Raindrop Proves You Can Have Fun With Anything—Even Bug Spray
4 Emmy Awards, 2 Super Bowl spots, and helped turn Dr. Squatch from a $3 million soap startup into a $100+ million phenomenon
Author: Doug Zanger
Doug Zanger is the founder and editor-in-chief of Indie Agency News. He is also the founder of the Creative Bohemian consultancy, lives in the Pacific Northwest and is insufferable about it.
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