Dick Grove founded INK Inc. PR in 1997 in Kansas City — one of the earliest practitioners of the virtual PR office and pay-for-performance billing.
Evan Nierman, founder and CEO of Florida-based crisis PR firm Red Banyan, on how a crisis-focused agency ran its own operations through the pandemic.
Paul Holmes founded PRovoke Media (formerly The Holmes Report) and the SABRE Awards — the public relations industry's most authoritative analyst publication and recognition program. Profile and Q&A on the figure who built the trade's editorial standard.
Victoria Vaughan, former CEO of Cointelegraph, co-founded ICL agency. Web3 and blockchain PR with reps in SF, NY, Paris, Bangkok, and the Middle East. NYT, WSJ, AP placements.
It takes far more than a quiver of sought after works by leading contemporary artists to stand out in the saturated art market.
David A. Steinberg has built two unicorns and taken both public — InPhonic, the second-biggest tech IPO of 2004 behind only Google, and Zeta Global (NYSE: ZETA), co-founded with John Sculley.
Jason Hennessey learned SEO building WeddingMall.com in 2001 while DJing weddings on the GI Bill. Now CEO of Inc 500/5000 Hennessey Digital with a Hollywood podcast studio.
Kent Lewis founded Portland-based Anvil Media in 2000 — two years after Google launched. The April Fool's NFT press release that landed a Fortune 50 client by mistake.
David Gwyn, President of FWV, on running the Raleigh agency through the pandemic — virtual Wrangler launches, the Can't Stop Country concert series, and the NFR's move to Dallas.