"Sydney was a critical thought partner in crafting the narrative for our Seed pitch deck. She is a top-notch communicator, and delivered Tier 1 quality under a tight timeline. I couldn't recommend her more to other founders!"

"Sydney was a great thought partner during the buildout of our Series A pitch deck. She listened intently to my feedback, proactively took initiative and managed the project, and was responsive and supportive throughout. I'd recommend Sydney to any founder getting ready to fundraise who wants support with visuals to support a great story and message."

“Sydney was critical in helping us shape our story. She brought a fresh perspective that dramatically improved the impact of our narrative and build our brand. She helped us craft each word of our first website, launching the company smoothly into the public arena for the first time. She was a pleasure to work with, highly communicative, collaborative and creative. I appreciated her candor and depth of experience, getting us to a high-quality final product way faster than I thought possible. I highly highly recommend Sydney to other founders looking for help crafting their startup story!”

“When we first started working with Sydney, we were hoping for a quick turnaround on copy and creative and some alignment on the story and message. However, the work with Sydney has achieved so much more for us. Through our engagement, we took a more in-depth look at not just how we tell our story but also why. Having to answer questions about our mission, vision and strategy forced us to examine the foundations of our venture and come out on the other side with a stronger conviction and a deeper understanding of what we’re trying to accomplish for our audience. This has been a transformative process for us, and it was evident in our ability to tell our new story with the confidence needed to secure our next round of funding. 

As importantly, the process helped us look at our business with a fresh perspective and get not just a new pitch deck but an underlining narrative that is now the connecting thread to our strategic decisions and our internal dialogue. 

A process like this might sound painful or frightening, but Sydney’s ability to lead with such care and without a hint of judgment or criticism is Sydney’s true power. Change is hard, especially when it comes to things you create and feel such an emotional connection, so leading such change to our perspective and view is not a small feat, and she did it with grace and effortlessness.”

“Our business is more complex than most, and Sydney did an excellent job at helping us to distill things down into a clean and coherent narrative for investors. She was a delight to work with and really invested in getting to know us and our business. I'm really happy with the output and would highly recommend her to anyone currently preparing for an upcoming raise.”

“We needed help with our Pre-Seed+ deck as we were too close to the narrative. We needed help simplifying a complex problem with multiple products and lots of data jargon. I was really impressed with how much Sydney improved it in such a short amount of time. She was easy to work with, communicative, and would highly recommend to other founders, whether they're preparing to raise or in the middle of their raise.”

“We were introduced to Sydney by one of our investors who highly recommended her to us. As a part of revising our fundraising pitch, we needed help with crystallizing the message and overall story behind our business.

Sydney was a fresh eye that helped refine and simplify elements of our complex and nuanced offering, help think through the core message, and deliver it in a way that resonated with investors. Working with Sydney was easy and straightforward and she was very hands-on, driving the project from beginning to end efficiently. She had a great attitude and her prior experience in the space really came through in her final product. We would highly recommend her to teams that are in a similar situation.”

“I hired Sydney to help me with my investor deck and Demo Day deck design, and she far exceeded my expectations. She was efficient, professional, and very responsive to our requests and tight schedule. Have already recommended Sydney to a Founder friend of mine, and would recommend her to others.”

“Sydney came highly recommended by Pear VC and I very much enjoyed working with her on our pitch deck. Her process understanding our strategy, story, and brand aesthetic was fantastic.”

"Sydney was terrific to work with. We were very happy with the results, and Sydney worked efficiently and effectively. Recommend her highly to other founders!"

“We absolutely loved working with Sydney. She took time to get to know the ethos of our company, and she applied this spirit to a pitch deck that gracefully relayed our narrative. In the weeks following our accelerator's Demo Day, this translated to an outpouring of meeting requests from venture firms. We have Sydney to thank for helping us tell our story to the world!”

“Sydney came highly recommended by one of our investors. We felt we had a strong vision, but getting the messaging and presentation right for our audience was key. Sydney asked us great questions and helped us take a step back and think through the core messages to investors. We’ve worked on several follow on projects together since. I would recommend Sydney to founders gearing up to fundraise and who want to sharpen their narrative!”

“Big fan of Sydney and her amazing work. She was able to add a lot of value very quickly by helping us sharpen the narrative in our investor deck. I would recommend her to any Founder needing help with their messaging or brand!”

“I LOVE Sydney’s work. We hired Sydney to design a report, and the finished product looked amazing. Sydney was so wonderful to work with. She was incredibly responsive and delivered results way before the deadline. Definitely plan to work with Sydney on future projects and I recommend her to others!”

“We finally feel empowered to tackle our first round of fundraising after working with Sydney. She is brilliant and came highly recommended by an investor. We reached out to her for help with our pitch deck storytelling and messaging before our fundraise. We've told our story so many times that it was difficult for us to reframe it for fundraising purposes. Sydney brought a fresh perspective and helped us succinctly tell our story for VCs. She helped us take a step back and think through the core messages to investors. Sydney was efficient, professional, and highly collaborative - and her designs are sharp and beautiful. We highly recommend Sydney's services to founders getting ready to fundraise and who want to sharpen their narrative.”

“Sydney helped me tighten up my narrative for our investor pitch. She came highly recommended by one of our investors. Love the simplicity of the story and how it turned out. Sydney was efficient, responsive, and dedicated to creating a better story investors could easily understand and get excited about. Would highly recommend her to Founders getting ready to raise.”

“Sydney was instrumental in helping us sharpen our story and design for our pitch deck before we went out and raised from top-tier investors. Sydney was timely, professional, and a value-add thought partner as we developed our narrative. I would highly recommend Sydney to other fast-paced companies wanting high-quality consulting and design before embarking on a fundraise.”

"It's been a true pleasure working with Sydney! Sydney came highly recommended by one of our investors. We needed help with our storytelling, messaging, and pitch deck design before our Seed round. We are so glad to have gotten the opportunity to work with her! Sydney brought a fresh perspective and helped us succinctly tell our story in a short period of time. She also helped us take a step back and think through the core messages to investors. We really enjoyed working with her and she had a very professional style throughout our time together. We would recommend Sydney to founders getting ready to fundraise and who want to sharpen their narrative."

“Sydney came highly recommended by Pear VC for our Demo Day deck. She was communicative, efficient, and listened to what we wanted. We already received compliments on our deck design, and directly helped us elevate our deck for Demo Day. Would recommend her to other early-stage founders getting ready to fundraise!”

“Sydney came highly recommended by our lead investor, Fusion. She helped us think about the positioning of our company for investors before our Seed round, and designed the deck in a way that was effective and visually compelling. Sydney was highly collaborative , easy to work with, and kept us on pace and on track. Would highly recommend Sydney to founders getting ready to fundraise.”

“Sydney was instrumental in helping us craft our story and pitch deck for Pear VC Demo Day. She was communicative, responsive, and listened intently to our feedback. She was able to distill our story into the most visually compelling way so we could communicate effectively and successfully with investors. Sydney has been one of the most helpful investors in our Seed round. From refining our story to intros to quality investors, the Glide team is happy to have Sydney on our side.”

“Sydney has been a consistently helpful partner of Pear. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed working with Sydney on multiple fronts, from both designing company-internal fundraising decks to helping portfolio company fundraise. Her talented design skill is compounded by her powerful storytelling techniques and her patient and hand-holding mentorship of young founders looking to fundraise. I would recommend Sydney as a reliable and thoughtful design partner for companies and VCs."

“Sydney has a unique blend of smarts, guts and an inquisitive mind. The kind of asset you’d want on any team.”

“Amazing designer, one of the best storytellers I know. Would recommend Sydney to founders gearing up to fundraise and who want to sharpen their narrative.”

“Sydney helped us get ready for our Series A round. She greatly improved how we presented our story visually so we could more effectively communicate to investors and partners. Sydney was responsive, understanding, and a good team player. Would recommend Sydney to Founders who want to present the best version of their company to investors.”

“Sydney has been a pleasure to work with, putting my thoughts and what I wanted to share in a condensed form. I struggled to initially match what I wanted to deliver within a deck, but she asked the right questions to change the format and the wording to meet what the investors were looking for. If you are creating your first fund or going for a new raise, I highly recommend working with Sydney, as that will not only save you time but make the first impression of your deck a lot better. Considering that your deck is the first impression many will have on your fund, it made sense to me that an LP recommended me to work with Sydney, and I am grateful that I had the chance to do so.”

“It has been awesome working with Sydney, and I would highly recommend working with her.  She came recommended by one of our investors, and I decided to work with her after interviewing a few candidates in preparation for our Series A. She helped synthesize complexities into a compelling and easier to understand narrative. Throughout the process, she was responsive, communicative, easy to work with, and helped me think through ways to position ourselves to Series A investors. I would recommend founders who are getting ready to fundraise and need help distilling their story to work with Sydney.”

“We highly recommend Sydney to other founders getting ready to fundraise and needing help with their deck. Sydney was a real thought partner when designing and building our materials. She helped us think through ways to best visualize our story to VCs. Sydney also worked very well under a tight timeline and helped us turn around our deck design quickly. She also went beyond maintaining our brand guidelines and improved them. We're so happy that one of our investors recommended we work with Sydney and can't wait to work with her again.”

“Sydney is an incredibly creative, efficient and delightful individual to work with. She came highly recommended by a friend when I was in need of finding a designer for a rebrand of SkyBridge’s SALT Conference. Sydney has done a fabulous job of designing our logo, email invitations, sponsorship documents and more.

Her development of a brand style guide proved valuable for maintaining unity and cohesion among our conference assets. Sydney’s eye for design, professionalism, and ability to take requests and exceed expectations makes her a true pleasure to work with. If you're in need of high-quality and effective design and branding for your business, Sydney's your girl.”

“Working with Sunflower to build our marketing collateral was an absolute dream. Sydney and her team are incredibly experienced, enabling me to explain concepts and ideas that she would then materialize in a way that hits home with the right message. She has a way of extracting the core messaging from my mind and getting into collateral with beautiful style. They also work really, really fast. Would recommend her to anyone as a first choice.”

“Every pitch deck starts with a story. Sydney took our scattered thoughts and made a story out of them. She was easy to work with, communicative, and invaluable resource as we hit the fundraising trail.”

“I’d work again with Sydney in heartbeat. I genuinely looked forward to our calls because she has the perfect mix of listening attentively to our needs while also expressing a refined sense about what does and does not work. She was instrumental in our rebrand and visual guidelines. She’s an excellent communicator and highly organized. Two thumbs up. Five stars. She’s excellent at what she does. Looking forward to future work together.”

“Sydney was highly recommended by other founders in a Stanford entrepreneur group. I had been worried about working with an outside designer as I knew I would have strong views on what our deck should look like but equally wasn't sure I could convey what I wanted to someone else. I also felt stuck in terms of what I wanted the overall design to look like (other than knowing it should be B2C/Gen Z). Sydney asked me to share a Google Doc of our slide story and then came back to me with a series of different design ideas/visual stories for the deck. It made it really easy for me as I could choose between them, which also helped me become clearer on what I wanted too.

Once we had the overall concept pinned down, Sydney was very quick to turn it into a clear and compelling deck. This was made easier as Sydney is extremely responsive/quick to work with - I was never waiting on her. In the end, we're thrilled with the deck and designs she produced - we also shared them with our own designer and have incorporated some of them into our site UI too. I'd highly, highly recommend Sydney.”

“Sydney has been an absolute pleasure to work with. She is incredibly timely, professional, and delivers great presentation materials. I've already received multiple compliments on my deck, and I would absolutely hire her again in the future!”

“Sydney was an incredible asset to our team, and we could not recommend her more to companies and firms who want a professional and efficient design partner. She was thoughtful, communicative, and spent time understanding our firm and target audience before designing. The deliverables were high-quality and exactly what our team needed. In fact, they allowed us to fundraise from institutions all over the world. We look forward to working with her more and wholeheartedly recommend her!”

“Smart, creative and efficient. Sydney kept us on schedule and her deliverable was a perfect fit for our fundraising needs. An absolute pleasure having her on the team!”

“Could not have asked for a better dynamic working with Sydney. I hired Sydney for a design project with a very short deadline and working with her was seamless and the output was beautiful. She’s strategic with her designs and she truly listened to what we needed. Thrilled with the results. I look forward to working with Sydney on more projects in the future!”

“Working with Sydney was a great experience. She was able to creatively use design to improve our deck and help us communicate our vision more effectively. Sydney was also super responsive and easy to work with!”

"Sydney was absolutely fantastic to work with. She's fast-paced, crazy productive, and deeply insightful. She immediately hit on key messaging for a number of topics we'd struggled to communicate and in a few weeks she assembled the coherent story we'd been slogging through for months. Such a joy working with her. She chiseled our deck out of stone. Highly recommend Sydney for her incredible work."

“Sydney was the perfect partner for developing the visual identity for our new fund. She understood our preferences, worked within our confines, and the end result was exactly what we wanted. We can't wait to show off our new brand. Highly recommend Sydney to companies and VCs needing a design partner who gets it!”

“It was a true pleasure working with Sydney! Not only is she great at aesthetics but also at delivering the appropriate message for an investor’s deck!

Most importantly she operates very differently than any other designer I have worked with since Sydney uses a shared file. This is critical because you can see her work and interact with her while she is working on the file. At last, she managed to deliver a great deck in a very short timeframe.

I hate fundraising but I look forward to working with Sydney again.”