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About us

We work for capital.

Prismonde is a go-⁠to-⁠market firm for sponsor-⁠backed companies. We find out what is true, rebuild the systems that are broken, and leave behind an operating system the company keeps.

At a glance

The firm, in three figures.

Based in San Mateo. On site wherever the company is.

  • The diagnostic

    $95k

    Two months, fixed. Written for the investment committee.

  • The engagement

    9–18

    months, Phase I through III. Then we leave.

  • The systems

    4

    Market intelligence, brand, demand, sales. A partner over each.

  • In good company

    The client experience.

    What it is like to have us in the building, from the first call to the day we leave.

  • Who does the work

    The partners.

    A partner leads each system. Operators who have run the function, embedded part-⁠time.

  • The method

    How we work.

    Diagnose, embed, codify, leave. The four steps every engagement takes.

  • Join the bench

    Careers.

    Operators who have run a function in a sponsor-⁠backed company and want to run it again, on our side of the table.

Prismonde

Why the name.

Prism and monde. A lens, and the world seen through it.

A prism does not add anything to the light. It separates what was already there so you can see it. That is the diagnostic: two months inside the company, taking the one picture the board has been given and splitting it into the four systems it is made of, so it is clear which one is broken and what it is costing.

The rest of the name is the world: the market the company has to win in, seen from where we sit. Space, earth and the Golden Gate are the three colors of the system for that reason.

Executives from

Leadership

A partner leads each system.

  • Partner

    Market intelligence.

    ICP, segmentation, pricing, packaging, win-⁠loss, competitive position.

  • Partner

    Brand strategy.

    Positioning, messaging, identity, the design system, the assets.

  • Partner

    Demand generation.

    Owned, earned, paid, partner, outbound.

  • Partner

    Sales operations.

    Org, process, playbook, comp, the revenue system.

Operators who have run the function before.

We hire people who have made the number inside a sponsor-⁠backed company, and want to do it again for several at once.

Part-⁠time, embedded, in the building. A seat over one system, for the length of a phase, with the authority that comes from the sponsor having asked for you.