If I Were Starting a New Firm

About this episode

Blair interviews David about his insights on starting a new creative agency based on his extensive experience.

Blair interviews David about a recent article he's been receiving a lot of feedback on, in which he lists all of the things he would try to incorporate into a brand new creative agency, based on what he's seen and learned from working with thousands of firms over the years. Links "If I Started A New Firm, Now" by David C. Baker for punctuation.com

People in this episode

Host: Blair

Guest: David C. Baker

Topics covered

• starting a new firm
• creative agency
• business strategy
• entrepreneurship
• agency management

Keywords

• creative agency
• business insights
• entrepreneurship
• agency management
• David C. Baker

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: punctuation.com

Books & works: If I Started A New Firm, Now

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