Description

Company: Cobble Hill
Owners: Austin Dandridge
Year Started: 2012
Employees: 26-50 

Building a creative agency is one thing, navigating partnerships, evolving your focus, and presenting your work to a celebrity is another. In this episode, Austin Dandridge of Cobble Hill shares how a band-playing, chef-trained creative became the founder of a boutique digital agency, and the surprising turning points that shaped their growth. From awkward website reveals to partnership lessons, this one’s packed with real agency wisdom.

Inside this episode:

• The partnership red flag that showed up just 6 months in
• Why niching down created better work, better clients, and more fulfillment
• The unexpected benefit of hiring your spouse (and the challenges)
• What a celebrity website reveal actually feels like
• The kind of client Cobble Hill now turns away and why

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