We've partnered with Differ to serve scaleups across the Nordic markets We did it because we believe the market needs more outcome-based consultancy — work that is measured in revenue, not recommendations. The partnership takes effect immediately. Differ is one of the strongest strategy and technology houses in the Nordics — a firm that unites strategy, creativity and technology to move businesses, brands and people forward, and part of Xlent Consulting Group. This partnershi

Singapore Global Network publishes a profile of co-founder Pierre Mårtensson — tracing TSF's origins to 1994 Singapore. Singapore's Economic Development Board, through its Singapore Global Network platform, has published a profile on The Scale Factory co-founder Pierre Mårtensson: "From door-to-door salesman to venture capital leader: How Pierre Mårtensson built his career in Singapore from scratch." The piece traces Pierre's arrival in Singapore in 1994 — with little more th

We are pleased to introduce and warmly welcome Niklas Stålberg as Advisor to The Scale Factory (TSF). Niklas is a highly accomplished serial entrepreneur who has founded and built five companies within digital marketing and ad/martech. His most recent scale-up was acquired by GroupM, after which Niklas took on the role of Group CEO for GroupM Thailand. In this position, he led a team of approximately 650 professionals managing more than $500 million in annual advertising inve

We’re delighted to welcome Paul Evans ( LinkedIn ) as an advisor to The Scale Factory. Paul is a rare operator in media and adtech — someone who has worked agency-side, client-side, and adtech-side, and who now focuses exclusively on one of the most misunderstood but commercially critical levers in B2B growth: positioning. Over the past two decades, Paul has held senior international media leadership roles with Vodafone and Microsoft, and latterly operated as a fractional CM

We’re excited to welcome Caspar Schlickum as an advisor to The Scale Factory! Caspar is a seasoned business executive with more than 30 years of experience helping brands grow across EMEA and APAC. He combines deep commercial leadership with hands-on experience in scaling complex, multi-market organisations. He began his career in banking with Deutsche Bank, before spending 16 years at WPP, where he held senior leadership roles across consumer insights, media, technology, and

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