agency-acquisitions
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Scott Brandon and the logic of leaving
He left a litigation practice for his father’s seven-person agency. Three decades later, Scott Brandon is still deciding what to keep, what to buy, and when an advertiser ought to leave people alone.
Jose Lozano and the trouble with separate rooms
From Houston agency builder to CEO of Gravity Global, Jose Lozano has spent years getting specialists to work together. His next test is making that habit travel.
The Agency That Bought Seven Companies - and Let Them Keep Their Names
Trozzolo began with newsletters, grew through seven acquisitions, and discovered that the cleverest way to build one agency may be to preserve several. Its bet is simple: diagnose the business problem first, then decide which kind of communication deserves to exist.
Mod Op Bought the Missing Pieces. Then It Built the Machine.
The independent agency grew by buying specialists. Its harder trick was turning them into one connected company - and betting $10 million that AI could make the whole thing move faster.
The Insurance Network That Lets 11,000 Agencies Stay Independent
Smart Choice built a national business around a stubborn promise: small insurance agencies should get big-network access without surrendering the keys. Three decades later, its 11,000-plus agency network shows how collective scale can preserve local ownership.