You are the first to pick up on the concept of the spear tip (i.e. your configuration of the "a" in team.) I generally don't care for all caps, however in this case, they do accommodate the graphic device, so I get it. Even so, what would it look like in "caps and lowers?"
I am partial to a single dominant graphic element, which an expanded version of your arrowhead might provide.
The following should have appeared in our brief but did not:
We use a metaphor of a client's company as a spear. Its sales team…the inflection point with the customer…is at the spearhead. Proactive, well-trained sales people are the very tip....the sharpest point.
I like the way you've positioned the spearhead graphic element. Could it be larger?
Entry 33
The lower case italic is interesting. Don't like the idea of the arrow pointing "down." What would you think of this typestyle combined with the graphic element from 29?
Entries 25, 26, 17 and 18
Let's discard these and concentrate on what we have.
At this point, there are six candidates that I consider to be equal contenders in this contest. If you receive this message, you are one of them. Congratulations.
The current ranking is roughly in the order that they were submitted. Don't attach a lot of significance to the ranking at this stage.
The current rankings are about the body of your work rather than a single design. For those of you who submitted multiple entries, there may be aspects of one that we may wish to see incorporated with another of your designs. So, don't withdraw lower ranked submissions at this point.
For some reason, most submissions chose to concentrate on a couple of specific color combinations, although I did not prescribe that. Are there other color combinations you would suggest?
One of the things that I will be considering in this final round is how the logo will look on certain backgrounds. (White and Black, obviously) What backgrounds would you recommend for your submissions?
I will be back shortly with specific notes for each of you.
I appreciate each of your efforts, and thank you again for your participation.
Some people here would like to see #16 in a lower case italic font.
Do you have any color combinations you would like to suggest for your basic designs (64&16)?
I would like to see how your design looks on a black background. If you have a suggestion for another effective background color for your design, I would like to see it as well.