Venables Bell + Partners Has Been Proving Independence Works Since 2001
Paul Venables, Will McGinness and Brittni Hutchins on the partnership pure play, coaching culture and why brand love beats performance marketing
Tag: Meet an Indie Agency
Something Different Is Exactly What It Sounds Like
Tommy Henvey and Patti McConnell on independence, craft and why flat leadership matters
BackPocket Doesn’t Want Your RFP — They Want Your Mission
A Chicago indie with journalism DNA, a brewery collaboration and client relationships that survive four agency changes
The Agency That Localizes Fortune 100 Brands at the Block Level
H/L on 40 years of independence, micro-audiences and why scrappy beats scale
The Underdogs Who Refuse to Blend Into the Algorithm
A 55-year-old Seattle shop proves that independence, weirdness, and genuine care beat scale every time
Velocity Meets Strategy: Inside Vysical’s Rapid-Ascent Model
How a 14-person agency is teaching Fortune 500 and founders alike to move at the speed of culture
Cosplayers, Tabletop Gamers and Sneakerheads Run This Agency
How Kris Longo, Collin Millington and Jeremy Atkins built Modern Fanatic on passion over demographics
Please Don’t Hire Us if You Want to Play It Safe
How three Richards Group expats built a Dallas agency on creative firepower, humor and the give-a-shit factor
Meet Two Things: The Agency That Makes Itself Obsolete
The agency moved from Portland, Oregon to New York to be a catalyst for change, then get out of the way
White Rabbit Goes Seven Layers Deep and the Buck Still Stops With Them
The shop has a singular focus in the agency world: to build custom sites and apps for agencies
Everyone Needs Toilet Paper
From a memorable name to concept-first creative, this indie operates with a collective model
Meet an Indie Agency: H/L
H/L has been independent for 40 years — and they’ve spent that time solving a problem most agencies don’t even attempt. How do you take…
Meet Mower: The Weirdo Underdogs Making Fierce Friends
From Syracuse to the national stage, this 100% employee-owned B2B powerhouse is redefining what it means to create meaningful brand connections
Non-Agency People Built One of the Most Beautiful Agencies Around
TUX Creative House was founded by a L'Oréal exec and a fashion photographer who had no idea how agencies worked—which turned out to be the point
Meet an Indie Agency: Williams & Helde
Marc Williams, President, joins us from WH inc. in Seattle—an agency that started in 1969 when his father and Ed Helde couldn’t find work and…
Meet an Indie Agency: Vysical
Alexi Benhamron, President and Co-Founder, joins us from Vysical in Brooklyn—an agency whose name is the combination of virtual and physical worlds. Two and a…