#176 Scaling a Creative Agency Without Selling Your Soul with Darren Magarro, The DSM Group

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What Are You Working Towards?

Chris Brodhead

164 episodes

23 hours ago

Chris Brodhead interviews founders, marketing directors, filmmakers, and other fascinating people about the goals that drive them to create. Each episode ends with one big question: What are you working towards? The answers are surprising, inspiring, and often deeply human. The goal of the show is to help listeners live lives closer to their dreams—more money, more joy, less work they hate. Previously the title of this show was The Ultra High Net Worth Clients podcast.

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#176 Scaling a Creative Agency Without Selling Your Soul with Darren Magarro, The DSM Group

What Are You Working Towards?

37 minutes 16 seconds

4 weeks ago

#176 Scaling a Creative Agency Without Selling Your Soul with Darren Magarro, The DSM Group

What if your best marketing asset isn’t your funnel or ad spend — but your values?

Darren Magarro, founder and president of The DSM Group (https://thedsmgroup.com), joins me to unpack how he built one of New Jersey’s top marketing agencies from scratch — starting with just his gut instincts, a deep belief in community, and zero cold calls.

Darren’s story is raw, real, and refreshingly grounded. From walking away from Wall Street to scaling a multi-million-dollar agency in an industry obsessed with flash, Darren shares the mindset shifts, hiring mistakes, and personal breakthroughs that helped him build something sustainable, profitable, and purpose-driven.

📌 Topics Covered:

• Why DSM has never made a cold call — and still wins 6–7 figure clients

• The marketing industry’s biggest lies (and what clients actually want)

• How Darren built a resilient team culture rooted in trust and transparency

• What he’s learned about leadership, fatherhood, and legacy as DSM turns 17

💡 Learn more about DSM Group: https://thedsmgroup.com

🎧 Connect with Darren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrenmagarro/

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