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The Hot Dog Nobody Wanted - and the PR Firm That Wouldn’t Stop Pitching It
Light Years Ahead spent months pitching a client’s worst-selling product. One article later, a two-person company had 7,500 orders - and a crash course in the dangerous difference between attention and readiness.
The Gift Bag That Sold Hollywood’s Attention
Lash Fary built a business by giving famous people things they could already afford. The merchandise is incidental; the scarce item in every bag is attention.
Another Box Story puts the launch party in the mail
A sunscreen message that appears in sunlight. A fragrance reveal for 100 creators. Another Box Story turns product gifting into small, shippable events - with a growing logistics operation behind the lid.
Statusphere
Statusphere is an AI-powered influencer marketing platform that helps enterprise retailers and consumer brands turn micro-influencers into a scalable, measurable growth channel. It automates the messy parts of creator programs - matching, product fulfillment, compliance, content rights and reporting - so brands can generate authentic user-generated content at scale and improve product discovery across social and AI-powered search. Founded by Kristen Wiley in 2016, the company has powered tens of thousands of creator collaborations for brands including Fenty Beauty, Express and Kendo Brands.