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Founder · Operator · Executive
Lauren Izaks Built a PR Agency by Teaching the Work Behind the Work
The former Chicago educator turned one humbling management mistake into a philosophy: build the system, teach the system, then give people room to grow.
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Executive · Operator · Advisor
Ellen Faulkner Took the Long Way to the Top - Then Made Room for Others
She accepted half her salary to learn the agency business. Three decades later, Lewis chose its first woman CEO - a determined operator who believes the real work of leadership is knowing when to let go.
ellen-praytor-faulkner · lewis-communicationsRead →
Founder · Operator · Executive
Kyle Harms Is Trading Marketing Theatre for the Work Behind the Work
The Vancouver operator moved from agency founder to embedded executive, then made the experiments, trade-offs and occasional wrong turns part of the marketing itself.
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Founder · Operator · Advisor
Chris Martinez Built an Agency by Learning What to Measure
A failed soccer magazine taught Chris Martinez the cost of running on instinct. He spent the next decade turning a scrappy web business into Bloom Partners - and making the numbers impossible to ignore.
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