<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianlurie/">Ian Lurie</a> is a “recovering” lawyer who, a few years out of law school, founded <a href= "https://www.portent.com/">Portent</a>, a Seattle internet marketing agency. Ian was able to harness great technical development talent, plus great content writing, to grow Portent into an attractive acquisition target. Today, Ian is the executive vice president of <a href= "https://www.clearlink.com/">ClearLink</a>, which acquired Portent several years ago. Ian visited The Innovative Agency podcast to share lessons learned in his more than 20 years as an agency builder. If you’re an agency leader looking to scale, this episode is for you.

Ian Lurie is a “recovering” lawyer who, a few years out of law school, founded Portent, a Seattle internet marketing agency. Ian was able to harness great technical development talent, plus great content writing, to grow Portent into an attractive acquisition target. Today, Ian is the executive vice president of ClearLink, which acquired Portent several years ago. Ian visited The Innovative Agency podcast to share lessons learned in his more than 20 years as an agency builder. If you’re an agency leader looking to scale, this episode is for you.

<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianlurie/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ian Lurie</a> is a “recovering” lawyer who, a few years out of law school, founded <a href="https://www.portent.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Portent</a>, a Seattle internet marketing agency. Ian was able to harness great technical development talent, plus great content writing, to grow Portent into an attractive acquisition target. Today, Ian is the executive vice president of <a href="https://www.clearlink.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">ClearLink</a>, which acquired Portent several years ago. Ian visited The Innovative Agency podcast to share lessons learned in his more than 20 years as an agency builder. If you’re an agency leader looking to scale, this episode is for you.

28: Why You Should Stop Giving Clients Your Brilliant New Ideas w/ Ian Lurie

The Innovative Agency is a podcast that exists to help marketing agency leaders answer the question: “What’s Next?”. How are agencies staying on the cutting edge of marketing trends? How are they adapting their businesses to meet new business challenges in the agency world? Hosted by marketing law and intellectual property lawyer Sharon Toerek, we’ll talk with agencies who are at the cutting edge of innovation and industry experts who have a front row seat to the practice of innovation in today’s marketing, communications and creative agencies. The goal is to help listeners learn to look around the corner to spot their next opportunity. Sharon will share her expertise along the way about how to legally protect your agency’s assets, and how to turn your agency’s innovation into cash.

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