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Learn a New Language? Oui.

March 3rd, 2010

Just a quick note to call your attention to an intriguing article by our intern, Ben Matheson, in his native city’s newspaper, the Albert Lea Tribune. Amid its coverage of pay-to-play junior hockey scandals, the Trib found room to run Ben’s thoughtful look at the importance of learning a foreign language and the way it affects not [...]

Congrats, Alli!

February 26th, 2010

Some fun news for a Friday. We’re celebrating the promotion of Allison Checco, our newest Senior Director. If you know Alli, I suspect you’re not surprised. She spends most of her time spreading sunshine around the Fast Horse World Headquarters while simultaneously kicking ass for our clients.
From trusted client counselor and special events superstar to [...]


In the last 12 years, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and working with some pretty cool celebrities and athletes, but recently I got to meet my favorite NFL player as a kid.
This year marked the 30th anniversary of the famous – and beloved – Coca-Cola commercial starring “Mean” Joe Greene. In the spot, an injured [...]

Tiger, Don, Joe and Jorg

December 15th, 2009

It’s not a ’60s folk group.
But it’s worth noting that our agency founder and president, Jorg Pierach, had the honor Monday of being the first guest in the post-Don Shelby era at WCCO Radio. Friend of the Pony Joe Anderson is in a six-day tryout to take over Shelby’s slot on the Great Neighbor, and [...]

Life Lesson #2

December 14th, 2009


My last blog post was on the importance of persistence in the advertising industry. After thousands of comments and responses to the post I’ve decided to write again on an important virtue in the advertising industry.
My highlighted virtue this post is flexibility. Although I am a level two Yogi, I’m not referring to physical flexibility. [...]

made in hong kong

December 7th, 2009

Bombass city ♥ It’s so nice to have me back where I belong…for 2 weeks…

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We knew she was a winner, but now the Summit Brewing Co. has made it official.
Our own design intern, Hillary Heinz, is the November winner of Summit’s monthly “Get to the Bottom of It” contest. Each month, Summit fans tell the brewer what they’d like to get to the bottom of. The winner gets a $50 [...]

Phunn at KSTP

November 20th, 2009

Our pal Mr. Phunn — Joe Anderson — has a couple of nice radio gigs coming up that we urge you to tune in for. Phunn was radio’s best sidekick when he worked with Dan Barreiro on KFAN, and while sitting out his non-compete, he’s been doing some contracting work for us here at Fast [...]

Trevor’s Truth

November 16th, 2009

Hello, I’m Trevor and I’m new to Fast Horse. I am not a seasoned veteran of advertising. In fact, I am not seasoned or a veteran. I am, however, familiar with the ups, down, ins, outs and dramatic swings of this crazy business we choose to put long hours, sleepless nights and sometimes dreams of [...]

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