Trailblazers

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Trailblazers: Brennan Nevada Johnson’s mission to elevate Black technology founders

Johnson founded her own PR agency after realizing her predominantly white employers were ‘failing to tell the stories’ of Black

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Trailblazers: How a history of code-switching has helped Kate Wolff steer her agency through several storms

Wolff has a fascinating story and fierce determination to weather any storm that comes her way.

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Trailblazers: Lovers Not Haters wants to prove it can do more than multicultural work

Hispanic-owned agency says supplier diversity initiatives limit the work diverse that firms are awarded: ‘Don't call me for Mexican import

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Trailblazers: How Direct Digital Holdings is getting multicultural publishers onto programmatic plans

Mark Walker shares how he’s seeking to make the ad tech supply chain more representative after years of battling exclusion

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Trailblazers: Hero Media aims to ‘open up the aperture’ on diverse-owned media

While the powerful Black Lives Matter movement triggered new interest in diverse-owned media, investment remains dramatically disproportionate.

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Trailblazers: How Charlene Prempeh’s vision intertwines Black creativity and tech

Prempeh launched creative agency A Vibe Called Tech in response to the institutionally racist technology landscape.

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Trailblazers: How diverse creatives turned a fashion brand into a creative agency

Hyyer Creative rebranded into a boutique agency after its founder fell in love with the marketing side of fashion.

Trailblazers: How former ad execs changed the conversation about feminine care

Co-founders Rachel Donovan Geller and Kaity Potak launched Moons to eliminate confusion and shame around menstruation.

Trailblazers: Meryl Draper’s Quirk Creative puts women at the heart of storytelling

The certified woman-owned agency helps DTC brands scale onto TV.

Trailblazers: How a grueling pandemic job market fueled these college grads to start their own agency

NinetyEight has 15 clients after launching a little over a year ago.

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