You didn’t build your expertise to stay invisible
make your name known
A five week personal brand and storytelling cohort for corporate escapees and entrepreneurs ready to figure out what makes them different, articulate why they are the obvious choice, and build a reputation around it.
February 2027
You’ve built the career. You know your stuff. Maybe you’ve even built the business.
But when someone asks what you do, the answer still comes out longer than you want it to.
You look at everything you’ve done and struggle to find the thread that ties it together.
You know you should be more visible, but you’re not quite sure what you want to be known for yet.
Your LinkedIn still sounds more like a résumé than the person you’re becoming.
You have ideas and stories worth sharing, but every time you sit down to post, you wonder what actually belongs in your brand.
And when someone asks who they should refer to you, you’re not sure they would know exactly what to say.
That’s not an experience problem. It’s a positioning problem.
You don’t need another credential.
You need to know what makes you different, how to talk about it, and how to make sure the right people know it.
You know you’re good at what you do.
So why is it so hard to explain what makes you different?
Corporate
escapee club
A 5 week cohort for corporate escapees and entrepreneurs ready to turn years of expertise into a brand only they can own, clearly articulate what makes them different, and become the obvious choice.
february 2027
The pieces of your career that feel scattered will start to tell one clear story
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.
🧵 LIVE WORKSHOPS WED @10:30AM CT
🧵 HOT SEAT COACHING
🧵 OFFICE HOURS FRI @10:30AM CT
🧵 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 member spots
What changes when the pieces finally connect?
Instead of rewriting your bio every few weeks, you know how to talk about what you do.
Instead of wondering what to post, you know the ideas and stories your brand is built around.
Instead of trying to talk to everyone, you know exactly who needs to understand your work.
Instead of collecting connections, you know how to intentionally build and activate relationships.
Instead of feeling like you lost the credibility attached to your corporate title, you know how to carry that experience forward without letting it define you.
And instead of trying to build visibility one random post at a time, you have a system you can keep using after the five weeks are over.
What you’ll walk away with
CONFUSED → CLEAR → CONFIDENT → VISIBLE → KNOWN → REFERRED
Your thread & positioning
The throughline 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.
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.
FROM LOOSE THREADS TO STRONG STORIES
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.
Launch with confidence
Tell your story with intention, online, on stage, in meetings, and in every introduction.
Over five weeks, we’re building the foundation that makes showing up easier.
You’ll get clear on what you want to be known for and who you want to be known by.
You’ll define positioning that makes your value easier to understand and harder to forget.
You’ll uncover the stories from your career and life that actually belong in your brand, so you’re not treating LinkedIn like a second résumé.
You’ll build a story bank and 30 day content plan so you’re not starting from a blank page every time you want to show up.
You’ll create a visibility and networking plan built around the relationships, rooms and platforms that make sense for you.
And you’ll identify opportunities inside the network you’ve already spent years building, because leaving corporate does not mean starting over.
The goal isn’t to turn you into a content creator.
It’s to make sure the right people know who you are, what you do and what to think of you for.
Build authority for who you are, not just the titles you've held
You’ve decided to bet on yourself. Now you need people to know what you’re betting on
You spent years building expertise inside someone else’s brand.
Now you need a reputation of your own.
When the title goes away, so does the shorthand that used to tell people what you did, why you were credible, and what they should come to you for.
That’s what we’re rebuilding together.
A clear position people can associate with you.
A story that makes your expertise memorable.
A visibility strategy that keeps you in front of the right people.
So when the right opportunity comes along, people already know why they should think of you.
you’re in the right room if you’re a…
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 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.
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
Claim your Value
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
own your positioning
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
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.
Who do you become after each chapter?
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
You don’t need to have it all figured out before you join
Corporate Escapee Club was built for experienced professionals creating what comes next.
You might have recently launched your consultancy or service based business.
You might already have clients but know your personal brand hasn’t caught up to the quality of your work.
You might be building quietly and realizing it’s time for more people to know what you’re doing.
Or you might still be employed while intentionally building the reputation and relationships that give you more options.
What matters is that you have expertise worth building around and you’re ready to stop relying on a job title to explain your value.
This is not a business building accelerator or a course about becoming an influencer.
We’re not choosing a business idea for you, building your offer or teaching you how to chase algorithms.
We’re building the brand, story and visibility foundation that helps people understand the value you already bring.
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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.
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READY TO stop being the best kept secret in the room?
Kicks off February 2027 · 5 weeks · Limited seats
Club member price: 3 monthly payments of $397
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes. Some of the strongest people in the room build their thought leadership while they're still inside the building. We'll even work through what you can and can't say publicly, so you grow your brand without putting your job at risk.
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You're right on time. This is the work most people do last and wish they'd done first. You'll leave clear on who you serve and how to say it, so when you open doors, your people already know your name.
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Yes. Your thread, your positioning, your story and voice, your content system, and more tools and resources.. plus a community of peers. All built by you, with me guiding. You get the brand and the skill to keep building it.
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Every session is recorded and yours to keep.
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That's the exact doubt Chapter One moves you through. Everyone walks in feeling a version of it. You have a story. We just haven't excavated it yet.
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In 1:1, I build your full brand foundation with you through dedicated strategy sessions. In the Club, you build it yourself with me guiding, in a room of people doing the same. You leave with the brand and the skill to keep building it.