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When Should You Start Building Your Brand?

When Should You Start Building Your Brand?

When should a company start building its brand? Much sooner than most do, says Dr. Henk Pretorius, co-founder of Timelaps.

Many smaller companies treat brand as a secondary priority. They focus on sales and direct digital campaigns instead. At Timelaps, we believe that branding should be part of a company's long-term strategy from the start. It takes a while to build a brand, but that brand compounds over time. So it's one of the earliest priorities for any company that wants to grow faster later. Start earlier, because the effect compounds. 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