The Tension
Two types of con game
The first type of con game is part of our lexicon. This confidence game involves
a trickster building up the
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
The highs, lows, and lessons from building something from scratch. Stories and insights to help you turn ideas into action—and action into something remarkable.
Mindsets & Growth
Finding your edge
Everyone says you’ve got to find your edge. Seek out your competitive advantage.
Maybe that’s not what’s
How-To Guides
How to find portfolio/audience fit
You’ve probably heard of Product/Market Fit. It’s widely seen as the holy grail
for just about every
Innovation
A departure point for innovation
Comes from a very simple question: what are you sick of?
Podcast editing. Cookbooks getting splashed with olive oil. $50
Under the Current
Under the Current Podcast: #2 - Luciana Rozenberg
going from prototype to products, form and function, and why big cities matter
Listen now:
Anchor [https://anchor.fm/underthecurrent/
Portfolio Career
Pareto in a pandemic
The theme of last month’s newsletter [https://howardgray.net/newsletter/] was
Dormant Ties. As the professor and author Herminia
Stage Left
The $15m unbranding
When Matthew McConnaughey decided to stop doing romantic comedies, he told his
agent, Jim Toth at CAA, to make sure
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
The Rough Edges
The photographer who infuses their biology degree into the art.
The fashion stylist who spent time as a national-level rower.
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’
In The Neighborhood
The Dollar Bill and The Golf Ball
My brother came to visit from Amsterdam for a couple of weeks; first a trip to
SXSW, before a week
Stage Left
Opening Credits
January signals the peak of Hollywood’s awards season.
It’s the time for recognition and credit: for the work
Coaching
Co-Founder Conflict: NFI?
I met up with my friend Gillian [https://www.linkedin.com/in/davisgillian]
yesterday.
Like me, she’s perhaps a
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
The Tension
Overwhelm, Skateboards, and a new podcast
When we see a top performer in action they can seem to be floating on air.
They’re able to
Stage Left
The Secret
Tony Gilroy is one of the world’s most revered screenwriters.
He’s written movies as successful, and as diverse,
Mindsets & Growth
Talking to Humans: Go anonymous
> “praise by name, criticize by category.”
Warren Buffett
Or to put it another way: Praise Specifically, Criticize Generally
>
Learning, Education & Growth
The important thing before on-boarding
It’s not just about what happens once they’re on board and the vessel is setting
sail.
It’s