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NEO by NJ is a lean agency that my partner and I built exclusively for growing startups that find themselves in a middle ground between “I have no money, I’ll use AI for my brand” and “I have a lot of money, I’ll call a big agency.” Especially if you’re at the pre-seed or seed stage, you might feel the need to build a strong and cohesive identity for your product but be disappointed by agencies that don’t take you seriously and only saddle you with juniors. At NEO, we treat your product as if it were ours while maintaining the same standards as a traditional agency. Just 2 senior pros, AI-native and brutally honest.

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  • NiceJourney
    NiceJourneyNot the usual design subscription
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Helping the underdog beat the odds

Another critical aspect of any business or startup is having a clear idea of who its target audience is.

Between the two extremes of "everybody" and "I have no idea," there's an infinite list of ways to describe your target audience more specifically.

We knew we wanted to target startups because we love the ecosystem surrounding them: fast-paced, constantly evolving, and full of people who want to bring real change to their category and are ready to take risks.

To be or not to be: What are we?

I think that all companies that try to disrupt their sector in one way or another ask themselves this simple question. Established businesses that play by the book know exactly who they are, as do their customers.

But what if you want to build something different?

We've spent months thinking about our positioning, changing our minds too many times.

AI is redefining creative work, so we're making our bet

Since we started talking about NiceJourney more than a year ago, we were 100% sure that we didn't want to become another AI tool that allows founders to create ads, social media posts, or whatever without ever interacting with a professional human being. We wanted to find a balance between completely human-made design and completely "machine-made," but we weren't sure how.

During the summer, we decided it was time to take a clear position about the general discourse around creatives and AI, so we made our bet.

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