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Podcast: By All Means
Episode: 97. The Social Lights Founder/CEO Emily Pritchard
Description: Just a little over a decade ago, Emily Pritchard’s job didn’t exist.
As an undergraduate entrepreneurship student, she noticed that her friends were communicating over social media, but businesses weren’t meeting them there. In 2011, straight out of the University of St. Thomas, she and a partner launched The Social Lights, a social media agency that helps brands with strategy, content, and optimization. Today, the Social Lights works with big brands including General Mills, Pentair, Cargill, and Polaris. In just the past year, the agency has grown its revenue by 87% and its staff by 70%, now up to 43 employees.
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