Before there was WILL, there was only Beck & Stone—the sole based marketing agency doing top tier work on the level of the big longhouses. Beck & Stone is the long shadow of one man: Andrew Beck, Claremont fellow, design genius, creative force of nature. He, perhaps more than any single person, has hacked the path of the parallel economy. And usually from behind the scenes.

But, as he will tell you, he is a reluctant leader. He cares first and foremost about the quality of the work. The politics can get fucked.

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