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What is Brand Science?

What is Brand Science?

What is brand science? Dr. Henk Pretorius, co-founder of Timelaps, defines it as the process of breaking down all the things that are actually proven to make a brand grow.

At Timelaps, that means taking the work of research organizations like the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, on concepts like Category Entry Points (CEPs), and making it accessible to a wider audience. Timelaps calls them moments: the moments in which a brand grows. Learn more at our website.

Henk spent 20+ years in market research and built and sold the largest digital research agency in Africa.

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Henk Pretorius

Co-founder

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Timelaps

Henk Pretorius is the co-founder of Timelaps. He has spent over 20 years in market research and holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Cape Town. Henk bootstrapped Columinate into the largest digital research agency in South Africa and sold it to Insites Consulting (now Human8), where he then served as Managing Partner at one of the world's leading consumer insights firms. Henk is also the author of Rational Defiance. He lives between South Africa and the United States with his wife and two daughters.

Henk Pretorius

Co-founder

,

Timelaps

Henk Pretorius is the co-founder of Timelaps. He has spent over 20 years in market research and holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Cape Town. Henk bootstrapped Columinate into the largest digital research agency in South Africa and sold it to Insites Consulting (now Human8), where he then served as Managing Partner at one of the world's leading consumer insights firms. Henk is also the author of Rational Defiance. He lives between South Africa and the United States with his wife and two daughters.

Henk Pretorius

Co-founder

,

Timelaps

Henk Pretorius is the co-founder of Timelaps. He has spent over 20 years in market research and holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Cape Town. Henk bootstrapped Columinate into the largest digital research agency in South Africa and sold it to Insites Consulting (now Human8), where he then served as Managing Partner at one of the world's leading consumer insights firms. Henk is also the author of Rational Defiance. He lives between South Africa and the United States with his wife and two daughters.

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Is your brand strategy working?

Let's find out together!

Timelaps is AI-native brand intelligence that helps B2C companies know if their brand marketing is working.

© Timelaps 2026, All rights reserved

Is your brand strategy working?

Let's find out together!

Timelaps is AI-native brand intelligence that helps B2C companies know if their brand marketing is working.

© Timelaps 2026, All rights reserved