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Here we go with choices. Each road takes you down a path, but which one gets you where you want to go? Let’s start there. What goals are you seeking with a film festival? Do you want to get funded, picked up (distributed), win tons of awards or build a …

My climate action journey started when I took a wrong turn in the streets of Old Delhi, India, seven years ago. One day, as I got lost walking through the chaos of rickshaws, racing the wrong way on a roundabout with cows weaving in and out of traffic, I ended …

Every December or January we all get inundated with industry watchers, commentators, pundits, investment bankers, morons and geniuses who share their predictions for what’s going to happen in the coming year. For anyone who has been paying attention to anything over the past three years, it is painfully obvious that …

Advertisers know that nothing in the media world remains the same as years prior. Viewership habits evolve by the minute, networks are being bought out and big tech’s influence continues to rise. On a more global level, concerns about a recession are looming. An increasingly common question for advertisers and …

It’s no secret that empathy can help people thrive at work. According to a 2021 report by global nonprofit Catalyst, 61% “of people with highly empathic senior leaders report often or always being innovative at work,” and 76% of those “with highly empathic senior leaders report often or always being …

A common dream of many couples is to travel the world after retirement. Simplify their lives and embrace adventure. Many dream but few actually follow through. The logistics can be daunting. Add into the mix a spouse who owns a clothing brand and is running two e-commerce stores and you …

Cannabis consumption lounges, also known as social consumption lounges, are becoming the talk of the industry. Like hookah lounges, but for cannabis, consumption lounges are retail lounges that allow on-site consumption, like smoking, vaping, ingesting edibles and so on. Similar to bars and hookah lounges, U.S. cannabis consumption lounges must …

Even though I had been working in the cannabis industry for years as a general counsel at a multistate operator in Illinois, and even though I experienced firsthand the difficulty of raising capital, I did not expect it to be this hard when I opened my own cannabis company, Dynamic …

This is a tumultuous time to work in the arts. The arts are becoming more politicized by the day, funders are changing their priorities and processes, and Americans are being a little more cautious with their disposable income. In some parts of the country, merely participating in the arts is …

Have you noticed a recent surge of hyperrealistic renaissance portraits while scrolling through Instagram? Maybe you’ve been seeing anime, pop art or even fairy-esque renders of the people you know. If the answer is yes, you can thank AI. What used to take years of training and painstaking hours of …