Here's what some of our clients have said . . . 

"Pebble have been excellent partners in co-developing, conducting, and synthesizing research to help guide new growth-based product development, for one of our Fortune 500 technology clients. Emelia and team offer thoughtful, tailored, strategic research, and in this time of changing behaviors and attitudes, you would be wise to connect with them to explore how they can help you successfully navigate the changing consumer landscape."

–Dickon Isaacs, VP of Design + Strategy
Box Clever

“When it comes to strategic research, it's in the talent.
Pebble = talent. From the custom approach, to the brief, to the final deliverable, (they were) top-notch. I especially loved the recorded debrief; it made the findings portable and teachable across the company. Our entire marketing team and executive sales leadership made it required learning. Pebble's strategic work will move our business in a positive direction. Huge kudos to the Pebble team!”

–Edwin Wong, SVP of Insights and Innovation
Vox Media

"The difference between an okay strategy and a great one comes down to how the data is synthesized. One "ah-ha" conclusion is worth all of the hours we spend in the back room at research. Pebble delivered not one, but a handful of ah-ha insights for our client Intel. It completely reshaped our approach to their creative strategy and the brief."

–Deb Arora, Founder, Managing Director
Jacks & Stars

“Pebble is easy to work with and most importantly, has a POV. The interviews and subsequent strategic discussions really helped set a nice foundation for our creative work. Emelia is sharp, professional, and not afraid to laugh. I value her ability to thoughtfully engage in conversations about brands and design - whether that's plumbing a golden morsel from research, or doing a dance with wording in a strategy session.” 

–Brian Steele, Creative Director
SLATE

"The Pebble team excel at helping businesses make decisions - and through their work, inspire strategic discussions about where to invest resources and energy. They were excellent partners for a recent global qual-quant project. I would absolutely work with them again."

–Saf Elmansour, CMO
Antares Audio Technologies

"I recommend Pebble to any marketers looking to understand consumer thoughts and behaviors. We've already begun sharing and implementing the results of our work together. As a team, Pebble is great to work with, very responsive and focused on you and your unique business challenge. Their process is collaborative and iterative, and is great at drawing out the "why" of consumer behaviors. I really enjoy working with them."

–Abby Frank, Director of Consumer Marketing
John Muir Health

"Pebble delivered clear action items that our team is already implementing to drive business. I would recommend them to anyone looking for deep qualitative expertise and strong actionable takeaways. Pebble provides honest feedback - not just the good stuff (which is what you want from an external partner)!"

–Lindsey Noble, Director, Market & Brand Research
BuzzFeed

"We work with Pebble because of their professionalism, skills, and their perspective that research and strategy are the underpinnings for a successful outcome—not to validate a desired POV. Due to Emelia’s strategic planning, our client is continuing to look to us for strategic guidance on other brands in their portfolio."

–Theo Fanning, ECD/Co-Founder/Partner
Traction

"Pebble are nimble, adaptable, and strategic. They constructed a storyline from the analysis that we could share with the organization. It has forced us to address some tough questions facing our business. We were impressed by their experience and collaborative approach. They are true partners."

–Hilary Wells, VP of Marketing
Little Passports

“Pebble was instrumental in helping us navigate the space that had to be explored with users for new product development. With their help, we tested assumptions, learned key insights, and narrowed the concept field largely in part to the feedback provided by the interviews. The Pebble team are professionals all the way.”

-Brett Swope, Founder
Swope Design Solutions

"Tasked with helping us get more in touch with the local culture where our client is building a new hotel - Pebble delivered empirical insights and a true window into the community. This helped our design team create a stronger narrative to support interior design concepts and help guide our creative process . We were able to present more persuasively to our client because our design was grounded in key features of the project’s location that were genuine.

Pebble gave us a true understanding of the character of the location and the people who shape its personality. I can't recommend Emelia highly enough."

–James Looney, Owner and President
Looney & Associates

“Pebble came highly recommended for our international research project which included qualitative, and quantitative research across multiple LATAM markets. They also expertly produced a video summary of the findings which was incredibly impactful to our team. Emelia provided great leadership throughout the project. And the whole team was collaborative, organized, and clear communicators. I especially appreciated their openness to my feedback throughout the engagement. I would definitely recommend Pebble for executing qual and quant for any project in any market.”

–Paige Valle, Brand Strategist
Paige Valle Consulting

"Pebble was a great discovery partner. Their work clarified how to stratify the audience to test what we most wanted to test and developed a very effective screener to recruit relevant participants. They managed and facilitated the participant conversations seamlessly, including flexing to opportunities that arose in the moment. They provided thoughtful overall insights to help turn the findings into decisions that got us to market faster than expected."

–Elissa Ashwood, Sr. Consultant, Digital Product Development
DeBruce Foundation

“I was naturally worried we'd lose the sanctity of the creative work, but Emelia help put me at ease immediately and permanently with her approach. She's smart, thoughtful and the best version of 'let's do some research'."

–Jon Dietrich, Group Creative Director
POSSIBLE

"Pebble is the go-to choice. Emelia's disarming manner leads to deep insights into people's needs and motivations. Those insights enabled our shop to refine and improve a global campaign for a major client. When we presented the resulting work to the board, something highly unusual happened: they increased the budget."

–Patrick Godfrey, Co-CEO, Founder
Godfrey Dadich Partners

"As a 123-year-old nonprofit looking to re-brand, we continued to hit a roadblock with multiple consultants over multiple years. Pebble was invaluable in getting us across the finish line with a new brand, new name, and visual identity that is bold, cohesive, and authentic – and resonates for our staff, the young people and families we serve, and donors alike.

Emelia is a careful listener and asks incisive questions to get to the heart of issues. She mined our archives to help us reconcile our long history with who we are today and where we want to be in the future, and she helped us articulate a brand positioning that boils down the essence of our work. We launched our new brand with enormous enthusiasm from all stakeholders – and Pebble played a major role in getting us here.”

–Mary Denton, Chief Executive Officer
Side By Side

"Pebble is top shelf. Their openness to new ideas and flexibility led to results that immediately helped inform our design strategy. And it brought our clients a deeper understanding of their own business. Pebble knows its domain and instills nothing but confidence."

–Shakir Husain, Founder & CEO
Creative Chaos

"Pebble epitomizes its brand values - flexible, creative, solution-oriented, strategic and thorough. Because of their well thought out findings and recommendations we focused our product offering and market fit. I highly recommend working with Pebble (whether you're forming, established or evolving) - they will help you understand your 'why'."

–Dion Sullivan, CEO
Megastar

"Our business needed consumer and market data we could trust. Pebble had the mad skills to deliver.
The sweet bonus? Pebble's commitment to integrity and transparency throughout the entire process.
Zero hesitation in recommending Pebble for all research needs.”

–Paul Pillitteri
Medwell Device Systems