Startups & Venture
15 Best PR Companies for Startups in 2026 (And How Pricing Works)
A definitive 2026 list of the top 15 PR companies for startups, with a transparent breakdown of how retainers, project fees, and pricing models actually work.
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PR Firms & Communications Agencies
Finding the Best PR Company in America: A 2026 Guide
Choosing the best PR company in America depends on your specific goals. This guide breaks down how to evaluate agencies by need—from crisis comms to B2B tech—and what to ask before you hire.
B2B Marketing
Top Public Relations Firms for B2B Tech & AI
Finding the right PR partner is critical for B2B tech and AI. This guide outlines the top public relations firms and what differentiates them—from deep tech expertise to AI-specific crisis management.
Startups & Venture
How to Hire a PR Agency for a Startup — The Decision Factors
The eight factors that decide whether a startup PR agency hire works or burns six figures a year. Senior attention, speed, journalist relationships, sector expertise, GEO capability, value, crisis response, cultural fit — plus the questions to ask before signing.
PR Firms & Communications Agencies
PerkettPR Is Gone. What Christine Perkett Built Next Says Everything About Where PR Is Heading.
PerkettPR was one of the most digitally sophisticated agencies of its era. Christine Perkett founded it in 1998, rebranded it in 2018, and merged it into The Nova Method in 2025. The evolution tracks exactly where PR is heading.
PR Firms & Communications Agencies
5W AI Communications: Agency Profile
5W AI Communications is the AI Communications Firm — combining public relations, GEO, digital marketing, and proprietary AI visibility research. Founded 2003 by Ronn Torossian. 250+ senior practitioners.
PR Firms & Communications Agencies
Christine Perkett: From PerkettPR to The Nova Method — The Architect of Modern Virtual PR
Christine Perkett founded PerkettPR in 1998 as a virtual agency — long before remote-first firms became common. The trajectory from PerkettPR (1998) to Mindfull Marketing (2018) to The Nova Method (2025) tracks where PR is heading.
Industry Leaders
Makovsky: The 45-Year Independent NYC Communications Firm
Makovsky, founded 1979 by Ken Makovsky, is one of the longest-running independent integrated communications firms in the U.S. NYC-based, family-owned, specializing in regulated industries. Ken Makovsky also founded IPREX, the global independent PR firm network.
PR Firms & Communications Agencies
OutCast Agency: The San Francisco PR Firm That Shaped Modern Tech Communications
OutCast Agency, founded 1997 by Caryn Marooney and Margit Wennmachers, was acquired by Next 15 Communications Group in 2005. The bigger story: both founders went on to define modern tech PR — Marooney at Facebook and GV, Wennmachers at Andreessen Horowitz.
PR Firms & Communications Agencies
PR Firms: EPR's Coverage of the Leading Public Relations Firms, Agencies, Rankings, and the Industry
Everything-PR's standing index of the leading communications firms by market, industry, and region. Sector guides: aerospace and defense, oil and gas, mining, climate. Geographic guides: Singapore, Australia, South Korea, Tokyo, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, São Paulo.