We asked some brilliant entrepreneurs, artists and creatives to reflect on lessons they’ve learned at prior jobs. We’ve shared highlights below.

Marissa Webb Tonkovic

I was in grad school my focus was studio art photography- I remember my first critique with my committee like it was yesterday. You see I grew up in a theatre I was used to criticism. But something about this critique struck me and stuck with me. I had been photographing my sister as part of my thesis work- she is developmentally disabled and actually finally got her formal diagnosis last year. Read more>>

Mark Whitaker

Learning how to budget time and multi task. I went to Brooks Institute of Photography, the Classes were broken up into Sessions, which were eight weeks, Eight weeks of Instruction, one week for final exams then the eighth week was one day and either a lecture or critique Read more>>

Jade Brown

To give a bit of context, I was never an excellent student. I had the makings of a good student; I was charismatic (keyword: was), I enjoyed subjects other than math, I was punctual, and I was a solid writer. However, I never found myself being awarded for any achievements, or when I was awarded, I could never fully grasp the weight behind my success. Read more>>