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Spark No. 9 uses rapid experimentation to answer the three most important questions for growth:
What should I launch?

Who should I target?

Is the market ready?
Turn WHAT IF
into WHAT WORKS
Why teams work with Spark No. 9
Real-world evidence
Measure what people do, not what they say. Ground decisions in real behavior—not in surveys.
Speed
Run rigorous experiments in weeks, without months of research or long planning cycles.
De-risking
Validate strategies, growth paths, and core tactics before investing.
Alignment
Replace opinion and intuition with data, making it easier to get leadership buy-in and move forward.
Intelligence
Identify emerging customer behavior. Track shifts in fast-changing markets.
Real customers
Collect data from actual customers, not synthetic personas.
One methodology. Tested in market.
Use experimentation to turn behavioral data into your strategic advantage.
We represent parallel strategies with real, live ads.
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Tested in market with real people.
Two ways to partner.

SPARK

Validate new strategies

Generate strategic options. Measure real-world response. Optimize path forward.

What Spark is best for:

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Validating a major strategic direction
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Getting the data needed for leadership buy-in
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Aligning teams around a decision with proof
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Weighing multiple strategic paths
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Moving fast with confidence

Within a single project, we can...

Relaunch a brand
Provide evidence of demand
Reposition a legacy product
Unlock new audiences
Validate a business model
Redesign a brand
Predict pricing impact
Validate launch strategies
Prioritize product features

LAB

Experiments on demand

Fine-tune winning strategies, smoke-test ideas, and monitor behavior—all with AI-accelerated learning.

What Lab is best for:

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Constant access to real-world evidence
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Faster answers at a lower cost than a full scale Spark project
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The ability to iterate or pursue entirely new strategies after each test
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Operate with less risk in an ever changing market
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A way to implement an experiment-driven culture in your organization

Use Lab to answer questions like:

Should we change how we talk about our product?
Does this concept have real traction?
Is this new strategic path worth pursuing?
What creative treatment works best for our product?
Are there audiences we’re overlooking?
What should our packaging look like?
+ many more!
Tell us about your pressing questions and we’ll design a test that answers them.
How We Do It
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Real-world experiments
Conduct live, in-market experiments to capture real-world behavioral data from potential customers.
Two Tracks in Parallel
Parallel strategy testing
Test multiple strategies in parallel to see what works best—and with whom.
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Segmentation
Test multiple strategies in parallel to see what works best—and with whom.
Who We Are
We’re a small, multidisciplinary team united by a single methodology. Strategy, analytics, and creative work side by side, with a fully hands-on team from start to finish.
Select Clients
Gannett
The School of The New York Times
Harper Collins
Citi
HomeServe
Reuters
Einstein Bros. Bagels
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Hearst
Ashley Stewart
Ford
Guardian
TED
Oakley
Geltor
Ready to make better big decisions?
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