You Are Your Brand and Your Brand Needs a Voice

For first-time and early-stage women founders, personal branding is not optional. It's essential. Learn how early voice-building enables visibility, credibility, and long-term impact.

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Ever heard that 'You Are Your Brand'

Yes that's right, say that again 'I am my brand'. Before your product, logo, or marketing exists you are the brand. Your convictions, your communication, your presence, these shape how investors, clients, and collaborators understand your work. A brand with no voice makes no impact.

Voice | Visibility | Viability

We see it all the time: women with brilliant ideas, but without the tools or confidence to put their voice out there. That voice is the muscle that fuels visibility. And visibility is what opens doors to opportunities, partnerships, and funding. Skip building your voice, and you make your journey harder than it needs to be.

Why Women Don’t Claim Their Space Early

It’s not that women lack ambition. Often, it’s conditioning, confidence, and the absence of safe practice spaces that hold them back. A Harvard and Wharton research shows women consistently underestimate their performance, even when it matches men’s. A 2025 Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship report found that women with strong personal brands are 40% more likely to gain mentorship and 25% more likely to attract investment. Here’s the gap: women have the conviction, but not the runway to practise their voice in a way that feels safe yet challenging. That’s where the Build To Be Seen Lab comes in. Designed as both your safe space and a brave space. In the lab, you’ll how to find your authentic voice, learn from an expert and from peers, and test your story in a supportive circle that can become your long-term sounding board.

The Build To Be Seen Lab

What it is:

A half day immersive, high-touch program for first-time and early-stage women founders and rising leaders.

What we focus on:

• Clarity of purpose

• Authentic brand positioning

• Immediate-use + long-term design tools

What you walk away with:

• Personal Branding Canvas : define your values and voice

• Marketing Canvas : clarity on your audience and reach strategy

• Brand Building ‘Cheat Code’ : low-lift frameworks you can use daily

Why It Matters

When you build your personal brand early, your business won’t start from zero. It will inherit the trust, clarity, and visibility you’ve already earned. Voice and visibility aren’t soft skills, they’re the foundation of leadership and growth.

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Join the Next Lab

Our next Build To Be Seen Lab Series begins in September. If you’re ready to strengthen your visibility muscle and lead with your voice, this is your moment.

Click here to learn more https://www.705factor.com/marketing-labs