The Brand Shaper

Shape how the market sees you,
and own how the market chooses you

There's a force holding you back from being the No.1 choice?

I feel like the market never sees us for who we really are – no matter how much more superior our product is…

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My team is technical &
logical, “brand” feels abstract to us – almost like we are just  “guessing” instead of building something magnetic?

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I play it safe because I don’t feel confident scaling what we have now – I don’t want to waste my limited resources competing when I don’t have a clear winning edge…

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We don’t know what we don’t know, even with agencies and AI – the work looks right, but I’m not sure if it’s actually moving the needle?

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Here's whats really happening

Good News :

You don’t have a product, team or design problem. 

Bad News :

You're stuck being comparable (an option),

You have a perception gap (obvious choice).

We close the gap between what you built and how you're chosen - as the No.1 choice

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Brand Shaper Alumni

Panadol logo — No.1 pain relief brand in Southeast Asia, brand strategy client of Brand Shaper

No.1
pain relief brand
in Southeast Asia

MoneyHero logo — No.1 personal finance platform in Southeast Asia, brand strategy client of Brand Shaper

No.1
personal finance platform
in Southeast Asia

Paywatch logo — No.1 Earned Wage Access in Southeast Asia, brand strategy client of Brand Shaper

No.1
Earned Wage Access
in Southeast Asia

Slumberland logo — past brand strategy client of Brand Shaper

No.1
mattress brand
in Malaysia

Slumberland logo — No.1 mattress brand in Malaysia, brand strategy client of Brand Shaper

No.1
sensitivity toothpaste brand
in Southeast Asia

OUR PROPRIETARY FRAMEWORK

High-Explosion Blueprint

High-Explosion Blueprint diagram showing The Brand Shaper's [4-phase / 9-step] brand strategy framework — [Discover, Position, Activate, Amplify] — used to help B2B SaaS, AI, fintech, and healthcare founders become the No.1 choice in their category

From option to obvious No. 1 choice – in weeks, not years.

① Compresses your value into 1 explosive point of difference, that makes you non-comparable 

â‘¡ Scales it across every touchpoint, shaping how people think-trust-choose you

â‘¢ Gets you to the obvious No.1 choice in your category, fast
– chosen even before the comparison, before the pitch, before the price

We move numbers & shape market preference

The Brand Shaper | Move people (teams & consumers) = Move numbers & market preference
The Brand Shaper | Move people (teams & consumers) = Move numbers & market preference

Get chosen clearly = faster & higher conversion

Buzz logo — brand strategy client of Brand Shaper

20% → 60% 

Meeting-to-sales conversion rate 

Paywatch logo — No.1 Earned Wage Access in Southeast Asia, brand strategy client of Brand Shaper

US$39mil funds raised

in 12 months

Pingspace logo — past brand strategy client of Brand Shaper

180 days → 60 days

Sales cycle shortened

Pingspace logo — past brand strategy client of Brand Shaper

US$2.2mil

Deals closed in 90 days

Soles Union logo — past brand strategy client of Brand Shaper

RM0 → RM100k 

Revenue in 3 months

Le Faire logo — past brand strategy client of Brand Shaper

0.9% → 2.5%

Commerce store conversion rate

36 months → 2.5 months

Time-to-launch reduced

From founders and teams who've been there

Sasha advised us to successfully go from seed stage to growth ($39mil funding), helping us automate sales while revamping our product. Perhaps just as equally important, she has great EQ, is always respectful, mentors and motivates people.

I personally learned so much while she was with us. I wholeheartedly recommend businesses to work
with her!

Portrait of Alex Kim, President of Paywatch — brand strategy testimonial for Brand Shaper

President, Alex Kim
Paywatch

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We were stuck in the typical “IT solution” box before working with Sasha. We didn’t have a clear way to stand out, and our messaging didn’t reflect the value we truly offer. Sasha and team helped us reconnect with our core direction, refine our positioning and rebuild our go-to-market funnel from the ground up.

The entire process was sharp, structured and transformative. It’s not just a branding exercise, it shifted how we see and present our business.

Portrait of KK Pang, CEO of FSBM — brand strategy testimonial for Brand Shaper

CEO, KK Pang
FSBM

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We had a unique challenge in refreshing the way we communicate our value proposition to highlight an upcoming product while still connecting with our existing target market. Sasha was open-minded, asked the right questions and challenged our thinking. Her approach was refreshing and she kept us on track. In the end, Sasha and her team delivered exactly what we wanted and we are really happy with the results.

ortrait of Adam Brimo, CEO of OpenLearning — brand strategy testimonial for Brand Shaper

CEO, Adam Brimo
OpenLearning

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To be honest, I feel like I learned so much in the last few weeks. Every week I just have new ideas and feel like things are brewing – like I can feel it! And seeing your framework, the shocking part was the mapping down to the customers’ ego, that final line – and I’m just like…(mindblown). That’s the biggest kind of revelation for me.

Portrait of Yen Teng, Co-founder of Curobuddy — brand strategy testimonial for Brand Shaper

Co-founder, Yen Teng
Curobuddy

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Super useful, really thankful for your time and your framework, well done. Love it, love it, love it so much! I think this is extremely critical because there are so many things we’re going to do after this. I’m pleased that my team is on board, and I’m also very happy that I’M on board with this. Because this is so important as we’re going to invest a lot more money going forward. So I love it. The process was good, it’s clear, it’s comfortable. We know our unfair advantage now, and it’ll be so powerful the next time we talk to investors.

Portrait of AP Ng, Founder of Arysun — brand strategy testimonial for Brand Shaper

Founder, AP Ng
Arysun

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It has been the most productive in terms of refining that brand positioning. It’s a totally 180-degree shift from what I envisioned and it’s very, very insightful. And the kind of sharpness you are able to provide, the messaging, that has been very helpful. One, it gave me perspective, but it also gave me insight.

Portrait of Georgina, Founder of Sleebbee — brand strategy testimonial for Brand Shaper

Founder, Georgina
Sleebbee

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The sweet spot we serve

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Category leaders

We work with brands across industries,
in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Hong Kong, the United States and Canada.

But, we specialize –
in technical, complex industries.
Like SaaS, robotics, healthcare, manufacturing, fintech, AI…

The founders and teams we work with have one thing in common:
They’ve built something remarkable, but the market doesn’t fully understand yet.

People who are world-class at what they do –
But whose value is easily misunderstood, undervalued or overshadowed by louder players.

And they refused to be an option.
There’s only one outcome acceptable:
To be the No.1 choice – chosen clearly and as quickly as it should be.

If you’re serious about making your brand performs as well as your innovation, let’s talk.

Meet the team

"
Here, we don’t just make brands look good.
We shape brands that do the heavy lifting –
so you’re not left carrying the whole damn thing yourself! 

I started as a designer –
passionate about making things look good.

But the deeper I went, the more I realized:
Great design means nothing if it doesn’t work across the business.
That realization pulled me into the world of brand building.

I became

• a 3x founder, joined 7 founding teams,
• experienced idea to exit,
• and shaped over $400M in brand value across ventures.

Along the way, I saw the patterns.
What works. What doesn’t.
Where founders waste time and energy trying to brute-force growth,
and where smart systems and sharp brands do the heavy lifting.

That’s why I built The Brand Shaper –

To bring together 2 worlds most founders rarely get in 1 place:

The art of psychology, creativity, and design,
with the science of systems, strategy, and ROI.

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Meet the team

Sasha Tan

Founder &
Principal Strategist

Sasha Tan, founder and principal brand strategist at The Brand Shaper, brand strategy consultant for B2B technology founders across Southeast Asia