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At 18, He Dropped Out of College. At 22, He’s Running One of America’s Fastest-Growing Companies

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25.08.2026

At 18, He Dropped Out of College. At 22, He’s Running One of America’s Fastest-Growing Companies

Meet Mickey Hardy, founder and CEO of the Nashville-based marketing agency Arcadia.

BY BRIAN CONTRERAS, STAFF WRITER @_B_CONTRERAS_

Mickey Hardy. Photo: Courtesy company; Adobe Stock

If you ask Mickey Hardy about the journey that landed his marketing agency Arcadia at No. 93 on this year’s Inc. 5000 list, he’ll take you way back to the beginning—which isn’t actually that far back at all.

“It all started on February 11, 2004,” he........

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