About Thompson & Prince Branding company in New York, United States
We pride ourselves on combining strategic rigor and business acumen with the finest in visual design and aesthetics.
We work with founders and creative leaders across a wide range of company stages and industries focusing on close collaboration and thoughtful iteration always keeping our clients target audiences in mind as we co-create engaging brand experiences.
Chris Gorges founded Thompson amp; Prince in New York City in 2018. Chris is an entrepreneur and experienced business and branding strategist focusing on brand digital and growth strategy across a wide range of clientele ranging from bootstrapped pre-revenue startups to Fortune 500 companies and US government agencies.
Before founding Thompson amp; Prince he was a Managing Director at Infinia Group where he led Infinia Ventures (dba Rocketure 2015 – 2017) a brand strategy and design practice dedicated to serving the NYC startup ecosystem. Chris has also spent time at top-tier creative agencies including Havas Worldwide Droga5 and CHIamp;Partners as well as management consultancies Booz Allen Hamilton and IBM Global Business Services.
Chris is active in the Triangle (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill) and NYC startup and agency ecosystems serving as a mentor and advisor for a number of organizations including The Loading Dock Launch Chapel Hill the UNC Adams Apprenticeship WeWork Labs Carbon Ventures and Big Idea Ventures. He holds an MBA from the full-time program at the NYU Stern School of Business and an undergraduate business degree from UNC-Chapel Hills Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Chris Gorges is the founder and CEO of Thompson amp; Prince. Chris is an entrepreneur and experienced business and branding strategist focusing on brand digital and growth strategy across a wide range of clientele ranging from bootstrapped pre-revenue startups to Fortune 500 companies and US government agencies.
Chris is active in the New York City startup and agency ecosystem serving as a mentor and advisor for a number of organizations including Galvanize WeWork Labs XRC Labs RetailXelerator VentureOut and Quake Capital. He holds an MBA from the full-time program at the NYU Stern School of Business and an undergraduate business degree from UNC-Chapel Hills Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Thompson amp; Prince leverages an on-demand curated network of top-tier freelance designers developers and strategists from all over the United States.
Ranging from former agency founders to experienced creative directors our team members are hand-selected for each client project based on background and fit.
With a mix of creativity and diligence we help our clients lock down the perfect name for their products and businesses.
We help lay brand foundations for growth from mission vision and values to product architecture and nomenclature.
We help our clients tell the world what exactly they do articulating their unique stories across all media.