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Every one of these started with a company nobody had heard of.

Seven kinds of trusted voice, one pattern underneath all of them: an enterprise buyer with no reason to trust an unknown vendor, until someone they already believed spoke first. Find your situation below.

Two of these companies went on to exit. A third ranked 8th on the 2026 Deloitte Technology Fast 50.

01 · Pipeline operators
Top Energy Pipeline Operators

Conservative operators won’t be first to trust you.

Pipeline operators are regulated and conservative, and right-of-way integrity is too critical to hand to an unproven supplier. We mapped the individuals, organizations, brands and publications that shape how operators judge new technology, and shifted Flyscan’s story from innovation to outcomes. Sector leaders told it themselves, in the trade press, on panels and in case studies, and leading pipeline operators are among Flyscan’s clients and investors, won through Flyscan’s own sales and investor meetings. Flyscan ranked 8th on the 2026 Deloitte Technology Fast 50. That growth belongs first to Flyscan’s team; we added a different kind of expertise to theirs.

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02 · Apple

A major partner needs a story they can’t tell alone.

Apple needed to prove iPads could displace ruggedized devices in field-engineering markets, a story it couldn’t tell alone. TrueContext co-built campaigns across medical, manufacturing, engineering and logistics that gave Apple demonstrable B2B results. The program beat every objective, and Apple’s program partner team named TrueContext its best B2B co-marketing partner.

03 · The press

Nobody outside your niche knows the problem exists.

We identified the moment public interest in security and defense peaked, then gave each outlet the angle that served its own audience. Discovery Channel’s Future Weapons featured OptoSecurity, and The New York Times took the debate to the public and to policymakers. Millions were reached through credibility no ad budget can manufacture. OptoSecurity was later acquired by Vanderlande, part of Toyota Industries.

04 · Shell

Your champion believes in you but can’t sell you internally.

Shell’s innovation champions believed in the results but couldn’t show their value to global leadership. TrueContext’s product and sales teams earned the pilots in Canada, the United States and on Prelude, the world’s largest floating LNG platform. We helped each champion document and tell their own results inside Shell, so the story could travel where TrueContext couldn’t. Shell signed a global master services agreement.

05 · AT&T → Microsoft

Your channel partners have no reason to push your product.

AT&T’s partner teams needed software attach sales growing alongside device and plan renewals: a real business problem, not a PR exercise. TrueContext built a co-marketing program that hit their numbers, and that result opened a partnership with Microsoft. The customer base grew substantially over the same period.

06 · McKinsey, Deloitte, IBM

The advisors your market listens to should see the plan before the market does.

In 2023, as Chief Marketing Officer on a six-month contract, I developed the strategy to position DistriQ, Quebec’s Quantum Innovation Zone, as a global leader in quantum solution development. DistriQ is backed by more than $435M in public and private commitments. Before the plan was submitted, I presented it to executives at global consultancies, financial institutions and other quantum zones for feedback and input.

07 · Gartner

The analysts who define your category have never heard of you.

Gartner analysts succeed when they can guide clients on emerging technology before anyone is blindsided. TrueContext gave them a sustained cadence of briefings: use cases, ROI data, sector differentiation. Gartner went on to define a new category and name TrueContext its leader. Analyst coverage is rare below $25M; where it is within reach, it is the strongest cover a buying committee can get.

Different voices, different routes in. The same thing happening each time: someone the buyer already trusted spoke first.

Acquired by Battery Ventures
“Mark and his team significantly boosted our brand awareness, trust and credibility. We became the leading enterprise solution in our category.”
Alvaro Pombo Alvaro PomboFounder & CEO, TrueContext

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