Entrepreneurial Endeavours
A slice of Saatchi
Here’s one way to get people talking about your brand – especially when you’re a
B2B services company.
Dubai’
Creative Business
Building creative careers and ventures that actually work
How-To Guides
A simple recipe for working independently
It can be hard not to marvel at those productivity gurus; the creative mavens;
those extraordinary entrepreneurs. They’re so
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Opening Credits
January signals the peak of Hollywood’s awards season.
It’s the time for recognition and credit: for the work
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
Life’s a Pitch...but for who?
Over the last few months, I’ve been working with nearly two dozen founders from
across the spectrum of New
Positioning
The Question: 'So, what do you do?'
A Thursday afternoon as the summer blinked into view. The two of us pulled up a
pair of high seats
Learning, Education & Growth
The Educator in Residence
Why a different type of EIR could be your firm’s new secret weapon
In 1989, the Hollywood talent agency
Best of...
Learnings from the other side of an accelerator program
In the Spring of 2018, I was approached about collaborating on a new project
being presented by New York City’
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The Educator’s End Credits
They don’t exist right now.
Of course, there’s the bibliography for a book or research paper, but as
Creative Business
Two types of role model
When we think about role models, the person or persona we aspire to emulate, our
minds will usually go to
Mindsets & Growth
The perils of a chain reaction
Our well-intentioned but misguided desires to root for the independents.
A couple of times a week I’ll walk with
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22,000 songs in your pocket
Back in 2001, Apple CEO Steve Jobs uttered his now legendary one line pitch for
a new product his company
The Tension
Labels In, Labels Out
We’ve always had labels in one way or another.
First, the label tended to be the same as the
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
Going Solo? You’re still in the Rat Race
Many of us strike out as consultants, freelancers, entrepreneurs, or artists to
escape the rat race – to get away from
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
Why we need to get rid of ideas
On this week’s episode of his Akimbo podcast, Seth Godin answers a listener
question about focusing – more specifically, how
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Becoming a wizard
Regular readers may know two of my favourite podcasts are ’The Moment’ with
Brian Koppelman, and Seth Godin’s ’Akimbo’
Mindsets & Growth
Game Time: History Repeating
Here’s a quick game to play every so often with friends old or new.
Get each person to think
Coaching
What the music industry’s people need next
As the music industry’s resurgence continues, its people need support now more
than ever. There’s opportunity to further
How-To Guides
Question time: Getting booked to speak at conferences
A question (and often frustration) I hear pretty regularly is how to get booked
at conferences as a speaker.
There