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Tag: Iris

Fifty Submarine Spots, One Yellow Pencil, and a Camcorder Full of BuzzBallz

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Indie Spin: The one with humor pencils, human taxidermy, and Tim and Eric in a basement.

One Show Pencils, a Whisky With No Tasting Notes, and a Coalition Heading to Cannes

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Indie Spin: The one with Rethink’s 29 Pencils, Willem Dafoe picking whisky on feeling alone, and Indie at Large launching with a stacked roster.

Back-to-Back Iridium, a Coffee Truck That Recruited 500 Doctors, and the Quiet Death of the 80/20 Rule

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Indie Spin: The one with the seven-meter chili pepper, Mike Perez’s million-citation analysis, and a vinyl record about a faucet collection.

Step-Counting Chickens, Rethink at the Top of the A-List, and an Honest Earth Day

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Indie Spin: The one with Webby sweeps, 21,000 chicken steps, and a 25-year exit interview.

Scissors Over Algorithms and the Burger King President Who Picks Up When You Call

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Indie Spin: The one with the Fast Company sweep, invasive fish rebranding, and a concussion you can play.

An Oscar Nomination, a Dublin Pub in Dubai and the Slow Funeral of the Follower Count

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Indie Spin: The one with awards season reverb, extraction debt and the hard questions indie agencies are quietly answering right now.

Grief Campaigns, Bridgerton Spectacles, and a Dead-Wrong Bezos Quote

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Indie Spin: The one with Olympic appointment viewing, AI search rewrites, and an argument Jeff Bezos lost years ago.

Madison Avenue’s Problem Is Everyone Else’s Opportunity

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Indie Spin: The one with heartland advantage, ScrollSticks, and the brands decline is already hunting.

Indie Spin: The one with AI guardrails, creator economies, and why craft just became the new flex

A clear quartz crystal sphere sits on a white surface, its internal fractures reflecting light—an inspiring piece for craft enthusiasts and creator economies alike.

Indie Spin: The one with prediction markets, agentic AI creative directors, and the death of free spec work

37% of Consumers Now Start With AI, Not Google

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Indie Spin: The one with search’s quiet revolution, beer made from rescued bread, and the performance enhancers Canadian athletes actually need.

Root Beer Cologne and the Death of Guessing: When Indies Get Real About What’s Working

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Indie Spin: The one with fragrance stunts, attention economics, and marketing’s least favorite truth

How Bad Bunny Generated $713 Million with Zero Flashy Promos

A collage of Puerto Rican street scenes featuring art, the Puerto Rican flag on a wall, decorative plates, and a mural—plus a nod to Bad Bunny—with the text Culture Leads, Connection Follows.

Indie Spin: The one with community-first cultural strategy, AI agents that work like colleagues, and the economics of authentic connection.

Data, Disruption, and the Changing Talent Landscape

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Indie Spin: The one with pharma breakthroughs, industry transformation insights and Bradley Cooper

Bean Bag Chairs and Eight-Week Campaign Turnarounds

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Indie Spin: The one with Chipotle-branded furniture, press card rejections, and AI-generated human stories

When Dunkin’ Renames Your Town

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Indie Spin: The one with municipal makeovers, chief heart officers, and fractional futures

When Gen Z Gets $100 for “Fun Purchases Only” (Spoiler: It’s Clothes)

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Indie Spin: The one with Baby Boomer trillions, static billboard love letters, and hot honey that makes you question reality

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