Agency Business

#85: Go Fish Digital's David Dweck on pricing, private equity and the future of agency growth

Welcome to Agency Business. David Dweck, president of Go Fish Digital, joins Brian Wieser and Olivia Morley to discuss how the agency is adapting its business model to A

#84: Finn Partners' Peter Finn

Welcome to Agency Business. This week, Peter Finn CEO and founding managing partner of Finn Partners, joins Brian Wieser and Olivia Morley on the podcast. The Agency Bu

#83: Agathe Guerrier on Lola USA after the Omnicom-IPG deal

Welcome to Agency Business. Lola USA was formed by bringing together 180 US and adam&eveDDB in the U.S. as part of Omnicom’s broader agency consolidation. This week, Aga

#82: VIA’s Leeann Leahy on ESOPs, AI and building new agency capabilities

Welcome to Agency Business. Leeann Leahy, CEO of The VIA Agency, joins Brian Wieser and Olivia Morley to discuss how the agency’s ESOP structure is shaping its culture,

#81: David&Goliath’s David Angelo on growing without losing your identity

Welcome to Agency Business. David Angelo, founder and creative chairman of David & Goliath, joins Brian Wieser and Olivia Morley to discuss how the agency's challenger p

#80: RareOne's Matthew Naffah on centralizing operations, not agency brands

Welcome to Agency Business. Matthew Naffah, CEO of RareOne joins Olivia Morley to discuss the newly-formed agency platform’s approach to scaling independent agencies wit

#79: Lighthouse Creative's Sam Slaughter

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#78: BarkleyOKRP's Katy Hornaday on creative leadership, PE backing and integration

Welcome to Agency Business. Katy Hornaday, CEO of independent, private-equity backed agency, BarkleyOKRP, joins Brian Wieser and Olivia Morley to discuss her path from c

#77: Shannon Langrand on building an agency outside the legacy playbook

Welcome to Agency Business. Shannon Langrand, founder and CEO of Houston-based independent agency Langrand, joins Brian Wieser and Olivia Morley to discuss how starting

#76: Mark Penn on Stagwell’s capital allocation and global growth

Welcome to Agency Business. Mark Penn, chairman and CEO of Stagwell, join Brian Wieser live last week at Cannes to discuss why he sees marketing services as more resilie

#75: PJ Pereira and Rob Wrubel on launching SILVERSIDE, an AI innovation lab

Welcome to Agency Business. PJ Pereira and Rob Wrubel, co-founders of SILVERSIDE, join Olivia Morley this week to discuss what it means to build an AI-native marketing i

#74: Kin’s Kwame Taylor-Hayford on specificity over scale

Welcome to Agency Business. Kwame Taylor-Hayford, co-founder of Kin, joins Brian Wieser and Olivia Morley this week to discuss what it means to build an independent agen

#73: How Viral Nation is building social at enterprise scale, with Joe Gagliese

Welcome to Agency Business. Joe Gagliese, co-founder and co-CEO of Viral Nation, joins Brian Wieser this week to discuss how the company grew from representing creators

#72: How DEPT built a global agency around marketing and technology, with Dimi Albers

Welcome to Agency Business. Dimi Albers, CEO of DEPT, joins Brian Wieser and Olivia Morley this week to discuss how the marketing and technology company has scaled globa

#71: How Conscious Minds built production into its agency model, with Blake Heal

Welcome to Agency Business. Blake Heal, founder and CEO of Conscious Minds, joins Brian Wieser and Olivia Morley this week to discuss how the agency built production int

#70: Adweek's Alison Weissbrot on agency business trends and coverage

Welcome to Agency Business. Alison Weissbrot, executive editor at Adweek, joins Brian Wieser and Olivia Morley to discuss the agency business from her vantage point cove

#69: Crispin’s next chapter, with Maggie Malek

Welcome to Agency Business. Maggie Malek, CEO of Crispin, joins Brian Wieser and Olivia Morley to discuss the Stagwell agency’s next chapter. She discusses the agency's

#68: Scaling Mediaplus in North America, with Tamara Alesi

Welcome to Agency Business.Tamara Alesi, CEO of Mediaplus North America, joins Brian Wieser and Olivia Morley to discuss how the Serviceplan-owned media agency is buildin

#67: Growing a media agency into creative and global services, with Kepler's Remy Stiles

Welcome to Agency Business.Remy Stiles, global CEO of Kepler, joins Brian Wieser and Olivia Morley to discuss the agency’s evolution from its programmatic roots into a fu

#66: Running an agency built on retail performance, with Michael Magnusson

Welcome to Agency Business.Michael Magnusson, founder and CEO of Pinnacle Advertising, joins Brian Wieser and Olivia Morley to discuss what it means to run an agency buil