042 The Entrepreneurial Operating System For Agencies – Mike Paton of EOS Worldwide

In this episode, we explore the benefits of using The Entrepreneurial Operating System to grow your agency. And who better to interview on this subject than Mike Paton (pronounced Payton) the Visionary at EOS Worldwide. Paton has spent most of his life learning from entrepreneurs. Today, he spends all his time giving back – as an Author, […]

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021 Agency (The Book) – Rick Webb, Author and Agency Founder

n 2001, Rick Webb co-founded The Barbarian Group, an award-winning digital ad agency. He grew his agency to a 150-person-team that works with big brands like Apple, Google, GE, and more. Rick served as The Barbarian Group’s COO for the first ten years of the company’s existence. Rick’s book, Agency: Starting a Creative Firm in the

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017 Our Story Part 2 – Developing a Vision with Murmur Creative

Defining the vision you have for your agency is one of the most important things you can do to foster ongoing success. Yes, we all have ideas about what we want, but putting those ideas on paper and refining your goals and expectations can have a huge impact on your business. This is “Part 2”

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015 Content First – Isaac Szymanczyk of Conveyor

Conveyor is an agency that specializes in content creation and strategy. They develop content for websites, social media campaigns, blogs, print materials, and more. In this episode, Conveyor’s Isaac Szymanczyk talks about a ‘content first’ approach to design. He also explains how Conveyor started out and discusses content strategy, content management, content planning, and more. Whether you

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011 The Creative Agency Lawyer – Josh Barrett of Create Legal

Are your contracts protecting your business and informing your client? Do you have a partnership agreement that protects and prepares your business for inevitable change? Josh Barrett, a creative agency lawyer and owner of CreateLegal, talks about common legal issues that creative agencies face, including scope creep, bad contracts, intellectual property, ownership agreements, profit sharing,

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008 Work That Matters – Jeremy Pelley of OMFGCO

Jeremy Pelley is co-owner of the Official Manufacturing Company (OMFGCO) a branding and design agency located in Portland, OR. Jeremy and his partner, Fritz Mesenbrink, founded OMFGCO in 2009. Jeremy and Fritz had little business experience but shared a passion for creating great work. Together they grew a successful and principled creative agency that does

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004 Managing Rapid Growth – Doug Fish of Fish Marketing

Doug Fish started Fish Advertising in the 90s, sold it, and then created a new agency, Fish Marketing, which focused on the rapidly growing digital marketing field. Fish Marketing recently won The Portland Business Journal’s Lighthouse Award for businesses that have been on the Journal’s 100 Fastest-Growing Companies list for five consecutive years. Doug has great

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