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Veronique James Built an Agency on Open Books and Long Memory
A quarter-million-dollar setback pushed a young designer into freelancing. Two decades later, the firm that followed still runs on her first hard lesson: show people the real numbers, remember who helped, and keep moving forward.
Michelle Adams Built PRISM One Returned Call at a Time
She started at 26 with a living room, a telephone and very long odds. Thirty years later, the Columbus founder still measures marketing by the same test: did anyone move?
William Donovan Spent Nearly 40 Years Building an Agency. His Last Pitch Was to Let Go.
Bill Donovan built an independent Pennsylvania agency for nearly four decades. When the obvious exit disappeared, he found a successor several offices down the hall - and discovered that letting go could be a form of building, too.
John Montgomery Built Big by Making Birmingham His Biggest Client
He started with a laptop, a loft and a cell phone with comic proportions. Three decades later, John Montgomery’s most durable campaign is the compact promise behind Big Com: do ambitious work, and make the hometown better while you’re at it.