Brand-Led GTM Strategy for a Premium Athleisure Startup (Founder’s Office Assignment)

Goal: 
Develop a complete go-to-market and marketing strategy for the launch of a new premium transitional athleisure brand for urban women, with a focus on demand validation, brand trust, and profitable repeat purchases.

Tools & Frameworks Used:
Market & consumer research, brand positioning frameworks, D2C GTM strategy, influencer & creator playbooks, CRM & retention strategy, budget planning, KPI design, and launch roadmap structuring.

What I Did:
Built a complete target audience and persona framework for urban professional women (25–38) with time-compressed daily routines.

Defined brand positioning, UVP, and messaging for a new “style-led performance wear” category between activewear and casual athleisure.

Designed a full content, influencer, and offline pop-up strategy focused on trust-building and community validation.

Created a 3-tier product hierarchy to balance perception, volume, and CAC recovery.

Built a 6-month GTM roadmap with a detailed first 30-day execution sprint.

Designed a budget framework (Rs. 6.9L–Rs. 8.8L) across content, website, events, ads, and influencers.

Defined business KPIs across CAC, AOV, repeat rate, revenue, and retention.

Challenges & Learnings:
Balancing premium brand storytelling with strict CAC and revenue realities.

Building early trust without heavy dependence on paid advertising.

Designing a launch model that prioritizes repeat purchases over one-time spikes.

Translating a high-level brand idea into a tightly executable GTM system.

Result / Outcome:
Designed a 6-month founder-ready GTM blueprint across brand, growth, offline, CRM, and revenue.

Built a financial and KPI framework targeting: Rs. 40–Rs. 60L revenue; AOV Rs. 4,500–Rs. 6,000; CAC ≤ Rs. 1,200; Repeat rate 15–22%

Delivered a 15+ page launch strategy deck with timelines, budgets, and execution plans.

Confidentiality Note

This project was created as part of a Founder’s Office hiring assignment. The brand name is used only for case representation. No real internal business data has been disclosed.

02 Dec 2025

Keywords
Brand Strategy
D2C
Founder’s Office
Startup Launch
GTM

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