Kenny Hoang

Peacock Math for DTC Growth: Brand versus Performance Advertising

Meta ads for DTC brands is like the evolutionary adaptation of a Peacock. Stay with me on this, it’ll be interesting with 2 practical takeaways.

Meta's Andromeda Algorithm and Pushes for Creative Diversity is a Call for Net-Distinct Creative & Flexible Ads

Napkin math to tie back Meta Ads back to the P&L

Why Contribution Profit is true north for DTC Marketing and how to calculate and use it. A wearable DTC founder I was advising could tell you his Meta ROAS to two decimals: 1.57. But every Shopify order was losing money...and he had no idea. I asked how he was measuring performance. “Just looking at Facebook,” he said.

The Growth We Choose: A Thesis for DTC Brands that Give a Damn

Commerce quietly shapes culture. This pillar piece explores what DTC brands are compounding on the balance sheet and the everyday behaviors they normalize. For DTC founders and operators who see growth as both a financial outcome and a cultural responsibility. With lasting human outcomes for the people they serve.

How DTC Got Hard: The New Demands of Building Today

What looks like growth often masks deeper fragility. This is a snapshot of how the game got harder and not broken. Where the landscape stands, how we got here, and what it demands next.

The Signal Stack for Sustainable DTC Growth