Amalgamated's OK On Cash, But Execs Don't Do Windows

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For most startups, making payroll is the toughest part of launching an agency. For Amalgamated, however, that hasn’t been the case. Founded last June by three expatriates from Cliff Freeman and Partners, the shop garnered enough business in its first year to build a staff of 15. The devil, the founders discovered, has been in the details.

“Financially, it’s been easy in that we’re profitable,” said co-founder and account strategist Doug Cameron, 33, who declined to elaborate on the shop’s financial state.

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