Ensemble’s “digital lab-in-a-box” solution aggregates the required niche skillsets needed for rapid growth of digitally-focused companies, including capital raising, business consulting, technology and marketing services, from Chicago’s best-of-breed digital service providers marketing under one cooperative brand. This provides a seamless and continuous client experience from startup ideation through successful growth.
Ensemble’s model
is designed to materially increase an entrepreneur’s stand-alone odds of
success, powered by Ensemble’s team of digital experts, which have been there
and done that with current best practices in the industry and a roster of happy
client case studies. In addition, by bundling disparate skillsets and companies
into one digital services suite, Ensemble offers its clients a significantly
lower cost than one-off service providers, given the operating efficiencies
achieved by the economies of scale between the Ensemble members.
The economic
benefits to companies using Ensemble’s collective services include 20 percent
cash discounts for clients that buy services across the entire group of member
companies, and up to 40 percent cash discounts for clients that Ensemble agrees
to take an equity position in their businesses. This can lead to hundreds of
thousands of dollars in upfront cash savings to such companies.
Ensemble will
be managed by its member companies with George Deeb, Managing Partner at Red
Rocket Ventures, serving as the day-to-day general manager.
“We created
Ensemble to fill a void in the market for entrepreneurs desiring do-it-for-me
solutions from a one-stop team of digital experts who have proven they know how
to quickly and efficiently scale up digital businesses,” Deeb said. “The
Ensemble alliance structure will best serve clients, given our domain experts’
focus and expertise within their respective niches, and the fact we are all
entrepreneurs ourselves. Ensemble is by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs, which
you would never get in a big conglomerate agency.”
Digital
companies and startups have many options to choose from when deciding how best
to scale up their digital efforts. This includes venture capital incubators,
accelerator programs, shared location facilities, general marketing agencies
and other general networking groups. Ensemble
goes beyond the support traditionally offered in these types of programs (e.g.,
non-expert advice, short duration programs, lack of knowledge depth, peer vs.
professional tutelage, outdated curriculum) to design a long-term, winning
business model for itself and clients.
Each current
Ensemble member company is headquartered in the Chicago area. While Chicago is
a core focus of Ensemble, given the city’s robust digital startup and
technology scene, the group will support a nationwide roster of clients. New
members with complementary digital services will be added to the alliance over
time.For more information about Ensemble, please visit the alliance website at www.EnsembleHQ.com, where you can follow the alliance on the major social networks.
About
Ensemble: Founded in
2013, Ensemble is a cooperative cross-marketing
alliance of award-winning digital service providers in Chicago, each with
specific and unique expertise. The current members include Red
Rocket Ventures
(business consulting & capital raising), Ora
Interactive
(technology development & design), Loud
Interactive (search
engine optimization), SocialKaty (social media marketing) and Walker
Sands (public
relations). This alliance structure better serves clients, as compared to
generalist agencies, allowing member companies to stay deeply focused in their
respective skill sets. At the same time, this model offers clients materially
higher odds for success, given the deep domain expertise and 20-40 percent cash
discounts available to clients that engage the collective services of Ensemble members. Ensemble’s digital services suite is a
next-generation alternative for entrepreneurs looking for do-it-for-me
solutions from a team of digital experts.