Description

Company: Merge Forward
Owners: Kasia Johnson
Year Started: 2014
Employees: 1-10 

What do hotdogs, helicopters, and Ferraris have to do with building a successful agency? In this episode, Kasia Johnson, founder of Merge Forward, shares how one surreal moment at a company event changed the course of her career and launched a social media-focused agency. From corporate cubicles to training 2,500 AT&T employees and landing a Ferrari dealership as a client, Kasia reveals the grit, strategy, and mindset behind her entrepreneurial rise.

Key Takeaways

• The unlikely moment that pushed Kasia to leave corporate life
• How she turned rejection into a sales advantage (even without loving sales)
• The social media blueprint that scaled a major brand’s employee advocacy
• Why small businesses struggle with social and how Kasia productized the solution

Details for an agency planning workshop event November 10th and 11th 2025.