He stayed at William Motris for over five years and would happily have stayed longer, but fate intervened when his mentor was fired. That presented an opportunity to start his own operation, Creative Artists Agency. Founded in 1975 with four colleagues from William Morris, CM became a huge success, representing Hollywood legends like Cher, Madonna, Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise. In the beginning, though, the staff of five struggled-18-hour days, seven days a week. They didn't draw any money out of the company for the first two years.
他在威廉·莫里斯代理行待了5年多，并很乐意待更长的时间，但命运弄人，不久他的师傅被解雇了。这使他有机会开始他自己的公司——创意艺术家代理行。 1975年成立初期，公司只有四个从威廉·莫里斯代理行出来的同事，但创意艺术家代理行却获得了巨大的成功，为好莱坞传奇人物雪儿、麦当娜、汤姆·汉克斯和汤姆·克鲁斯等巨星代理。在最开始，只有这 5个员工共同奋斗，一天 18个小时，一周工作 7大。他们在头两年里没向公司要一分钱。
But Meyer had an advantage: Few people knew the business as well as he did, and few were as good with people. He built CAA client by client. He was always networking. attending anything he could get invited to-parties, dinners, screenings, and tapings.
梅耶尔有一个优势：很少有人能像他一样了解生意，也很少有人能像他一样与人为善。梅耶尔逐渐地建立了创意艺术家代理行的客户群，他总在与人拉关系，参加他所被邀请的任何活动——聚会、会餐、电影、录音。