Author: Tanya Raukko

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Jun 03, 2013

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Our agency took an afternoon last year to see Jiro Dreams of Sushi, an incredible documentary about an 85-year old sushi master and his quest to perfect the art and leave a legacy. Shortly thereafter, I stumbled upon Nathan Perkel's photographic journey through Japan. Nathan was able to capture the Tsukiji Fish Market from every...

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Apr 22, 2013

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One of Imprint’s portfolio company founders, Levi Maestro of Becomb, had been working with a design agency called Potluck. Through this relationship, we became aware that Potluck’s founders, Eric Lai and Ko Nakatsu, had their own penchant for entrepreneurialism and had successfully launched an incredible business via the Kickstarter community, called Hiya. We...

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Apr 08, 2013

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Last year, Imprint's founder, Julia Huang came back from a business trip after meeting YOSH and shared some of her Eau de Yosh samples and brand materials with me. When we finally met Yosh Han last fall, I was immediately struck by Yosh’s presence, openness, passion, and determination as she described the journey of her...

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Mar 25, 2013

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We met Paul Cunningham through Adam Moyer of Knockaround, who had been exploring a brand collaboration with Paul’s company, Leather Head Sports. His company conceives, designs, and handcrafts beautiful LEATHER HEAD™ footballs, basketballs, medicine balls, rugby balls, and LEMON BALL™ baseballs, all made to order. Paul founded his company from an intense passion and career...

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Mar 04, 2013

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We were first introduced to Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn of Studio 1Thousand through our colleague, jeffstaple, who recommended him as a craftsman for our Architecture for Dogs brand. Studio 1Thousand is a LED lighting design firm working to realize complex architectural ideas and bringing abstract ideas to fruition. Our examination of Kenzan’s work revealed an incredible portfolio,...

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Feb 25, 2013

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I worked with Tom Atwood at a Los Angeles-based agency about ten years ago, as he was an exceptional digital strategist. I didn’t realize that he was also an accomplished photographer until I saw some of his stunning work years later. Tom specializes in portraits of people at home. He has shot over 75 luminaries...

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Feb 04, 2013

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I first met Stephen Johnston and Katy Fike of Aging2.0 last year at the Silicon Valley Boomer Summit, introduced via our incubee company, Omhu. Struck by their passion to build a network of innovators to address needs of the mature market, I was impressed with the both the depth of conversations being induced as well...

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Aug 27, 2012

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Natasha Case and Freya Estreller are the co-founders and co-owners of Coolhaus, an ice cream sandwich truck founded on the concept of "farchitecture," (food + architecture). They are deeply committed to creativity and sustainability, and feature inventive flavors such as Brown Butter and Candied Bacon ice cream on chocolate chip cookies. Named after both architect...

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Jul 02, 2012

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We first met Taylor Llewellyn through our business partner Adam Moyer, the founder of Knockaround. The two have had an ongoing collaboration and Adam knew we would be intrigued with Taylor’s successful brand story - creating fun, whimsical needlepoint belts, under the label Tucker Blair. Well on his way to becoming a serial entrepreneur, Taylor...