Ebenezer Bond
Studio Listo · CEO
T2warmstudio
Summary
Co-founder + CEO of Studio Listo, a 5-year-old hybrid creative studio (LA / NYC / Mexico City) running a "creative ad-venture studio" model — agency services + venture stakes in client outcomes. Met via NEW INC mentor office hours. Direct, unsentimental, gives real critique. Has 20+ years in award-winning marketing strategy and design. Notable client work: agnès b. (AR experience in Japan), APHEX TWIN (global viral campaign).
Strategic value
Three concrete channels: 1. **Critical feedback on positioning** — already proven (gave sharp critique on Studio Artifice decks: "very hard to figure out exactly what you do… less is more… simplify"). Worth sending materials to before they go to clients. 2. **Referral distribution** through Domino Factory Slack and his networks — could route Studio Artifice marketing materials to potential clients. 3. **Pattern reference** — Studio Listo is a peer studio with a working venture-hybrid model. Their playbook is data for Studio Artifice's structural decisions. He is **not** a hire, **not** a check-writer, **not** a board candidate. Mentor + occasional advisor + potential warm-intro source.
Last touch
**2026-05-02** — Sent three decks (Studio Artifice deck, Artifice global deck, interface design deck) for review. He replied within 24h with sharp critique: aesthetics are good, but as a potential client it's hard to figure out what you do, jargon-heavy, simplify. PS — flagged dead linktree link in email signature. Open thread: implement his feedback (rewrite homepage hero in plain English, drop GEO from above-the-fold) and circle back with v2 to see if it lands clearer.
Asks
- **2026-04-29** — 30-min mentor office hours session (granted, NEW INC channel) - **2026-05-01** — Sent three decks for review (responded same day with critique) - **upcoming** — After homepage rewrite, send v2 for sanity check before broader distribution