Squaretree

Welcome to Squaretree LLC: a design-forward marketing agency for companies with social impact. Led b

02/02/2022

🌟 Meet Ruth! 🌟 As Squaretree CEO, Ruth manages everything from projects to design to the many systems that make up a business.

Ruth created Squaretree after 9 years working in nonprofit communications, development and stakeholder engagement. Her background blends research, leadership development and the arts. More recently she has worked with founders to launch crowdfunding projects.

Strengthsfinder: Context, Developer, Input, Intellection, Individualization

Reach Ruth at [email protected].

GET TO KNOW RUTH

🟩 BIO: I love dancing, playing music with friends, and learning the background behind words.

🟨 WHAT IS A CAUSE YOU CARE ABOUT? Mental health and mindfulness underlie our ability to move through the world with grace, joy and effectiveness.

🟧 WHAT'S SOMETHING YOU'VE LEARNED AT SQUARETREE, WHICH YOU THINK EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW? How beneficial business ownership is for individuals and communities. There is a huge value to setting all the terms for the culture, values and systems of your own company.

🟪 FUN FACT: I galloped ba****ck on a horse through the woods—at night!

🟥 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO NEXT? I'd like to build a health-oriented tech service. I would also like to build Squaretree to be a larger agency. But first things first! I am focusing on my own health before building out new initiatives.

🟦 WHAT YOU HOPE PEOPLE WILL TAKE FROM YOUR WORK: When I left my full-time job with a research organization, I felt a strong curiosity to explore or create the overlap of beauty with analysis. So, right away, I decided everything related to Squaretree would be beautiful in form and function. It felt indulgent to choose beauty as a company priority. Now I have seen the value it brings to products, services and the spirit of our work.

12/12/2021

"There are opportunities even in the most difficult moments." - Wangari Maathai, Nobel Laureate

12/02/2021

Goodbye 2021! 👋 Still not sure what to think about you. This time of year we like to do a life audit and think through what has happened, what brought value, and what we'll build on moving forward. This year we're not running an event, but do encourage everyone to give it a try. We drew on 's framework in past years. Find it at 🌟 www.annualreview.life 🌟 and be sure to toss him some $ if you find it useful. Formats: Google Docs, PDF, Notion or your own notebook.

If you decide to do an audit please tag us or DM, we'd love to know how it goes for you!

11/25/2021

Where have you made critical connections? Which will you invest in?

"In this exquisitely connected world, it’s never a question of ‘critical mass.’ It’s always a question about critical connections."
- Grace Lee Boggs

11/09/2021

What early step is easy to skip but hard to make up later? It's defining success: figuring out when, exactly, you'll be done. Take it from me, a continual "Just a little more" perfection-izer of projects. If you want to finish a lot of work, and finish well, it's worth taking the time to understand what "finished" will look like.

This doesn't mean forcing the future into a too-tidy box. It's more like understanding what you can know and not know about that future, giving a name to the questions, and planning ahead for the uncertainty and emergence that may be present.

Or, in some cases, you will have that neat and tidy box, a set of numbers, a dashboard, an emotion, a law passed, a dollar amount raised.

What's on your to do list?

Address

1400 Van Buren Street NE, Suite 200
Minneapolis, MN
55413

Telephone

+16512450076

Website

http://www.squaretreellc.com/

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