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Championing Creativity

Master Financial Strategies, and Achieve Lasting Impact.

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Mission

Our mission is to transform the outdated narrative of the “starving artist” by helping creative agency owners succeed financially and personally. Robert empowers leaders to grow their agencies into powerful, impactful businesses that drive change, inspire innovation, and create a legacy.

With a commitment to clarity and simplicity, Robert helps agency owners bring their business vision to life, ensuring both growth and fulfillment without sacrificing the creative spirit that drives them. Guided by a love for creativity, we help agency owners reignite the passion that started it all, transforming their agencies into thriving, purpose-driven ventures that elevate the world of creative work.

 

Robert's Journey

 

Robert Patin’s journey into the agency world has been far from traditional. Starting with a passion for commercial photography, he quickly realized his true calling lay in finance and strategy. Trading the camera for spreadsheets, he developed his expertise in finance at small CPA firms before rising to head of finance at a creative agency. It was here that Robert discovered a troubling pattern: many agencies were mired in unnecessary complexity, bogged down by administrative demands that stifled both creativity and growth.

Determined to change this, he founded Creative Agency Success—a consulting firm dedicated to helping agency owners streamline their operations to unlock sustainable growth. Today, Robert is a Fractional CFO and strategist, committed to helping creative agency owners build businesses that are as profitable as they are inspiring.

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Agencies Served

79 M

2023 Agency Revenue

15 +

Years Agency Experience

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Robert’s work has been featured nationally, with strategies published in Entrepreneur, Forbes, and ABC News. A two-time best-selling author of The Agency Blueprint and The Practical Agency, he provides straightforward, actionable insights that resonate with leaders across the country. Robert continues to help agency owners turn financial clarity into freedom to build businesses that thrive.