Scale your story with trustworthy leadership
Story Mode is a Fractional CMO and AI growth partner for startups. We combine executive marketing strategy, AI marketing agents, and growth hacking to drive measurable pipeline and revenue.
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Fractional CMO, AI agents, and growth hacking for startups in fintech, blockchain, AI, and more.
Fractional CMO for Startups
Get senior marketing leadership without a full-time executive hire. Story Mode builds your growth strategy, owns execution priorities, and aligns team, funnel, and reporting around revenue outcomes.
AI Marketing Agents
We design and deploy AI marketing agents to automate research, content ops, campaign workflows, and reporting. Move faster with lower execution overhead and better decision velocity.
Growth Hacking & Funnel Optimization
We identify conversion bottlenecks, run rapid experiments, and improve funnel performance across acquisition, activation, and retention. Every sprint is tied to measurable lift.
By the numbers
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Clients served
Startups and teams across fintech, blockchain, AI, and more — globally.
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Tactics driven
Growth experiments, campaigns, and strategic plays shipped and measured.
$0M+
Raised & earned
Capital raised and revenue generated for clients through positioning and growth.
How it works
Discover
We audit your current positioning, market, and growth channels. No assumptions — just signal.
Story
We build the narrative architecture — who you are, what you do, and why it matters, said in a way that sticks.
Build
We ship the systems: landing pages, growth experiments, AI agents, and the workflows that connect them.
Scale
We measure, iterate, and compound. Growth becomes a system, not a series of guesses.
Your first 90 days
Here's what happens after you book a call.
We audit your current state and find the leverage points.
- ▸Market & competitive audit
- ▸Channel assessment
- ▸Growth opportunity mapping
Discover
We audit your current state and find the leverage points.
- ▸Market & competitive audit
- ▸Channel assessment
- ▸Growth opportunity mapping
Story
We define your narrative and how you show up in market.
- ▸Brand positioning
- ▸Messaging framework
- ▸Content strategy
Build
We ship the systems that turn strategy into traction.
- ▸Growth experiments live
- ▸AI agent workflows deployed
- ▸Landing pages & funnels
Scale
We measure, iterate, and compound what works.
- ▸Performance review & insights
- ▸Optimization cycles
- ▸Growth playbook handoff
Selected work
Fintech Go-to-Market Strategy
Led go-to-market for an early-stage fintech startup — from positioning and messaging to channel strategy and launch execution. Built the marketing function from scratch.
3x pipeline growth in 90 days
▸Blockchain Community Launch
Designed and executed a community-led growth campaign for a Web3 project, combining referral loops, content strategy, and ambassador programs.
10K community members in 60 days
▸AI Startup Marketing Automation
Built custom AI agents and workflows using OpenClaw and n8n to automate content ops, research, and scheduling — cutting manual work in half while keeping brand voice consistent.
50% reduction in content ops time
▸What clients say
“Reggie helped build the growth team from the ground up. His leadership and hands-on approach inspired juniors and built awesome team culture.”
Shiva S.
Founder, Blockonomics
“Deep knowledge in marketing with a deep passion about crypto. Always quick to produce results.”
Sergej Kotliar
CEO, Bitrefill
“Helped kickstart our marketing strategy from concept to new product launch.”
Nick Casares
Head of Product, Step3
“Brings creativity and enthusiasm — helping with submissions, promotions, and content delivery.”
Ajay Kishore
Founder, Stareable Festival NYC
Engagement models
Flexible options designed to match where you are and where you want to go.
AI Agent Development
Custom AI agents that create efficiencies and productivity for your marketing and operations teams.
- ▸Marketing automation agents
- ▸Operations workflow agents
- ▸Integration & deployment
Fractional CMO
Embedded marketing leadership on a monthly retainer.
- ▸10-20 hrs/week embedded
- ▸Full marketing roadmap
- ▸Team direction & execution
- ▸AI agent integration
Full Stack
CMO + AI agents + growth hacking. The full Story Mode engine.
- ▸Everything in Fractional CMO
- ▸Custom AI agent workflows
- ▸Growth hacking sprints
- ▸Priority support
About
Reggie Tan
Founder & Fractional CMO
Fractional CMO, senior growth marketer, Web3 consultant, and educator. Based in beautiful Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario — just 20 minutes from Niagara Falls. Reggie has served 100+ clients globally, driven 500+ marketing tactics, and helped clients raise and earn over $20M.
He builds with the tools he recommends — OpenClaw, n8n, and Claude Code power the AI agent workflows behind Story Mode. Certified in Content Strategy (Northwestern University) and as a Scrum Product Owner (Scrum Alliance).
Clients include Blockonomics, Bitrefill, Step3, Stareable Festival NYC, and more.
Built for startups scaling globally
We partner with founders and startup teams across the US and globally, with deep focus in fintech, AI, web3/crypto, and proptech. Based in Canada, we work across time zones with remote-first teams.
Our toolkit
We build with the tools we recommend. No slideware — real systems, real automation.
FAQ
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Weekly insights on growth, AI, and startup marketing.
Ready to scale your story?
Book a 30-minute call. We'll talk about where you are, where you want to be, and whether Story Mode is the right fit.