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sonder means
v. “to test the depth…look carefully around…ask many questions…probe”*
n. “realizing that everyone…has a life as complex as one’s own which they are constantly living despite one’s personal lack of awareness of it”; “special”*
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Led by managing partner Travis Earles, we leverage an agile network of subject matter experts across multiple domains as well as deeply experienced leadership across business functions and industry sectors to bring the very best support to our clients’ innovation. We bring over 25 years of experience working with the highest levels of leadership in academia, government, and industry.
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We are pathfinders. We help you find available pathways or blaze new ones together and progress your idea along them. We work closely with you to help you develop your idea from concept to reality. This is the process of innovation. We guide that development process with people, creativity, and emerging technology as our primary common denominators.
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◦ valuation and due diligence (technology, ideas, businesses, organizations)
◦ strategy development and implementation
◦ ideation management / innovation ecosystems
◦ milestone-based development and commercialization
◦ partnership planning and execution
◦ fractional leadership
◦ executive coaching
◦ leadership team development
◦ meeting/event design and facilitation (stand-alone and recurring)
◦ communications and engagement strategy (e.g., presentation, storytelling, UI/UX)
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Across emerging tech, creative, and people development denominators, we serve
◦ emerging technology (sometimes called hard tech or deep tech) start ups
◦ private equity firms and portfolio companies
◦ accelerators/idea incubators
◦ individual executives and leadership teams across sectors
◦ transforming enterprises
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Our industry experience spans development and commercialization across biomedicine, advanced materials, advanced manufacturing, aerospace, and defense, with extensive experience in multiple tech domains including data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, energy generation and storage, multi-functional materials, hypersonics, power, and propulsion.
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See examples of Sonder.Works done here, including value capture and innovation acceleration.
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Led by managing partner Travis Earles, we leverage an agile network of subject matter experts across multiple domains as well as deeply experienced leadership across business functions and industry sectors to bring the very best support to our clients’ innovation. We bring over 25 years of experience working with the highest levels of leadership in academia, government, and industry.
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Sonder.Works is not a conventional consulting entity focused on selling services. We are highly selective of who we work with, and it all starts with listening to you very carefully. If we engage with you, we engage fully as part of your team–our job is to help you succeed.
◦ We engage potential clients based on collaborative, iterative process to clearly define value
◦ We provide customized, dedicated, personal service with clear milestones and deliverables
◦ We offer flexible structures to support phased efforts to best meet your needs.
◦ We don’t just advise but actively work side by side with your team.
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Defining clear pathways to progress your innovation via current and/or customized ecosystems (people, resources, structures) to speed development of your people, creativity, and/or technology and to capture value
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