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corporate

escapee club

You didn't escape corporate to lose your identity. You escaped to reclaim it.

What makes you irreplaceable is everything you've already lived. The career plot twists and the cultural roots that shaped you. You just need a brand that communicates that as powerfully as you live it.

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founding cohort

kicks off

september 21

a 5 week workshop for corporate escapees and entrepreneurs who are ready to turn their expertise into a business with a clear brand, compelling story, and a launch plan they actually feel confident sharing.

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In 5 weeks:

The pieces of your career that feel scattered will start to tell one clear story. You’ll uncover what you want to be known for, build a brand that reflects the depth of your experience, and leave with the language and systems to make your next chapter visible.

🧵 LIVE WORKSHOPS

🧵 HOT SEAT COACHING

🧵 OFFICE HOURS

🧵 TOOLS AND SYSTEMS

🧵 COMMUNITY OF PEERS

Plus guest speakers, a private community space, and time built in to actually get to know the room.

LIMITED founding member spots

founding member pricing:
$1,190 or 2 payments of $595

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Build influence for who you are, not just the titles you've held

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This was never really about escaping corporate

It's about escaping the grip it had on your identity, and taking back control of the narrative and the impact you’re here to make. For years the title did your explaining. This is where you learn to do it yourself, and do it better.

FROM LOOSE THREADS TO STRONG STORIES

Five weeks that take you from scattered to a story so clear you finally know exactly what you want to be known for.

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pull the thread

Uncover the experiences, values, strengths, and stories that make you unforgettable.

build your brand

Turn that clarity into a brand people understand, remember, and confidently refer.

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Launch with confidence

Tell your story with intention, online, on stage, in meetings, and in every introduction.

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What you’ll walk away with

CONFUSED → CLEAR → CONFIDENT → VISIBLE → KNOWN → REFERRED

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Your thread & positioning

The through-line that connects your experience into one clear, memorable brand.

Your Audience, defined

Exactly who you're here to help, what they need, and why it has to be you.

Your story bank


Signature stories for networking, speaking, podcasts, sales conversations, and LinkedIn.

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Sticker reading "Loose Threads for Strong Stories."

A Networking & Referral Plan

A simple system that turns the network you've built over 15+ years into your best source of opportunity.

30 Days of Content, Loaded

A month of posts planned and slotted in your Notion portal, pulled from your own messaging pillars.

your Thread Studio Portal

Your foundation, your story bank, your content system, plus the same frameworks I use with private clients. Yours to keep.

you wont build this alone

You'll spend five weeks alongside people asking the same questions you are.

Corporate leaders, corporate escapees, entrepreneurs.. different chapters, same work. You'll practice with each other and refine your stories together, and celebrate the breakthroughs as they happen. You leave with a clearer brand, story systems, and with people who know your story and keep cheering you on long after the cohort ends.

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you’re in the right room if you’re a…

Corporate Leader

From accomplished professional to recognized thought leader. You've built the expertise and the track record. Now you're ready for a personal brand that makes sure the right people know it.

Seasoned Entrepreneur

From established success to elevated positioning. You've outgrown your brand. Now you're ready for one that reflects the business you've become.

Corporate Escapee

From seasoned leader to founder with influence. You've built decades of credibility. Now you're ready for a brand that matches.

The Seasoned Entrepreneur

From established success to elevated positioning. You've outgrown your brand. Now you're ready for one that reflects the business you've become.

the five week journey

From scattered to stitched. Your personal brand isn't something you invent, It's something you uncover.

chapter 1

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escape the title

You get honest about what's been holding you back and find the through-line underneath everything you've built. This is where the scattered pieces start to make sense.

chapter 2

Clarify the Why

You define who you're here to help and the position only you can hold. Your purpose stops being a feeling and becomes something you can say in one sentence.

chapter 3

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Shape the Story

You excavate the stories buried in your experience and build your Story Bank. Signature stories ready for networking, podcasts, sales conversations, and LinkedIn.

chapter 4

build the system

You turn clarity into messaging pillars and a content system you can run every week. You leave with 30 days loaded in your Notion calendar.

chapter 5

launch what’s next

You build your visibility + strategic partnership plan and a referral system that makes it easy for the network you already have to send you the right people.

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Who do you become after each chapter?

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Sticker reading "Hecho con intención," meaning "made with intention."

today

by the end of this chapter

You have a clear roadmap for building your personal brand.

chapter 1

You don’t know where to start

You uncover the common thread that makes your story uniquely yours

chapter 2

Your experiences feel disconnected

Your story builds trust, connection, and makes people remember you

chapter 3

Your LinkedIn reads like a resume

You have clear messaging, content pillars, and a story bank you can pull from with confidence

chapter 4

You second guess what to post on LinkedIn and how to talk about yourself

You have a personal brand, visibility plan, and community to intentionally build your next chapter

chapter 5

You’re hoping the right opportunities find you

this room

One of the biggest surprises after leaving corporate wasn't losing the title. It was losing the room. The people, the hallway conversations, the feeling that someone got what you were carrying.

Corporate Escapee Club exists because I wanted to build that room again. The one where people challenge you, celebrate you, and help you see the strengths you've overlooked.

Because clarity happens faster in community, and you were never meant to build this alone. ❤️

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Hola, I'm Lu

From Fortune 100 to your brand's biggest cheerleader

I spent over 15 years in corporate strategy and executive communications, with my last chapter in a Fortune 100 Chief of Staff office. I was the person senior leaders called when the strategy needed to land, the story needed to move people, and the room needed to walk away aligned. I loved that work. And then I became the founder sitting across the table trying to figure out how to tell my own story.

I built Thread Studio because I know what it feels like to carry deep expertise, bold vision, and a fire for what you're building, and still struggle to make the brand match. I bring a storytelling lens to everything I do, blending strategy with the kind of warmth and cultural richness that makes your brand feel alive, intentional, and impossible to replicate.

I'm here to help you see what I see: that everything you've built, survived, and believed in long enough to start deserves a brand that stands out as boldly as you do.

Client success stories

  • Roberta McCarter CEO, Novus Data Journeys

    “Luana has been instrumental in building and launching the Novus Data Journeys brand. Her skill, counsel, and expertise showcase the best of my company.  She brings strategic clarity and creative execution, which has elevated everything from our messaging to our brand presence. She provided an intentional customized strategy to guide us through branding, systems, and launch with thoughtfulness and precision. Working with her feels like having both a strategist and a trusted partner at the table. Her work is a competitive advantage and partnership I highly recommend.”

  • Carina Osuna Founder & Financial Coach, Core Life Habits

    "My brand identity was outdated. I couldn't narrow down my audience or communicate clearly about who I serve. Lu took that mental muddle and put it into clear view. She gave me detail on my identity, values, and how I serve people, but more than that, a complete guide I can actually use. Now I can update my website, show up at events, and communicate about my business without second guessing myself. Everything feels seamlessly threaded together. What surprised me most was how joyful and supportive the process was. Lu came in at a messy time in my life and only uplifted me. She has such a warm heart and really cares about you as a person and your business. She's detail oriented, passionate, and incredibly talented. I feel a million times more confident. I couldn't be happier I chose Lu to help me rebrand my business!”

  • David Higginbotham Founder & CPA, Higginbotham Tax + Advisory

    "Lu got me over the hardest hurdle of launching my practice. I was completely overwhelmed and didn't know where to begin, not just with operations, but with how I wanted to show up and what experience to create for my clients. I was concerned someone outside the accounting world wouldn't understand the complexity, but after our first meeting, I knew she had this. Lu walked me through defining my service strategy and brand voice, then built systems that stayed true throughout: my complete client journey, service workflows, customized templates, and client communications. She gave me a foundation I could build on. What would've been a monumental task I kept avoiding became a clear, repeatable system that actually feels like me. Now I'm fully launched and serving clients through systems that actually work. I have strategic clarity, confidence in my delivery, and my time back to focus on growing my practice.

  • Estee Burgess Real Estate Advisor + Community Leader

    "After 20 years in corporate, my identity was intertwined with the company and the leaders I served. When I stepped into entrepreneurship, I had to answer: Who am I without that? How do I show up as that person publicly? I was honestly spiraling. I didn't know who I was in this new season or how to feel confident sharing that version of myself. Now I know exactly who I am, and I'm fully okay with it. I'm clear on the person I want people to see and love working with. That clarity has been freeing. Luana helped me untangle everything—my ideas, fears, excitement, perceptions—and turn it into something cohesive and deeply authentic. She didn't give me a brand. She helped me uncover mine. Working together felt natural and safe. She truly listened and understood where I was emotionally before diving into strategy. If you're building something and feel unclear about your voice or identity, Luana will help you find it and own it.”

  • Maggi Beaulah Founder, Be Still Analytics

    “Before working with Lu, I felt scattered. I had the vision, but I couldn't articulate the why behind what I was building. I lacked a cohesive story that connected who I am to what my business stands for. Lu has a rare ability to see what's already there and draw it out, like pulling a diamond from the rock. That's exactly what she did for my company. She listens deeply, leads with both gentleness and conviction, and weaves the many layers of a business into one coherent story. What she produces doesn't just look good. It communicates the value of your brand in a way customers can actually feel and understand. Now I'm clear on connecting my personal background to the reason my entity exists, and that clarity has become a source of real motivation. Lu approaches everything with a genuine sense of pride in her craft. She sets a standard and consistently meets it.”

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READY TO stop being the best kept secret in the room?

Loose threads in, strong stories out. Five weeks in a room of people making the same leap.

Kicks off September 21 · Five weeks · Limited seats

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