About Mindy
I’m Mindy Lewellen, CEO and co-owner of Starfish Ad Age. I’ve built my career by showing up, learning the business, and taking on the next responsibility.

I didn’t start at the top.
My first role at Starfish Ad Age was part-time sales consulting. When I became CEO, I looked back at a photo of that first little office and the message I’d put on the wall.
“Underestimate me.
That’ll be fun.”
Now I lead the agency and share what I’ve learned with people building businesses of their own. Sometimes that means a marketing conversation. Sometimes it means standing in front of a room and making the subject easier to understand.
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