Stephany Sampayo

Visionary
DISC Type : Ds

Founder & Brand Strategist at Sage Maven at Sage Maven Brand Advisory

Greater Tampa Bay Area, United States

Overview

Stephany Sampayo is the Founder of Sage Maven Brand Advisory, where she helps founder-led businesses align their brand with their execution. With over 10 years of experience working with Fortune 500 companies and tech startups, she specializes in brand positioning and messaging strategy. She studied Organizational Leadership at Northwestern University.

Outside of her core advisory work, Stephany writes about the importance of psychological safety and operational effectiveness in the workplace. She is a self-proclaimed fan of a good iced coffee, which fuels her work in helping leaders scale their businesses with intention.

She champions the concept of "brand debt, " which occurs when a companys messaging and positioning fail to keep pace with its actual business growth and evolution.

Personality Overview

Fast But Thoughtful

Risk Tolerant

Big Vision Person

They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time.  They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily. Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them.

Topics They Care About

Brand Alignment
Her core focus is helping founders whose messaging isn't keeping up with their momentum, ensuring their brand reflects their actual value.
Founder-led Businesses
Her advisory practice, Sage Maven, is specifically designed to partner with founders who are scaling but find their growth has stalled due to brand drift.
Psychological Safety
She frequently writes about psychological safety as a key performance lever, emphasizing a human-first approach to building effective teams and systems.

Media Appearances

Stephany has no verified media appearances

Work History

2-2026
Founder & Brand Strategist at Sage Maven at Sage Maven Brand Advisory
1-2024 - 1-2025
Operations Consultant at Talkiatry
8-2023
Chief of Staff at Freelance
1-2022 - 3-2024
Chief of Staff (Fractional) / Strategic Operations Consultant at Talkiatry
5-2021 - 1-2022
Director, Client Partner at BAREFOOT

Education

Bachelor of Arts from University of Central Florida
Organizational Leadership from Northwestern University

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Insights For Selling To Stephany

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • You can spend time on BANT (or other qualification methodology) but keep it to the point
  • Focus on the results that your product produces, expect some strategic questions in return
  • Let them know of potential risks but suggest mitigation methods alongside

DONT's

  • Don't focus too much on mutual contacts or bother about other stakeholders, focus on them
  • Don't go over them unless you are left with no other option
  • Don't take their patience for granted, avoid long-winding sermons

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Stephany is

  • Strong proof of impact and their conviction will matter the most, but they wouldn't want to act unilaterally either
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Stephany

  • They will say no if they are not convinced but you will have to prompt them.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Stephany move?

  • They will want to understand things well but can move fast once they have a clear picture.
  • Can Stephany take some risk or not?

  • They have good risk tolerance but are likely to think it through once or twice.

You And Stephany

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