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itD and the art of making software stick
A customer database that could not count its customers. A community full of answers people could not find. itD has built a business around the gaps between what technology promises and what people can actually use.
Arohak makes the handoffs work
A laptop with three names. An order trapped in a portal. A file crossing an ocean. Arohak builds its business around the awkward spaces between enterprise systems.
Afia took a family recipe book into 4,000 stores
A Syrian family’s recipes became an American freezer-aisle business. The revealing part is what Afia chose to keep in its own hands: the food, the factory and the responsibility for both.
McRoberts and the trouble with an open door
A hospital exit, a hotel corridor, a boat full of cruise passengers. McRoberts Technologies builds systems for the moment knowing who is where becomes a matter of safety.
How a 60-Year-Old Detroit Agency Learned to Start Over
Franco survived six decades by treating its legacy as evidence, not instruction. The Detroit firm kept the relationships of old-school PR, added the machinery of modern marketing, and discovered that reinvention works best when you can measure it.
The Two-Chair Salon That Has Outlasted Three Decades of Hair Trends
Panache has survived since 1993 by keeping the room small, the consultations long and the promise legible: understand the person before changing the hair.
The Brand Agency knows who to invite before the doors open
A two-hour press preview, a pair of gifted sunglasses, a virtual escape room: inside the PR firm that gives a brand moment a life beyond the guest list.
Perry Communications wants your cause in the state budget
A televised colonoscopy. A campaign for older Californians. A network of sickle cell clinics. The Sacramento firm builds communications around the thing people need to do next.
Ballantines PR learned publicity by selling a place to stay
Before Marriott came calling, there was a retro hotel in Palm Springs. Ballantines PR grew from that experiment into a communications agency with a useful instinct: give people something worth talking about.
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.
Political Solutions and the work behind a pink dot
A mark on a California driver’s license offers a way into the story of Political Solutions: three founders, a shared lobbying practice, and the patient business of turning an organization’s interests into public policy.
MBI Media’s business starts before the concrete
A California communications firm turns infrastructure plans into public conversations. Its working materials include virtual meeting rooms, multilingual fact sheets, and the surprisingly useful comment card.
Modera makes healthcare easier to explain
A Medicare plan, a concierge practice and a longevity brand walk into the same agency. Modera’s job is to give each one a story people can act on.
BEACH HOUSE wants the product to outshine the packaging
The beauty communications agency has staged desert parties and unretouched skincare campaigns. Its more revealing move was asking the industry to send less stuff.
Michele Marie PR knows where the dress needs to be
A fashion PR agency built around two kinds of access: the editor’s desk and the stylist’s rack. Michele Marie PR turns that proximity into campaigns spanning celebrity dressing, commerce coverage, and the occasional very unglamorous delivery.
Intesa knows who needs to hear it
A San Diego communications firm built its business where reputation meets public policy. Its most revealing work starts before anyone writes a press release.
The Hoyt Organization knows who needs to hear it
A rent forecast, a nervous investor, a brokerage opening its next office. The Hoyt Organization builds communications around the people whose decisions matter - and its case studies show what that takes.
360 Solutions and the art of getting 4 million files out the door
A movie gets one release date and thousands of chances to miss it. Two former studio insiders built 360 Solutions around the unglamorous work of making global artwork arrive ready.
Clearstory makes the building easier to read
A children’s hospital, a former shipyard, a campus full of competing destinations: Clearstory turns complicated places into places people can understand. Its most revealing design tool is the question it asks before drawing the sign.
Hybrid Design makes a brand something you can touch
A speaker pattern pressed into a book. A paper sample dressed as a recipe box. Inside the San Francisco studio that turns brand strategy into objects with a reason to exist.
Your PowerPoint is about to get very, very big
TLC Creative Services takes the humble slide deck into executive keynotes, ultrawide screens, and live show control. Its specialty is knowing what happens after you click Present.
Envision Media and the art of getting the room to understand
A keynote, a booth and a brochure can tell three different stories by accident. Envision Media’s business is helping them tell one on purpose.
Cadence and the people missing from the spreadsheet
A healthcare research firm built its edge by reaching people conventional panels struggled to find. Its next challenge is making years of accumulated research easier to use.
Konnect Agency takes the story out of the press release
A farm visit, a cooking class, a summer-camp signup: the Los Angeles agency builds campaigns around things people can actually do. Its own growing pains explain why that takes more than a clever pitch.
THE MRKT knows who gets the invitation
For this multicultural marketing agency, the guest list is part of the strategy. Its work for Hollywood shows how small cultural choices can shape a campaign - and where publicity reaches its limits.
Noble West sells the story behind your dinner
A fifth-generation farmer built an agency for the people who grow our food. Its real assignment: make the difference between two bags of rice matter to the person buying one.
Civic Edge Consulting and the art of making government make sense
A dozen program names can leave a resident wondering what to do. Civic Edge helps public agencies turn institutional complexity into clear messages, useful conversations, and events people can actually navigate.
AM PR Group’s business is the next move
Vanessa Anderson’s Los Angeles agency works where celebrity, commerce, and culture meet. Its relationship with Issa Rae offers a useful lesson: the next opportunity may require a different job description.
Innovative PR knows where beauty gets noticed
A Malibu beach house, a box in the mail, a hairstylist’s moment in the spotlight. Jennifer Betts’s agency builds beauty campaigns around the places and people that make a product worth talking about.
Well Spirit Collective sells the art of a good introduction
Bess O’Connor built a wellness agency around knowing who belongs in the same conversation. Its work stretches from creator sponsorships to a publishing imprint - with a selective approach to the deals in between.