We've been where you are
We come from brand and agency backgrounds, have raised money and exited businesses. We understand - from startup to scale-up to exit - what's required when, and who's best to deliver. This isn't theory. It's experience.
Joel
Co-Founder
Joel brings extensive experience working with hundreds of clients as a consultant, agency partner, and brand owner. Having raised millions for ventures, exited businesses, and ridden the highs and lows of entrepreneurial life, he understands the challenges brands face at every stage - from startup to exit.
His multi-faceted experience - spanning consulting, agency partnerships, brand ownership, fundraising, and exits - gives him unique insight into what makes agency partnerships actually work. He knows which agencies fit different stages of growth, which ones can deliver real results, and what brands actually need versus what they're often sold.
Saul
Co-Founder
Saul brings deep expertise in performance marketing and agency operations. As founder of Adgrowth, he's helped e-commerce businesses scale profitably through data-driven PPC, SEM, and conversion rate optimization strategies. Having worked across both agency and client-side roles, he understands what makes agency partnerships actually work.
His hands-on experience building and scaling agencies gives him unique insight into operational realities - he knows which agencies can deliver on their promises and which ones can't. This practical knowledge, combined with his client-side perspective, is what makes our matching process so effective.
Why we built Talesian
After decades working in and with agencies, we saw the same problem again and again: marketing managers struggling to know which solutions would actually benefit their business, and what type of agency would be best suited to their size, momentum, aspirations, team, and industry.
They'd waste months trying to figure it out - getting overwhelmed by directory listings, misled by consultant recommendations, or buried in RFP responses. We knew there had to be a better way - one that understands your unique context and matches you with agencies who can actually deliver for brands like yours.
Talesian leverages real experience, not aggregated reviews. We match based on what actually works for brands at your stage, in your industry, with your goals - not just what looks good on paper.
Talesian is that better way.