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Editor · The Hydra Brief

§ 02 · The Archive

Recent dispatches

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MAY · 14  ·  Filed Under: Org Design

The growth agency is a wedge, not a business.

Why every $50K/mo shop hits the same wall, and the productized service shift that breaks through it.

6 MIN Read

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MAY · 07  ·  Filed Under: Hiring

Hire the operator, not the specialist.

The single org-design move that took our delivery margin from 38% to 61% in two quarters.

4 MIN Read

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APR · 30  ·  Filed Under: Pricing

Your offer is a pricing problem in a trench coat.

A field guide to repricing without churning your book. Includes the exact email we sent eighty clients.

7 MIN Read

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APR · 23  ·  Filed Under: Operations

The Monday meeting that prints money.

A 22-minute operating cadence we install in every account before we touch the media.

5 MIN Read

§ 03 · The Editor

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Agencies consulted to date

Nicholas Kirchner is the founder of Hydra. He has consulted with more than three hundred agencies on the exact problems The Brief is written about.

§ 04 · The Desk

Filed jointly by the partners at Hydra.

Nicholas Kirchner

Nicholas Kirchner

Founder

Josh Johnston

Josh Johnston

Partner