Brett Holmes

I started up the Gray Suit Agency in 1998 in a restored garage in the Venice area of Los Angeles--inspired by The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, a novel about one man’s search for contentment and purpose.

This, after spending eleven years working in media relations for a professional baseball team, directing creative services for a boutique business consultancy, managing special projects for a presidential library, and serving as an aide to the California governor. Go figure.

I focus on development and rollout of business start-ups, e-commerce website solutions, social media, and classical marketing communications strategies. I also write, a lot. Portfolio has included three proprietary start-ups (I sold one to a small Nasdaq group, then watched it fall from the sky in slow motion), several for profit and non-profit projects, and a family foundation. I've even owned a seasonal general store and art gallery on Cape Cod.

I think like a board member and shareholder. Artist and engineer. Entrepreneur and corporate executive. Brand strategist and consumer. Spokesman and journalist. Buyer and seller.

I’ve traveled to and fro, directing a Houston-based turn-around venture and susequent acquisition for six years by remote control from the mountains of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

I’m creative yet practical, collaborative yet direct–with left-brain, right-brain ability to bridge disparate audiences.

I understand great ideas are the DNA of all things viable—nothing innovative ever happens absent ingenuity. A great idea, however, is simply a starting point. A lot depends on what you do next.

How may I help?