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Strategic
Communications
Leader.

entrepreneur. brand builder

Ricardo De La Blanca is a strategic communications leader and serial entrepreneur behind RDLB Agency and a portfolio of ventures spanning branding, fashion, media, and advisory.
Founder • Harvard Business School • YPO member • Fashion business • Media & Advisory

A portfolio built on communication

From brand strategy and creative leadership to fashion entrepreneurship, media, and institutional advisory, Ricardo builds ventures where communication becomes influence, direction, and growth.
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The Brand Agency

Brand strategy, creative direction, and communications designed to help organizations clarify who they are and how they earn trust.

Discover RDLB 

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Fashion Ventures

A growing fashion portfolio shaped by heritage, design sensibility, storytelling, and market instinct.lp organizations clarify who they are and how they earn trust.

Explore Fashion

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Media & Podcasts

Interviews, conversations, and editorial platforms exploring leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship, and influence.

Watch & Listen

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Governance & Advisory

Strategic communications and advisory work for complex institutional environments where clarity, alignment, and trust matter.

Explore Advisory

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Built through decades of leadership

Ricardo’s career has been shaped by entrepreneurship, strategic communications, branding, media, and institutional advisory. Over the years, he has worked across ventures, markets, and leadership environments with one consistent focus: helping ideas, brands, and organizations communicate with greater clarity and influence.

20+ Years in Communications

Founder of RDLB Agency

Harvard Business School / YPO President’s Program

Fashion, Media & Advisory Ventures

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Where strategy becomes brand power

Through RDLB Agency, Ricardo helps brands, founders, and organizations define their competitive advantage, sharpen their positioning, and communicate with greater trust, coherence, and emotional resonance.

Built at the intersection of business thinking, creative excellence, and cultural sensitivity, the agency brings strategy, storytelling, and design into one unified system.

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Brand

Building identities with clarity, distinction, and meaning.

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strategy

Aligning business direction, positioning, and communication.

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Turning ideas into stories people remember.

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Style, legacy, and entrepreneurial instinct

Ricardo’s fashion ventures reflect a long-standing connection to design, storytelling, and cultural sensibility. From heritage-inspired craftsmanship to modern essentials and elevated fashion concepts, each brand expresses a distinct point of view shaped by strategy as much as aesthetics.

Here, communication takes a different form: through product, image, identity, and experience.

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Italian craftsmanship with timeless character.

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Modern essentials with effortless clarity.

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Bold style with a sharper fashion edge.

Ideas in motion

Beyond his ventures, Ricardo shares conversations, interviews, and reflections on leadership, communication, entrepreneurship, and influence through editorial contributions, media appearances, and podcasts.
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thoughts

Articles, interviews, and media contributions that extend Ricardo’s perspective beyond business.

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podcasts

A platform for conversations with influential voices across industries and cultures.

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Strategic advisory for complex environments

Ricardo also works in governance, risk, and strategic advisory, supporting institutions and leadership environments where communication, alignment, and trust are essential.

This work extends his long-standing experience in public affairs and organizational strategy, bringing a communication-first lens to high-stakes decision-making.

Explore the ventures behind the vision

Branding. Fashion. Media. Advisory. A portfolio shaped by communication, built through entrepreneurship, and guided by long-term vision.

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