Jeff Hilimire

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

1998 – Raj and I (with Sasha and Gavin) at UNC-Charlotte. 1998 – Raj and I (with Sasha and Gavin) at UNC-Charlotte. 2001 – Raj and I at our first ‘real’ office – Colony Square in midtown Atlanta. Raj, thanks for everything. Love you, buddy. Oh, and we used to be such babies :).

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JUNE 14, 2017

It was 1998 and the internet wasn’t exactly readily available. It sounds simple now, but in 1998 it was unheard of. We are now based in Atlanta, but we started out on a college campus in Jamaica as a team of one: me. In 2016, I celebrated 10 years of business by launching the PR firm in Atlanta, where I now live.

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Jeff Hilimire

AUGUST 14, 2013

I’m so excited to announce that today, August 14, 2013, we have sold Engauge to Publicis Groupe and are being aligned with Moxie , a Publicis-owned digital advertising agency based in Atlanta. Today in our Atlanta office we have over 140 employees. What a journey.

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Jeff Hilimire

APRIL 1, 2014

I was honored a few weeks back to be asked to speak at Startup Grind Atlanta. 1998 – 1999: Fun times (carefree, exploring our passion for web design). Chris hosts a great fireside chat and we had a lot of fun batting stories around. 1999 – 2001: Hard times ( credit card debt rising , no real plan for growth).

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Jeff Hilimire

MAY 12, 2014

The list so far: Raymond King , Zoo Atlanta. I became an entrepreneur in November of 1998 with my college roommate, Raj Choudhury. Raj and I worked together from 1998 until last August, when Engauge was sold to Publicis and I left to start Dragon Army. This is the eleventh installment of my “5 Questions for a CEO” series.

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Jeff Hilimire

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Since starting my company when I hadn’t yet graduated from college back in 1998, I have spent little time thinking about how to “build myself” and all my time on building my business. Without hesitation he said that I should consider applying for Leadership Atlanta. And boy, has it changed me.

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Jeff Hilimire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

I was fortunate enough to hear Tony Wagner speak at the (co)lab summit this week (a great event by my Leadership Atlanta friends!) and he used a phrase that I hadn’t heard before. He was talking about how universities are embracing the “startup culture” and trying to foster innovation and creativity in their students.

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