How Jon Bond Built a Billion Dollar Ad Agency (And What He'd Do Different Today)
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Jon Bond shares his journey of building a billion-dollar ad agency and the lessons learned along the way.
Free Download — The Hermes Agent Playbook Learn how to set up the Hermes Agent to automate your agency. 👉 https://value.8figureagency.co/hermes Episode Summary Most agency owners can't picture hitting $100M. Jon Bond hit a billion. Jon co-founded Kirshenbaum Bond in his 20s — when starting an ad agency that young was so absurd, the New York Times literally wrote that the editor had socks older than the firm. They scaled it to $1 billion a year in revenue with clients like BMW ($25M/year), Wendy's ($11M/year), and Revlon ($9M/year), then exited. In this episode, Jon breaks down the principles that actually got him there — tip of the spear positioning, culture as a growth lever, near-future betting, and the offer structure he'd use if he had to do it all over again in 2026. Plus the immortal advice from his consultant: "Resist the temptation to fuck mice." If you run a marketing agency stuck in the $1–3M "business purgatory" range, this one's for you. What You'll Learn Why "fame before fortune" still works — and why Jon spent the early years getting press before chasing big logos The "tip of the spear" rule — why being able to do everything is killing your agency, and how to find…
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