About Nate
Iterative Insights // Career Strategist
Nate Heckman is a marketing strategist with 20+ years of experience solving strategic business problems through clear thinking, strategic analysis, customer understanding, and practical business judgment, and clear thinking. He works directly with brands and businesses to answer their hardest questions: What's wrong? Where should we go? How do we get there?
Wired to Seek Understanding
His background is a winding path. His upbringing gave him authentic access to diverse perspectives across broad socio-economics and demographics. He's lived across multiple U.S. regions and worked client-side directing insights functions that reported directly to C-suite and CMO leadership across US, European, and Asian markets.
Business Builder
He built a research firm. In 2007, Nate founded Stitch Marketing Research, a boutique strategy consultancy grounded in rigorous research methodology. He grew it into a respected firm serving mid-market brands and Fortune 100 companies across sports, CPG, education, healthcare, and other sectors. In 2026, he sold Stitch. Nate and his wife Sara also launched a successful retail boutique business in 2017. Read the case study here.
Impact-driven
In 2026 he launched Walking S Marketing Strategy, founded to offer boutique, hands-on strategy consulting grounded in strategic thinking, market awareness, and practical business experience You work directly with Nate—not a team, not junior researchers. His 20+ years of experience, research methodology, strategic synthesis, genuine understanding of business and human behavior - and committed passion - are what you get.