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Why your brand looks like everyone else’s — and how to fix it without a rebrand
Most B2B brands are beige. Not because founders have bad taste — because they brief agencies to be “clean and professional.”
Rohit Kadam · July 2026 · 5 min read · Brand
The beige brief problem
Most brands do not become generic by accident. They become generic because every decision gets sanded down until nobody in the room can object to it.
The fix usually is not a rebrand. It is a sharper point of view, clearer constraints, and the courage to keep one weird thing weird.
Start with what you refuse to be
Your category already has enough polite websites. Make a list of what your brand will not sound like, will not show, and will not tolerate. The negative space becomes the system.
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If your article could be swapped with a competitor’s, it is not insight. It is compliance.
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Rohit Kadam
Writes about the part where taste meets business. Usually annoyed, occasionally useful.
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