Meet Carmen Seantel

We recently connected with Carmen Seantel and have shared our conversation below. Carmen, appreciate you joining us today. How did you learn to do what you do? Knowing what you know now, what could you have done to speed up your learning process? What skills do you think were most essential? What obstacles stood in the…

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Mission & Purpose

The stories behind the most meaningful projects

Working on something meaningful is a common desire – but how? We started asking folks to share the story of how they ended up working on a project they felt was meaningful because we wanted inspiration but also because we wondered if hearing from people from across a range of industries would help us identify…

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Ideas

What’s the kindest thing anyone has ever done for you?

Kindness begets kindness. So, wanted to create a space to share and amplify stories of kindness with the hope that it inspires a chain reaction. Neal Goldstein When I was 16, I had already dropped out of high school. My father had left years earlier, and my mother’s multiple sclerosis had progressed to the point where…

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Stories & Insights

Meet Hannah Chiccone

We're excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Hannah Chiccone. We hope you'll enjoy our conversation with Hannah below. Alright, Hannah thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. To kick things off, we’d love to hear about things you or your brand do that diverge from…

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Strategy

Execution stories: hiring and assembling a team

Overwhelmingly, media coverage of team building, hiring, training, etc. is often geared towards the issues faced by HR at Fortune 500 sized companies. Even when it’s positioned as advice for small business owners it is often coming from an executive or consultant working primarily with giant corporations. We think it’s far more relevant to hear…

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Creative Pursuits

Earning a full-time living from your creative work

We’ve seen way too many talented creatives quit because they couldn’t make it work financially. No doubt, the financial challenges of pursuing a creative or artistic career are daunting, but we felt there wasn’t enough discussion around how to make it work. So, we connected with artists and creatives who’ve been able to earn a…

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Ideas

How did you come up with the idea?

Coming up with an idea for a business or creative project can feel exhilarating. Inspiration for a new idea can come from so many places and we’ve asked some great folks from the community to share their stories of how they came up with their ideas. Chloris Lewis The idea behind my business was really rooted…

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Strategy

How could you get to where you are today faster, with less capital, etc?

Helping more people thrive doing what they love or are passionate about means helping more folks learn from those who came before them and so we asked successful entrepreneurs, artists and creatives to tell us what they would do differently, knowing what they know now, if they were starting over. Brauni Orr If I could go…

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Stories & Insights

Meet Suzanne Mathis McQueen

Alright - so today we've got the honor of introducing you to Suzanne Mathis McQueen. We think you'll enjoy our conversation, we've shared it below. Hi Suzanne Mathis, thanks for joining us today. To kick things off, we’d love to hear about things you or your brand do that diverge from the industry standard Off the…

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Ideas

Making your clients feel loved

Brand loyalty is such a stale and detached way of referring to how much love your clients have for you and your brand. How much they love you often correlates very highly with how appreciated they feel – and while most business owners want to increase brand loyalty, we feel there isn’t nearly enough discussion…

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