Kernel & Pop was built around a simple belief: lasting growth begins when the right perspectives converge, revealing the strategic truth worth building around.

Mollie Crudden,
Founder

As a strategic advisor and brand builder, Mollie helps organizations cut through the noise to uncover what matters most. By connecting consumer, customer, competitive, channel, and business perspectives, she transforms complexity into clear strategic direction and practical roadmaps that organizations can confidently act on.

Having led growth across billion-dollar portfolios, scaled emerging brands, and integrated acquisitions, she brings both creative thinking and executive-level judgment to every engagement.

Why People Trust Us

15+ years
Brand strategy · Innovation · Portfolio growth · Commercialization

Enterprise scale
Unilever · Grupo Bimbo

Founder-led agility
Manymoons · Emmy’s Organics · Schmidt’s Naturals

Yale University
Business Management & Systems thinking

Columbia University
Evolutionary biology and human behavior

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