Round 1 Winners!
Proof of Usefulness Report

ZAK

Analysis completed on 3/14/2026

+140
Proof of Usefulness Score
Gaining Momentum

The submission describes an established creative agency (ZAK) with a 37K insight community and notable past clients. However, it features exceptionally poor and contradictory self-reported data. Unsubstantiated claims like 'everyone' for reach, 'most people have used my product' for traction, and a confusing '2500000' market cap for an agency severely penalize the traction, reach, and response quality multipliers. Evidence of technical innovation is minimal, keeping the overall score low despite real-world utility in the marketing sector.

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Score Breakdown

Real World Utility+75
Audience Reach Impact+20
Technical Innovation+7.5
Evidence Of Traction+18.75
Market Timing Relevance+25
Functional Completeness+1.25
Subtotal+147.5
Usefulness Multiplierx0.95
Final Score+140

Project Details

Project URL
Description
Cultural Capital for Brands. In an increasingly volatile global marketplace, we offer bold, brilliant thinking to solve the commercial and cultural challenges brands and businesses face. We are an award-winning (isn’t everyone?!) world-class team of hybrid creatives, strategists and account leads. Consultative in approach, collaborative in style, and cultural in execution. Always innovating and looking to the future, we embrace AI to streamline agency processes and to positively expand on our creative and strategic thinking. Insight first, we are fuelled by our own global cultural and insight community, SELFHOOD, which is 37K diverse 18-50yo voices, driving fresh thinking and future direction for our brands. We are small but mighty, which is evident in some of the names we have worked with: Pernod Ricard, Nike, Asahi, Under Armour, Schuh, Pentland Brands, PepsiCo, Riot Games, Danone, The Coca-Cola Company and many, many more. We’re category agnostic, choosing instead to work on brands that need consumer centric thinking, not category standard thinking.

Algorithm Insights

Market Position
Growing utility with room for optimization
User Engagement
Documented reach suggests active user community
Technical Stack
Modern tech stack aligned with sponsor technologies

Recommendations to Increase Usefulness Score

Document User Growth

Provide specific metrics on user acquisition and retention rates

Showcase Revenue Model

Detail sustainable monetization strategy and current revenue streams

Expand Evidence Base

Include testimonials, case studies, and third-party validation

Technical Roadmap

Share development milestones and feature completion timeline