What do you get when you cross opportunity, a time of fast-moving industries, and like minded individuals?

Hopefully you get something like Aaron+Gould, a young, vibrant agency that describes what it does in terms that are so specialist only a few companies use them, and most laugh at them.

We were born in August 2008, and exist as a collaborative organisation, pulling on individuals as and when we require their expertise. Our core team consists of Scott, Jason, Andrew, John, Lois, regularly calling on Munya, Bridgette, Faye and Rob, plus whoever else is interning with us at the time.

Speaking on interns, we take on many interns and provide an excellent program that is geared towards college, university and post-grad level. To get the skinny on our internships, hope along to here.

Our belief is that in a fast-moving knowledge-based economy, where a recession is driving prices down and down, the competitive advantage no longer comes from differentiation of tangible price, but a tangible differentiation that comes from intangibles such as innovation, leadership and genuine care for the customer, whoever and wherever they may be.

The world is changing, and so is business. And this change can largely be identified as one towards what is being called Social Business. The reality is that business, marketing, support, decision making – its always been about people. But with today’s technological enablement, connecting with people has become easier and more valuable.

Where next? Read about our expertise. That might help. Or, find out more about our team and where we’re all based below…

Our Team

Our core team are based in Exeter, Devon, UK, in our offices at Exeter Conference Centre. Our further team are based both in Exeter and around the world.

Scott Gould runs the show at Aaron+Gould, founding the company in 2008. Scott’s background is primarily in event management, community building, and digital engagement. He writes regularily on his blog, is a speaker, and in 2009, co-founded Like Minds. For a fuller history, have a read of his LinkedIn bio.

Andrew Davies co-founded both Thrudigital, a London based Social Media development agency, and Idio, a personalised publishing platform. Andrew works with some of the world’s top brands and agencies, and brings a depth of online business expertise to the team – which is vital when most of what we do is on the edge!

Jason Tucker, other than needing a haircut, is currently interning with us for a year in his sandwich course in Business Management at the University of Gloucester. Jason works in Social Media management and measurement – handling the engagement of large accounts and writing up guidelines that are integrated into our clients’ workflows.

Faye Gould, in addition to being Scott’s wonderful wife, is an exceptional event manager and team builder. Faye has a degree in Youth and Community Work, and spends half her time in youth development, and the other half in an advisory role on our projects.

Munya Hoto has already been a features editor, aviation salesman, startup founder and society president inbetween studying Economic and Business Management. Munya is blazing ahead in taking our Social Media strategies and understanding them in the light of existing management theory – as well as getting our work into whitepapers for others to learn from.

Rob Sharp is an affiliate of the Exeter University Centre for Leadership and currently applying for his Doctorate in Leadership Studies at Oxford University. Given the heavy reliance of Social Media upon leadership, influence and organisational change management, Rob’s advisory role is invaluable. Note that he doesn’t wear that hat anymore.