About NAVIN
The way we’re building NAVIN
NAVIN grew out of our experience on both the agency and client side. We’re building a lean team of senior specialists with a builder’s mindset and a bias towards action, backed by the analysis needed to make sound commercial decisions.
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A builder’s mindset.
We automate repetitive work and build tools and systems around the problems we encounter. Useful improvements become part of how we work, freeing time to understand customers and act on what we learn.
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Biased towards action.
We put research and strategy to work early through focused experiments. Each has clear criteria for continuing, changing course or stopping, and we invest more where results support profitable growth. We want long-term partnerships, with retainers that continue only while the work has a credible path to a return. Every new experiment needs a clear commercial reason.
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Fewer meetings. Deeper insights.
Reports are time-intensive and without proper samples the results are noise. Instead, our reports are detailed and all the analysis is shared, so your team can follow our reasoning and challenge our conclusions. Meetings are used to understand the results together and agree on what happens next.
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Senior people who stay close to the work.
We’re building a lean team of senior independent specialists who understand the wider business and take responsibility for their work. We shape the direction with your team, building on your knowledge and challenging assumptions together. The same people stay involved in execution, working directly with your sales and marketing teams.
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Understand the business before choosing the work.
We are obsessive about understanding your business and your customers. Most agencies focus on studying platform best practices. We believe those are a non-differentiating basis that should simply be expected. We go much deeper by understanding your market and your differentiating position, as that’s where you’ll win customers.
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AI from the start.
AI helps our small team do more in research, analysis and execution. We adapt as the technology develops, with experienced people directing the work and remaining responsible for its quality.

Founded by Gilles Waterschoot.
Gilles brings over a decade of experience in digital marketing, later focusing on venture building and growth. His work developing growth methods and leading teams helped shape NAVIN’s approach. He leads NAVIN and its client engagements.
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