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In 2021, I started a new company that was fully remote. This was a major shift for me, having built a few companies throughout my career that were all brick-and-mortar. In 2011, I even created a shared workspace called Alley, which went national with Verizon in 2017. That’s right, I …

As a business owner, it’s easy to fall into the trap of trying to do everything. Most entrepreneurs start with an idea, and as the business grows, they begin to scale up. But it’s difficult to know exactly when to hire additional employees to handle the additional workload. Business owners …

Chances are you might not expect the banter from pro sports players to revolve around wine. But fine wine is surprisingly significant in the world of sports. During the pandemic, ESPN reported thousands of cases of wine heading into the NBA bubble — the hotel’s array of mass-produced Napa Cab …

Crypto might be in winter, but blockchain technology in the hospitality space keeps growing and evolving. There is an increasing number of opportunities that blockchain technology provides the hospitality industry — notably the restaurant world. Blockchain and NFTs could revolutionize supply chain transparency. There are companies, like EZ Labs, that …

OK, many creators have asked and I’m finally ready to share. As founder/director of New Media Film Festival® and having helped many other festivals throughout my career, I wanted to make sure I was unbiased in sharing information on film festivals. The best way to do that is to give …

Why should artists look for soft skills to grow with independence in hand? The artistic process is like photosynthesis for creatives. We absorb our surroundings: sound, space, light, whatever comes our way. In this relationship, the blooming flower is the artist, while the manager is spinning the planet and holding …

Remember sitting on a train on the way to work, reading a newspaper to prep for the morning’s water-cooler conversation? Or staring out the window to clear the mind before a big meeting? The encroachment of mobile technology truncated these moments such that we ended up working during our commutes. …

In my work advising food entrepreneurs, I always ask them to answer these three questions: Why does the world need your product or service? Why now? And why are you and your team the best to execute on this idea? In the answers, I determine whether the idea is unique …

Evolution is part of the never-ending life cycle. It affects all businesses, from the taxi industry giving way to ride-hailing services to in-store experiences morphing into online shopping.This century has seen the rise of music streaming, along with declining album sales. The entire music business industry has been disrupted, and …

Over 500 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute according to findings from 2019.Over 60,000 songs are uploaded to Spotify every single day. It seems that anyone can be a content creator, music artist or video director. The media creation formula has been completely democratized. This shift has …