World Wide Mind

What World Wide Mind does

World Wide Mind (WWM) is a privately held, full-service creative agency headquartered at 1306 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice Beach, California, serving enterprise brands and select startups. Founded by Ben Nott — co-founder of the Droga5 network and a former creative director at Wieden+Kennedy, BBH, Saatchi & Saatchi, and TBWA Chiat Day — the firm operates an integrated five-stage model covering Insightful Strategy, Creative Elevation, Smart Media (planning and buying across Times Square, print, outdoor, TV, radio, digital, product placement, and sponsorships), Production Power, and an internal 'Always Sharpening' practice that produces proprietary content including feature films, TV series, documentaries, books, and art exhibitions. The company claims 400+ completed productions across multiple countries and 200+ major creative awards including Cannes Grand Prix, D&AD, One Show, and Clio honors.

Its services are professional-services and project-based, priced via custom quotes per engagement. The client roster spans luxury, technology, entertainment, automotive, sportswear, and cannabis verticals, including Chanel, Red Bull, Audi, Dolby, BBC, A24, Lionsgate, PlayStation, New Balance, Qantas, and a growing set of startup brands such as CARIUMA, ORO.CO, AYR, CANN, and Evelyn & Bobbie. Distribution is direct via founder-led outreach, website CTAs, and portfolio referrals rather than paid marketing channels.

The agency reports headcount in the 1-10 range, operates with no disclosed external funding, no parent company, and no patents or proprietary technology platform. Competitive positioning is grounded in founder pedigree, award pedigree, integrated production capability, and the unusual mix of client services alongside proprietary IP creation, rather than in technology scale or recurring SaaS-like revenue mechanics.

Name

World Wide Mind

Legal name

World Wide Mind Inc

Website

https://worldwidemind.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

World Wide Mind is a privately held, full-service creative agency in Venice Beach, California, founded by Ben Nott (co-founder of Droga5), serving enterprise brands and startups through an integrated five-stage model of strategy, creative, media, production, and proprietary content development.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Creative Advertising Services

NAICS

Advertising Agencies (541810)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Full-Service Creative Agencies (MPAAAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Creative Concepting & Campaign Development (BPAFAEAD), Content Studio & Creative Resourcing (In-house/Embedded Teams) (BPAFAIAJ)

Keywords

• Creative advertising agency
• Brand strategy services
• Media planning buying
• Commercial video production
• Brand creative campaigns

Headquarters

HQ city

Venice

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Creative Agency Services: WWM generates revenue through professional services including strategy development, creative design and campaigns, media planning and buying, and production services. Services are offered across all media channels including TV, digital, print, outdoor, experiential events, and more. Revenue appears to be project-based and quote-driven.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

World Wide Mind is a full-service creative agency providing brand strategy, creative development, media planning and buying, and content production for enterprise brands. Its integrated five-stage approach covers everything from foundational strategy ("Insightful Strategy") and creative campaign design ("Creative Elevation") to media placement ("Smart Media") and in-house production of commercials, films, music videos, and experiential events ("Production Power"). The agency also produces its own content—feature films, TV series, documentaries, books, and art exhibitions—to cross-pollinate client work with original creative output.

Product overview

World Wide Mind is a creative agency operating a five-stage integrated service model: Insightful Strategy, Creative Elevation, Smart Media, Production Power, and Always Sharpening. The agency combines client brand services (strategy, creative development, media planning/buying, and content production) with proprietary product offerings including Feature Films, TV Series, Documentaries, Books, and Art Exhibitions. This dual approach allows WWM to keep their creative skills honed across current audience interests while serving brand clients. Services span from brand naming and logo design to TV commercials, music videos, feature films, experiential events, and various media channels including Times Square, Print, Outdoor, TV, Radio, Digital, and Sponsorships.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Insightful Strategy Strategic consulting service providing tailored research and a proprietary "WIIFM" briefing system to develop brand communication strategies. Serves as the foundational stage for client engagements, saving clients time and money by laddering up to powerful brand strategies.
• Creative Elevation Full-service creative development including brand naming, logo design, digital campaigns, and TV campaigns. The WWM team has won over 200 major creative awards for client creative work, providing a true creative edge in a media-saturated world.
• Smart Media Media planning and buying service covering Times Square New Years Eve Ball, Print, Outdoor, TV, Radio, Digital, Product Placement, and Sponsorships. Includes data tracking capabilities to link campaigns directly to sales results and overall efficiencies.
• Production Power Internal production service for TV commercials, stills shoots, music videos, TV series, feature length films, web content videos, and experiential events across multiple countries. Over 400 productions completed to date with award-winning quality.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 200 major creative awards won for client work
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Mother (Mother Design): Mother is an independent creative network operating in advertising, design, and content across LA, NYC, and London, known for award-winning integrated campaigns. WWM's founder previously creative-directed in the network's lineage of agencies (BBH/Saatchi) and shares a similar independent-network positioning and creative-first culture.
• 72andSunny: 72andSunny is an LA-headquartered creative agency known for integrated brand campaigns and high-profile entertainment-adjacent clients, comparable in geography, mid-size scale, and creative-led positioning to WWM. Both agencies operate at the intersection of entertainment, sports, and culture-driven brand storytelling.
• Wieden+Kennedy: Wieden+Kennedy is an independent full-service creative agency known for award-winning work for Nike and other global brands, where Ben Nott previously served as a creative director. Like WWM, W+K competes on integrated creativity, large-scale production, and brand storytelling across film, digital, and experiential.
• Droga5 (Accenture Song): Droga5 is a global full-service creative agency where WWM's founder Ben Nott previously served as co-founder of the network. WWM's strategic, creative, media, and production integrated offering directly mirrors Droga5's model, making Droga5 the most directly comparable peer in both capability set and talent lineage.
• Anomaly: Anomaly is an independent creative agency offering brand strategy, advertising, product innovation, and content, with an integrated "creative company" model similar to WWM's cross-pollination between client work and owned product/IP. Both compete for enterprise brand clients seeking non-holding-company models.

Broad incumbents

• BBH (Bartle Bogle Hegarty): BBH is a globally recognized creative agency network within Publicis, where Ben Nott previously creative-directed. WWM mirrors BBH's flagship-tier creative reputation and integrated strategy-to-production offering but at much smaller boutique scale, making BBH a strong tier-up reference for capability rather than direct head-to-head competition.
• TBWA\Chiat\Day: TBWA\Chiat\Day is a global creative agency network within Omnicom known for disruptive brand campaigns, where Ben Nott previously creative-directed. As a holding-company-affiliated incumbent, TBWA offers overlapping capabilities to WWM at much greater scale and is most relevant as an aspirational competitor and alumni benchmark.
• Saatchi & Saatchi: Saatchi & Saatchi is a global full-service creative agency network within Publicis, where Ben Nott previously creative-directed. Overlaps with WWM in integrated creative, media, and production services, but at vastly larger scale and with broader geographic and capability breadth.

Emerging players

• Pereira O'Dell: Pereira O'Dell is an independent LA-based creative agency with comparable scale and a similar founder-led, integrated brand-storytelling model. It serves crossover entertainment and consumer brand clients (similar to WWM's cannabis/wellness and luxury mix) and competes for the same boutique enterprise RFPs.
• Bullish (creative agency): Bullish is a Toronto-based full-service creative agency that combines brand strategy, design, content, and production at boutique scale, similar in integrated-service scope to WWM. Comparable as a peer in the independent mid-market creative space serving ambitious consumer and entertainment-adjacent brands.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/worldwmind

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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