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Glen McDermott Learned Branding at Bicycle Speed
From Canberra retail floors to roads across 38 countries, the Red Rock founder built a creative practice around a patient idea: see people clearly, choose a point of view, and make the work matter.
Barefoot PR Built a Million-Dollar Business on Four Bullet Points
The Denver firm began with a tiny business plan and a serious partnership charter. Fifteen years later, its clearest product may be the discipline to turn good intentions into work people can actually use.
Vanessa Danziger Has Been Asking What People Would Do Since the Sixth Grade
Long before she marketed workforce technology, Danziger won a science fair by studying how children make ethical choices. The same curiosity now runs through a career built around people, data, and purpose.
John Hussey Makes Two Kinds of Calls - Flags on Sunday, Lifelines All Week
An NFL referee walked into an airport with a startup on his mind. A decade later, his second rulebook has routed more than $100 million toward animal rescue - and put purpose-driven dog food on Walmart shelves.
David Simnick Learned to Sell the Shampoo Before the Mission
Soapbox began with an aid worker's observation and a batch mixed in a college kitchen. Its survival depended on a harder lesson: purpose can deepen loyalty, but the product still has to win the shelf.
The Venture Firm That Refuses to Rush the Clock
Most venture funds are built around an expiration date. Cue Ball Capital is built around the opposite idea: give good people, useful products and durable companies the time they actually need.