By the time I realized we needed an advisory board, it was already too late. We had just started a screenwriting software website (a predecessor to my current company, Scripted.com) and we were in desperate need for help reaching out to entertainment industry executives. We relied on the kindness of…
[quote style=”boxed”]The only one thing I would do differently would be not to “act up” in my late teens, to have completed my A-levels and gone to university. That said, I have a wonderful family and now have my own business doing something I love. Qualifications, at the end of…
[quote style=”boxed”]Never stop learning and always ask questions.[/quote] Matt Zeller, a native of Rochester, New York, is a consultant on alternative energy issues and works in northern Virginia. In his upcoming, first book, Watches Without Time: An American Soldier in Afghanistan (Just World Books, 2012), Zeller gives a vivid description…
[quote style=”boxed”]I hammer away at them until they feel true and concise, bounce them off the other writers, fret about them until they go live, and then never look at them again.[/quote] Brook Lundy is the co-founder, head writer, and unpaid intern of someecards, HappyPlace, and Jockular. Before that, he…
[quote style=”boxed”]Producing something of value is hard and takes lots of time. Be content with having a small number of things that you come back to again and again, over many years. This persistence and ability to ignore distractions is more important than the specific ideas you pursue.[/quote] Cal Newport…
Meet Cal Newport – Author and Assistant Professor at Georgetown University
Every millisecond is valuable in the life of an entrepreneur, which is why technology is so ridiculously awesome. Besides the obvious tools most of us use on a regular basis (Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Skype, etc.), there are lots of lesser-known yet extremely helpful services, sites and applications our…
Phillia is a visionary artist, shamanic healer, scientist and social entrepreneur. After earning a B.S. in cell molecular biology and genetics, she started her career as a cancer researcher for the National Institute of Health and the Food and Drug Administration, with plans of going to medical school. Realizing this…
Meet Phillia Kim Downs – CEO and Founder of Live Love Collective
[quote style=”boxed”]With much blood, sweat and not a few tears. Being creative is the most frustrating of activities. There’s no foreplay or climax–just a lot of frustration, aggravation and disappointment.[/quote] Andrew Keen is an Internet entrepreneur who founded Audiocafe.com in 1995 and built it into a popular, first generation Internet…
“The creative adult is just the child who survived.” – Ursula K. LeGuin You’re stuck creatively. You try hard to rack your brain, but every idea that you come up with is as shallow as the last one. So you continue to slave away at your computer, studio, or easel,…
Our first five events are in the can–Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Missoula. We’re about 2,000 miles into this trip and now we’re in Idaho, on our way to Utah. To say that these first couple of weeks have been incredible would be an understatement. We pretty much…