What I Do
Founder of Forum Studios — creative services for startups and artists.
Here's what that looked like at Hemut (YC X25). →


Identify your enemy
For most startups, it's their branding. You probably had a friend with some design knowledge make your first logo; it wasn't fully thought out, and now there's not much of a differentiator or unique aspect to your company and the next.
At Hemut, that was our color scheme; we started with yellow and navy blue to reflect our founders' origins as a Bruin at UCLA. However, the colors conflicted with different backgrounds, and the logo needed a redo.


Research
What makes your company different? What's your story?
So, I went and made a mood board. A good brand must think intentionally behind colors, fonts, and imagery.










Execute
Create a ton of options. I leave it up to your team to decide what's best.
For Hemut: I redid our business cards, logos, fonts, color schemes, and we even redid our website multiple times. This was all to create a cohesive brand identity.
What Hemut's branding turned into


“Abhinav's attention to detail, commitment to story, and innate creativity was a major force when it came to Hemut's outward-facing branding.”

Pranav Guda
CPO, Hemut (YC X25)
My contributions at Hemut
$4M
contributed to active pipeline sales
55M
monthly viewers
850K
social media followers
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