What's in a Name?

I wasn’t around for the first lunar landing—I’m a child of the '70s—but I definitely grew up in the shadow of Apollo. 

Sunday dinners at my grandparents’ house always meant one thing: my uncle in the corner, deep in concentration, building his latest model kit. He had the full lineup: the Saturn V, the Gemini capsule, the Lunar Excursion Module (that spidery-looking thing that actually landed on the Moon), and my personal favorite—the Lunar Rover.

Add a budding interest in astronomy to all that plastic and glue, then toss in a screening of Star Wars when I was six, and boom—the nerd seeds were planted.

Like most kids, I wanted to be an astronaut. 

And like most kids, I eventually got “practical.” I discovered storytelling, then found marketing—a place where creativity, strategy, and business all collide—and that became my rocket fuel.

Fast forward a few decades: after years as a marketing executive in the tech world, I decided to launch something of my own. 

I wanted it to be different. I’d seen the good, the bad, and the “you’re-paying-HOW-MUCH-for-this?” side of agency partnerships. 

What I envisioned was a shop that delivered knock-your-socks-off quality, with experience-backed strategy and execution—and zero fluff.

At KickMotor, we’re not here just to win the next contract. 

We’re here to build real, scalable programs, help grow internal teams, and even mentor someone on your side to take the reins—if that’s what success looks like. 

Sure, we can do project work. But our sweet spot? Driving strategic growth and acting as your extra horsepower, right when you need it most.

The name? That came later—but once I found it, it clicked.

In spaceflight, a vehicle is often parked in a transfer orbit. It’s made it out of the atmosphere, but it’s not quite where it needs to be. Enter the kick motor—a specialized engine that fires, shifts the trajectory, and boosts the craft into a higher orbit.

That’s what we do. We’re your kick motor.

(Also, let’s be honest—it was a great excuse to embrace my inner space nerd.)

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