A growth consultancy. London, Ontario.

Founders. Not marketers.

Three operators who built and scaled their own businesses first. Strategy, creative, execution. All under one roof.

Why we exist

Most agencies fail before the first ad runs.

73% churn in 90 days. Because they sell ads, not businesses. We do it backwards.

Most clients don't have an ad problem. They have an offer problem. Pricing, positioning, sales process. All upstream of the ad account. So we fix the offer first.

The team

Three operators. One team.

Strategy, creative, and paid media under one roof. We have each built the thing we now build for you.

Andy

Andy

CEO · Strategy · Web · AI

Worked across industries and started several businesses before founding Wick of Hope. Scaled the direct-to-consumer brand from $14K to $1M+ in two years. Brings hard-won strategy and growth insights from real operator experience.

$14K → $1M+
Wick of Hope
William

William

COO · Arc Creative

Founder of Arc Creative, the studio behind every photo, video, and drone shoot we deliver, and the operator who keeps every client account running. $330M+ in commercial and real estate captured across 324+ in-house shoots, from luxury condo developments to 47-year legacy brands.

$330M+
Arc Creative
Shane

Shane

CCO · Web & Paid Media

Award-winning London web developer who builds the sites and runs the paid media. Sites shipped for real estate teams, home builders, trades, and local brands across Southwest Ontario. Profitable paid media across direct-to-consumer brands, beauty, and home services, with cost per lead cut from $400 to $30 and client leads for as little as $5.

1,200%
Best lead growth, 90 days

How we're different

Two ways to spend a marketing budget.

Typical Agency

  • Takes your money, runs ads, sends a report
  • Never looks at your offer, pricing, or sales process
  • Blames the algorithm when results drop
  • Locks you into 6 to 12 month contracts
  • Outsources creative to stock photos and templates
  • Measures vanity metrics: impressions, clicks, reach

Launch & Found

  • Audits your entire business before touching an ad account
  • Fixes your offer, pricing, and sales process first
  • Produces all creative in-house: photo, video, drone
  • Month-to-month. We recommend 3 months. Never locked in
  • Agrees on the exact numbers we'll move, in writing. We prove results
  • Some clients never run ads and still grow

How we work

Four pillars.

01

Strategy that aligns

Audit before spend.

02

Systems that convert

Pages, funnels, AI.

03

Execution that scales

Paid, creative, weekly.

04

Results you can see

Cost per customer, customer value, return on ad spend. Monthly.

Spotlight · Wick of Hope

From basement to a million.

$14K → $1M+

Wick of Hope is co-founder Andy's own candle brand, grown from a basement to past a million in sales and a storefront of its own in two years. The same playbook we run for you. We've done it, not just sold it.

Wick of Hope storefront
Pouring a Wick of Hope candle by hand
Andy and his wife in the Wick of Hope workshop
Wick of Hope Quiet Season candles
3-4×
return on ad spend
20K+
candles sold
40%+
customer retention rate

Spotlight · Arc Creative

William's studio: Arc Creative.

$330M+

in commercial and real estate captured

William is our chief operating officer and the founder of Arc Creative, the studio behind every photo, video, and drone shoot we deliver. 324+ shoots in-house, and the reel that closed the deals: TRICAR's The Westdel, Casey's Creative Kitchens' 47-year story, From Garage to Legacy. When we say all creative is produced in-house, this is the house.

Aerial real estate by Arc Creative
Architectural lifestyle by Arc Creative
Drone shot by Arc Creative
Interior by Arc Creative
324+
shoots in-house
$330M+
captured for clients
0
stock photos, ever
Watch the reel on Our Work →

Spotlight · Shane Fry

An award-winning London web developer.

1,200%

best lead growth for a client, in 90 days

Shane is our chief creative officer. He builds the sites and runs the paid media. With him you work with the person doing the work, in your time zone, who knows this market: sites shipped for real estate teams, home builders, trades, and local brands across Southwest Ontario, every one fast, clean, and built to bring in business.

The client wins tell the rest: profitable paid media across direct-to-consumer brands, real estate, beauty, and home services. One client's cost per lead rebuilt from $400 down to $30. Another's leads at $5 each. All results shared with permission.

Rinehart Realty website by Shane Fry
Cardi Homes website by Shane Fry
Erika Friesen Design website by Shane Fry
IES London website by Shane Fry
1,200%
best lead growth, 90 days
$400 → $30
cost per lead, rebuilt
$5
cost per lead, best case
See the sites and the numbers →

Why we can do this

We grew our own first.

We have started companies from nothing and scaled them to real numbers. Wick of Hope went from $14K to past a million. Arc Creative has captured $330M+ in real estate. We have built and run profitable paid media for brands across industries.

That operator experience is why we don't just run ads. We read a business as a whole, find the real growth levers, and build the system around them. Sometimes that is a paid ads funnel. Sometimes it is fixing the offer or the sales process first. We start companies, and we grow the ones that are already here.

Want to scale hard?

We build the entire paid ads funnel and handle the creative, the content, and the editing. Hand it over, or stay hands-on with the parts you want to keep.

Not running ads yet?

We still find the growth. For most contractors and service businesses, the Found System brings in more work without spending a dollar on ads.

Let's build something worth finding.

Book a strategy call. We will audit your offer, map the plan, and show you the exact numbers we will move. No pressure.