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#540 Marissa Alfe & Lauren Fitzgerald: Why Isn't Talent Enough?
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- Aug 17, 2026
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Summary
Marissa Alfe & Lauren Fitzgerald is the partnership behind a boutique talent agency PRTNRS MGMT, and we spoke about what it takes to turn creative talent into a durable business. After years in artist representation, they launched their own agency as COVID upended the industry; Marissa remembers, “I had $800 in my checking account,” while still needing to protect clients she had spent years building. Their response was to help artists become more visible, commercially valuable and entrepr...