The Story Teardown

We'll show you the story your brand isn't telling — before you spend a dollar building it.

A recorded, brand-specific breakdown of the story gap costing you attention, and the one reframe that changes how customers see you. Not a generic audit — a direct look at your brand, by the people who'd build it.

Delivered in 3–5 days · Yours to keep · Fully credited if you continue
What you actually get

A diagnosis, not a sales call in disguise.

A recorded walkthrough of your brand's current story, the specific gap we see, and the direction we'd take it — concrete enough to act on whether or not you ever hire us.

20–30 min

Recorded video walkthrough of your brand's story

1-page

Written note: the gap, the reframe, three moves

3–5 days

Turnaround from the moment you say go

Credited

Fee applies toward a Sprint if you continue

The work, not a pitch

Here's the exact thinking you'd get — on brands you know.

We'd rather show you than tell you. Two real teardowns, two opposite problems, the same method.

Sub 70
A human story buried behind a discount
The story they tell now

Direct-to-consumer price language — "the highest quality clubs at the lowest possible price." A good argument that lands them on the one shelf no one wins: price.

The gap

Their own Our Story page hides the best thing they own — a handwritten note from the person who built your clubs, with a phone number to call. The last clubmaker who knows your name, filed under "About."

The story we'd tell instead

"Not the affordable alternative — the return of the clubmaker who knows your name."

Read the full Sub 70 teardown →
Stix
Selling the product when the real product is a feeling
The story they tell now

A clean, rational pitch — minimalist, affordable, simple to buy. Every word is about the clubs in the box, not why they matter.

The gap

Stix exists to fix a feeling, not a price. Golf makes people feel like they don't belong; the minimalism isn't an aesthetic, it's mercy — and they sell it as design.

The story we'd tell instead

"Not simpler golf clubs — the end of feeling like golf isn't for you."

Read the full Stix teardown →
This is for you if…

Your product is exceptional. Your marketing doesn't say so.

You sound like the category

You compete on specs and features because everyone in your space does — and you blend into the shelf.

The real story is buried

There's a founder, an obsession, a way of building that can't be copied — and customers never hear it.

You want story tied to a number

You've been burned by pretty creative that moved nothing. You want a brand that performs, not just looks good.

How it works

Three steps, under a week.

01
Request

You request it

Tell us the brand and send a few links. No long call, no questionnaire marathon.

02
Teardown

We tear it down

We study your story the way a customer meets it, then record the gap, the reframe, and three moves.

03
Yours

It's yours

You keep everything. If you want it built within two weeks, the full fee credits toward a Founder Story Sprint or your first retainer month.

The investment

Risk-free if you continue.

The barrier to brand work is trust, not price. This is the fastest way to find out if we see something in your brand that others have missed — and the full fee comes back to you the moment you decide to build it.

$2,500
one-time · per brand
  • 20–30 min recorded story walkthrough
  • 1-page written gap + reframe + three moves
  • Delivered in 3–5 days
  • Yours to keep, build with anyone
Request your Teardown
Full $2,500 credits toward a Sprint or your first retainer month — within 14 days
Where it goes from here

Start small. Prove it. Then scale the story.

Start here
Story Teardown
$2,500 · 3–5 days

The diagnosis. Find the gap and the one reframe that changes everything.

You are here
Build it
Founder Story Sprint
$20k · 90 days

One narrative, one hero film + cutdowns, a messaging toolkit — built to move one named metric.

Scale it
Story Engine
From $15k/mo

A long-form story each month, recut native for YouTube, IG & TikTok — produced end-to-end, where the compounding happens.

Who's behind it
A

Hey, I'm Aaron.

With over two decades of experience behind the lens — capturing the essence of commercials, documentaries, and brand films — I've come to realize that the footage itself has always been secondary to the story it tells. It was the narrative lying beneath that mattered. I've explored every angle of this industry: as a freelancer, orchestrating production and post-production within an ad agency, and working in-house on the client side. Every perspective imparted a unique lesson that the others couldn't offer — and collectively, they illuminated my path to establishing Gibeon Creative: to uncover the essence of a founder-led brand and evoke genuine emotions in people. The Teardown is that same instinct in its smallest, sharpest form.

See the story hiding in your brand.

One recording. One reframe. Three to five days. The fastest way to find out what your brand could be saying.

Request a Teardown