How have your heroes influenced your journey?

We’ve highlighted responses from some of the brightest and most talented artists, creatives, and entrepreneurs in the community below. Dahol Otoide Kobe Bryant is my hero because of how relentless he was — not just in the game, but in everything he touched. I’ve always felt like I had to learn things the hard way —…

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Strategy

Doing things your way

Doing things your way is one of the best parts of being your own boss and when done right seems to be highly correlated with outsized success. So, we wanted to gather real-world examples to shed more light on how the best artists, entrepreneurs and leaders differentiate themselves from others in their respective industries. Forrest Glover …

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Leadership

Buckle up: the wildest stories you’ll hear today

It’s wild out there and the struggle is real. Entrepreneurship is no joke, everyday is a new challenge, a new up, a new down, it never stops. The action, the drama, the energy is addictive and it’s why so many never want to retire from entrepreneurship. We’ve asked some very talented entrepreneurs to share some…

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Mission & Purpose

The projects we still think about, the ones that really mattered

Every once in a while we have the good fortune of working on a project that we feel truly matters, a project that we’ll still be thinking about years from now. Maybe even something we can imagine telling our grandkids about – surely you’ve had moments like that where something you did in your professional…

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Ideas

Thinking outside the box

Having new or innovative ideas is essential to pushing the world forward and so we asked the community to share stories of the most innovative things they’ve done in their career. Our hope is to inspire folks who think only scientists or tech-wizards can innovate – innovation is possible for everyone, regardless of job title…

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Trends

Storytime: Best & Worst Investments

Risk is a topic that comes up a lot in our conversations with entrepreneurs and creatives, but a related topic is investments. Investments come in many forms – investing your time, money, heart and soul, etc. So, with that broad definition of investment in mind, we asked rising stars in the community to tell us…

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Ideas

Impactful lessons learned in school

We asked some of the brightest folks from within the community to reflect back on their days in school and to share with us a story of when they learned a particularly important or impactful lesson. We’ve shared highlights below. Mei Sun When I was pursuing my PhD in Biology at the University of California, San…

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Ideas

Appreciating what your parents did right

Today we’d like to take a moment to applaud the parents who despite many challenges, did they best they could and did right by their kids. We asked folks to share stories of what they feel their parents got right and have shared highlights below. Chiamaka Esinulo My parents have supported my artistic journey from the…

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Strategy

What do you think it takes to be successful?

We’ve been fortunate to connect with so many brilliant artists, business owners and leaders over the years and so we reached out to some of these talented folks to discuss what it takes to be successful. Dona Baker To me, being successful in this industry is all about building genuine connections with your clients and…

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Creative Pursuits

Living the dream: earning a living doing what you love

The world needs artists and creatives. Unfortunately, being needed doesn’t often easily translate into financial stability. The struggle is real for so many incredibly talented artists and creatives and so we think it’s important to hear from creatives who have made it work – there is so much to learn from the folks we’ve featured…

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