a creative strategy for growth in the future. Basically, an entrepreneurial approach to creative & cultural industry policy.

I studied entrepreneurial thinking and strategy afterward because I’ve always liked connecting the dots between business and creative, and I wanted a method to my madness. I was selected by Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship as one of 6 persons for an interdisciplinary team in the first White Label program. There I represented Sweden in the European Business Plan of the Year competition at London Business School pitching a food product I developed, got training from an IDEO Alum on design-thinking, and ran around the streets of India trendspotting the future of "authenticity". 

So, a long background of straddling the line between creativity and business.