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The People Who Turn Famous Names Into Whiskey You Can Actually Buy
SIP built the machine that takes a rare barrel and a famous name and puts a bottle on the shelf. Bob Dylan whiskey, Playboy cognac, a $100 million inventory - all run out of a Chicago office and a Memphis bottling line.
The Blockchain Agency That Started With $10,000 and a Newborn
Jarred Winn left Binance, spent his last $10,000, and built one of the Bay Area's first blockchain-focused marketing agencies. Eight years later it runs on brand, automation, and AI agents.
E.S. Sutton
E.S. Sutton is a New York-based global apparel sourcing and manufacturing company founded in 1959. Operating as a private-label specialist for women's and children's clothing, it works behind the scenes for many of retail's leading brands - handling trend forecasting, design, sourcing, quality assurance, and global logistics across manufacturing facilities in more than a dozen countries. Positioned as 'the brand behind your brand,' the firm builds and expands retail private labels by studying each partner's brand DNA.
Gina Group
Gina Group is a New York-based fashion, lifestyle and branding company that designs, licenses, manufactures and distributes a broad range of consumer products - hosiery, footwear, handbags, accessories, cold-weather gear, health and wellness items, pet products and gourmet foods. Founded in 1985 as Gina Hosiery, it has grown into a multi-division wholesale house serving retailers from dollar stores to department stores, managing licensed brands such as Rampage and Bearpaw alongside an extensive private-label business.
Kellwood Company
Kellwood Company is an American apparel design, sourcing, manufacturing and marketing firm founded in 1961. It builds and operates women's, juniors' and girls' fashion brands - including Democracy, Jolt, Briggs New York, Rewind, My Michelle and Wit & Wisdom - and provides private-label and full-package product development, sourcing, quality assurance and distribution services for major retailers such as Nordstrom, Macy's, Kohl's, Dillard's, Target and Costco.
Sequence Design
Sequence Design is a subscription-based creative agency built for life sciences marketing teams. Founded by veteran creative director Bob Raynor, it operates as an 'agency of one' - clients work directly with a senior, compliance-fluent creative director instead of a rotating cast of juniors. For a flat monthly fee, teams get brand campaigns, print and digital assets, web design, video, and podcast production, delivered on 48-72 hour turnarounds through Trello, with the freedom to pause or cancel anytime.