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Fortune 500 experience, brought home to Santa Cruz.

We started Sproutling & Company because the businesses here deserve the same caliber of support big companies take for granted, without the big-company price tag.

4Disciplines under one roof: strategy, brand, web, and managed IT.
20Years in corporate America, now working for businesses here.
1Local team. Real people. Based in Santa Cruz County.
30Minutes to find out whether we're a fit.
The story

The same needs as a big company. None of the support.

Local businesses need the same things big companies rely on: a clear strategy, a strong brand, a website that works, and technology someone is actually watching. What most of them don't have is a team to handle it all, or a budget built for hiring one.

No one was offering senior, Fortune-500-caliber strategy, brand, web, and IT to businesses in Santa Cruz County, sized to a budget that's actually reachable. So we built it.

Who we are

One team. Real people. Local.

Sproutling & Company is led by Frances Corpuz, who spent two decades in corporate America before bringing that experience home to Santa Cruz County. The team behind her is deliberately small: the people who help you plan are the same people who help you execute.

Frances
Founder & Principal

Frances spent twenty years leading marketing and growth work inside Fortune 500 companies before bringing that experience home to Santa Cruz County. Clients will tell you she doesn't just advise: she gets in the work with them, and she knows their businesses almost as well as they do.

Practice · Growth strategy, brand, marketing
Robert
Technology & Compliance

Robert runs the technology side of the practice: managed IT, web builds, and the compliance work regulated firms depend on. He handles the rules (HIPAA, FTC Safeguards, Reg S-P, accessibility) at a depth a generalist can't, and keeps your technology and your compliance lined up instead of contradicting each other.

Practice · Managed IT, web, compliance
Frameworks · HIPAA · FTC Safeguards · Reg S-P
Kaila
Operations & Project Manager

Kaila keeps every engagement on the rails: scope, timelines, and the follow-through between meetings. She's the reason a four-discipline project still feels like one conversation, and the first to catch the details everyone else walks past.

Practice · Project ops, client coordination
Local to · Santa Cruz County
What makes us different

Big-company experience. Small-business scale.

We do the work the way big companies expect it done, at a size and price that fits a local business.

Difference 01
Fortune 500 experience, without the Fortune 500 price
Frances spent twenty years doing this work for big companies. Now she does it for businesses in Santa Cruz County, at a price they can afford.
You get The kind of help big companies pay six figures for, priced for a local business.
Difference 02
One team, four disciplines, everything in writing
Strategy, brand, web, and IT, all handled by the same small team. You pay for what you need, you see the price upfront, and the terms are spelled out before we start.
You get One team to call, a clear price, and no surprises.
Difference 03
Local-only, on purpose
We don't serve San Jose or San Francisco. Santa Cruz County is the whole point.
You get A team that's down the road, not three counties away.
Difference 04
We know the rules your business has to follow
Clinics, law firms, accountants, and financial advisors work with us because we handle the regulations they're held to, like HIPAA and FTC Safeguards, and we make sure their technology follows them too.
You get Technology and marketing that keep you compliant, not just current.
Let's see if we're a fit.

Let's see if we're a fit.

A 30-minute call with a real person. We'll tell you straight whether we can help.

Call
(831) 508-7300
Write
hello@sproutlingconsulting.com
Visit
Santa Cruz County · by appointment
Hours
Mon–Fri · 9a–5p PT