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Why AI Needs Blockchain
For AI agents to participate in economic activity, they need a form of money they can actually use. That immediately rules out most of the existing financial system. Modern payments infrastructure is built around identity, regulation, and institutional intermediaries. Every transaction assumes a human account holder, a bank relationship, and a chain of entities responsible for verifying who someone is before money can move.
Rachel Pasqua
Mar 164 min read


Why Small Agencies Are Winning in the Age of AI
The Limits of Scale In a 2012 interview with Fast Company , Bob Greenberg, founder of R/GA and a pioneer of the digital agency model, made a simple observation: once an organization grows beyond roughly 200 people, maintaining a creative culture becomes extremely difficult . Greenberg’s observation aligns with Dunbar’s number , the idea that a human can maintain stable working relationships with an average of 150 people. Beyond that point, communication becomes more formal,
Rachel Pasqua
Mar 134 min read


Designed to Stand Out: A Brand-First Approach to Conference Season
It’s that time of year again. To be fair, it’s been that time of year since CES rolled around in January. Conference season hits quickly after the new year and for those of us on the event circuit, it can be tough to shake off the holiday inertia and show up ready to represent your brand at its best. But in an increasingly virtual business world, these real world moments are a rare and powerful opportunity to stand out and make someone think, “Why aren’t we working with them
Rachel Pasqua
Feb 125 min read


How Much Should B2B Companies Invest in Marketing?
This article kicks off a four-part series on how B2B companies can allocate their marketing budgets across Paid, Earned, Owned, and Shared Media. In this first installment, we focus on Owned Media, specifically the foundational role of the website. Every B2B leadership team eventually faces the same question: How much should we spend on marketing? There’s no single right answer. The ideal budget depends on a range of factors, including your industry, growth stage, business go
Rachel Pasqua
Jan 135 min read


Energy Innovation Is Hard. Explaining It Might Be Even Harder.
The energy sector is undergoing one of the most significant transformations of our lifetime. Breakthroughs like advanced nuclear, long-duration storage, green hydrogen, grid decentralization, AI‑driven efficiency, and fusion are reshaping what’s possible in how we power the world. But while the technology is evolving rapidly, many of the companies behind these advances struggle with something more basic: telling their story in a way that creates understanding and belief. Inno
Rachel Pasqua
Dec 16, 20253 min read


How Future-Focused Companies Spend Their Year-End Budget
Every year, teams across marketing, operations, product, and finance face the same question. What do we do with the budget that is about to expire? Most scramble to spend it fast, pushing dollars into low-impact campaigns or last-minute purchases. The smartest organizations take a different approach entirely. They use these final dollars to create long-term lift vs. short-term noise.
Rachel Pasqua
Dec 9, 20254 min read
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