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Design Case Study: Marmont Road Bespoke Detective Agency by Lizzie Curtis

Shillington

Along with some friends, Lizzie runs her own detective agency, Marmont Road Bespoke Detective Agency. Born out of a conspiracy theory and a UFO sighting, Marmont Road is the most beautifully designed detective agency we’ve ever seen, with Lizzie herself heading up both the design and the investigation.

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The 15 Best Freelancing Websites for Finding Work

Inkbot Design

Krop Launched in 2005, Krop is a niche freelancing platform catering to creative talent and agencies recruiting across verticals like graphic design, interactive, UI/UX, illustration, branding, apparel, photography, animation, advertising and more. Key Stats 2.4+ Be prepared to pay to play, though.

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Top 20 Most Famous Company Mascots of All Time

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He appeared on the stamps of many countries and is often featured on posters and advertisements. In the early 1900s, it was common practice for companies to give out awards, using mascots to advertise them. ” In 1955, the Green Giant began appearing in national advertising. 3 – Michelin Man. 9 – Tony the Tiger.

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23 of the Best Business Movies for Entrepreneurs

Canny

Jerry Maguire tells the story of how failed high-powered sports agent Jerry Maguire (Cruise) starts up his own sports management agency and his journey of self-discovery as he is faced with and learns to overcome the hurdles and pitfalls involved in starting his own company in a high-powered industry. .

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The 10 Best Fonts for Logo Design

Inkbot Design

Major multinational brands like American Apparel, Target, and Jeep adopted Helvetica for logos and advertising, taking advantage of its ability to convey professionalism, reliability and timelessness. This made it well-suited for advertising new technologies and transport in the late 1920s and 30s.

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Connect and Expand: Networking Events in San Antonio

Canny

Perhaps this included getting lots of high-quality referrals, or they may have been frustrated by expensive advertising or poor return on advertising expenses. Since 2005, the Friday Networking Lunch has been meeting on a weekly basis to create and strengthen referral-generating business alliances. Credit to Meetup.

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Direct tax filing: is this the end of Intuit’s lobbying?

UX Collective

This forced Intuit and H&R Block to also offer unrestricted free filing, and in 2005, 5M people in the US filed taxes through the Free File program. A company that is built on friction that exists in a government process successfully convinced a federal agency to keep the friction so that the company’s business is not hurt.