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Jones Agency: A good story needs someone to open the door
Meghan Jones brings an event producer’s eye to public relations and social media. Her Los Angeles agency sits where a brand’s story meets the people it hopes will care.
Raconteur tells the story behind the storytellers
The people who make advertising need publicity, too. Raconteur built a business around that small paradox - and two colleagues bought it after six years of working side by side.
Gogola wants you to meet the Ukraine you haven’t seen
The Los Angeles communications agency helps creative brands find an international audience. Its most revealing project put Ukrainian design in a New York room and let the objects do some of the talking.
Inside Calgary's $20 Million Bet on a Billion-Dollar Year
Calgary Economic Development spent C$19.95 million in 2025 to make the city easier to choose. Its product is not a building or an app - it is the well-timed introduction that turns a spreadsheet into a site visit, a hire or an export deal.
EuraCreative’s big idea: put the creative industries within walking distance
At Plaine Images, a former textile district in northern France, game makers, music startups and researchers share a postcode. EuraCreative’s job is to turn that proximity into companies, customers and paid work.
PACESETTERS puts €3.77 million behind the art of climate action
A village, an arts festival and a former steel district are testing how creative work can help communities change. The European research project behind them wants useful business models to outlive the grant.
SACII takes on the hardest part of creativity: getting paid
In South Africa, a township-based incubator puts business coaching, production tools and industry connections within reach of creative entrepreneurs. Its real test begins when the training ends and the invoices should start.
Stagetime
Stagetime is the professional network for the performing arts - a single hub where artists, agents, artistic administrators and companies build multimedia profiles, connect with 18,000+ industry peers, post opportunities, and manage auditions and applications end to end. Founded by opera singer and designer Jennie Moser after she grew tired of stitching together websites, PDFs and social feeds to chase gigs, the Bloomington, Indiana company replaces the field's scattered tools with one accessible community for showcasing talent and finding work.