Allen Orr Projects About Work Together
What I do

I provide Creative Direction and Strategy for founders and teams building products, brands, and businesses.

You know your company better than I ever will. What I bring is perspective—years spent watching similar problems unfold across hundreds of projects, industries, teams, and stages. The work changes. People don't, nearly as much. Experience makes those recurring patterns easier to see.

My role isn't to replace your judgment—it's to help you see what proximity makes hard to see: to reduce complexity, identify what actually matters, and turn that clarity into direction your team can execute with confidence.

Bring the problem. Leave with clear direction.

Process
01
Recognize the pattern
See past the request to the real problem
02
Reduce to what matters
Cut until the essential idea is clear
03
Establish a direction
A clear point of view that guides the decisions that follow
04
Help others make it real
Keep the work coherent as it's built
Angel Investments
I also invest in companies
that I believe in.
Company
Mission
831 Stories
Book publisher
Barra Santos
Portuguese restaurant in Los Angeles, CA
California Naturals
Natural hair & body products
Changing the Game
Documentary acquired by Hulu
Chareau
Plant-based spirit
Cherub
Angel investor & startup founder platform
Found Oyster
Oyster bar in Los Angeles
Loliware
AI-driven seaweed biomaterials
Nomadica
Sustainably farmed canned wines
Queen's Raw Bar
Charleston-inspired restaurant in Los Angeles, CA
Sid Mashburn
Clothing brand with 8 brick and mortar stores