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Zach Ebert

Optimist. Adventurer. Dad-Joke Connoisseur. Zach Ebert enjoys long walks on the beach and is the Founder and CEO of Ebert Design Company, a brand identity design agency specializing in nonprofits, B Corps, and purpose-driven brands. With over 7 years of experience in the nonprofit and purpose-driven space, including leadership roles at River Region United Way, Zach helps purposeful organizations create impactful brands through creative solutions. Growing up in his family’s tree service business, he developed a strong work ethic and a commitment to leaving things better than he found them—values that now guide his agency’s work.

Zach has been part of this community since the very beginning and is passionate about giving back to the creative community. Outside of work, he enjoys hiking with his wife, Jessica, and their two Goldendoodles, Otis and Murphy.

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Zach Ebert

Building a studio alone gets old fast.

Zach joined as a member and landed a six-figure dream client here. Now he runs the community, so from day one there is someone in your corner who has done it. Join and stop doing this solo.

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Zach Ebert

Your home office might be the problem

Toddlers work better side by side, and so do we. Zach on Friday studio sessions.

Community

Aug 20, 2026

4 minutes

Zach Ebert

Some thoughts on doing work for yourself.

Client work pays the bills. Studio work, with no client, is where clarity lives.

Craft

Jul 9, 2026

3 minutes

Zach Ebert

A Maker Vegas Spring Recap

Zach's retreat takeaway: connection is a need like food. Find a meetup, no pitch.

Community

May 22, 2026

3 minutes

Zach Ebert

Looking back, I know now that was never the case.

Zach hunted a magic bullet for years. It didn't exist; 1% better a day did.

Mindset

Apr 10, 2026

5 minutes

Zach Ebert

Relationships are everywhere you look.

Client work as symbiosis. Zach's rules: no adversaries, no ego, over communicate.

Clients

Jan 18, 2026

5 minutes

Zach Ebert

Zach here, your friendly neighborhood community manager.

Zach on confidence: it leaks out through comparison. Therapy is a business tool.

Mindset

Nov 13, 2025

4 minutes

Zach Ebert

You see, the issue isn't always too little focus…sometime it's too much.

Too little focus loses the day to email; too much niches you into an empty pool.

Productivity

Aug 21, 2025

5 minutes

Zach Ebert

The work doesn't love you back

A life is about 4,576 weeks; Zach has used 1,682. Remember who you do it for.

Mindset

Jul 8, 2025

5 minutes

Zach Ebert

The obstacles we create

Zach's four self-made boulders, from bucket thinking to fear of good change.

Mindset

May 23, 2025

6 minutes

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