David can beat Goliath — with the right tools.

Growing a social enterprise is hard. Really hard. Let’s face it: social impact and purpose run against the current of capitalism. You’re constantly swimming upstream.

Running their same playbook can only get you so far. You need something that taps into what makes your mission special.

Social Enterprises Need Great Marketing

We’re experienced marketers who forged our skills in the tech industry: building brands, taking products to market, and developing major campaigns.

We left the unfulfilling world of startups and Silicon Valley to make an actual difference in the real world. To help organizations like yours build a better future.

We’re Here to Help

What marketing challenges are you working on? We bet we can help. And we’ll provide some immediate value for you to use right away.

Sign up for a Free Consultation for guidance on your most pressing marketing questions, and we’ll also give you an Action Plan to get you going.

 

Get your Free Consultation and Action Plan:

Your Free Consultation Includes:

  • A 1-hour introduction and discovery call.

  • A 90-minute strategy and brainstorming call focused on a pressing marketing challenge.

  • A final follow up call with recommended solutions and a single-page action plan from Root & Leaf.

 

How We Can Help

 
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Go-To-Market

 
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Performance Marketing

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CMO Services

 
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Martech

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Brand & Creative

 
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Websites

Who We Are

 
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Sam Engel

Sam has been building brands and marketing programs for more than a decade, both in-house and as an agency partner.

Sam’s career spans brands large and small, including the National MS Society and Pinchot University (now merged with Presidio Graduate School), the top US graduate school in sustainability.

 
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Dan LaBelle

Dan has been leading marketing initiatives for companies of all sizes for over 20 years. Earlier in his career Dan founded a successful marketing agency that served clients such as Southern California Edison, University of Irvine, and others. Most recently he spent several years in the Bay Area and Seattle mastering the complexity of marketing Software-as-a-Solution (SaaS) software while building several high functioning multi-member marketing teams from scratch.

Who We Serve

We work with social impact clients like:

 
 
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