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Minimum Viable Promise

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In 2021, I spent a lot of time thinking about community. When Unreal Collective was acquired and I was brought in to help build the Community Experience team at SPI, my life became community building. As a result, my community building palette has been refined. I’ve separated the ideas of “community” …

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Upgrade your heros

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As a 20-something, I was constantly looking up to other exceptional 20-somethings. Tech guys like Mark Zuckerberg (yikes), musicians, the Forbes 30 Under 30 list… It gave me a lot of drive! It fueled my ambition. If these people can do this at my age…why …

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Addition over Invention

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I love creating a first draft. There is an irresistible, magical feeling that comes with making something for the first time…so much potential and possibility… Maybe this thing is what creates my luck and really takes off! And of course, there are major benefits to going from …

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Time is your friend

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The story of my creative journey begins with startups. And in the startup and tech world, speed is really important. If your company doesn’t show rapid growth and improvement from day one, you’re not interesting to investors. If you aren’t interesting to investors, you’re not interesting to …

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Aspirational decision-making

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Last week, I interviewed Dan Runcie for an upcoming episode of Creative Elements. Dan is the creator of Trapital where he writes and hosts a podcast about the business of hip hop. He writes essays about how the biggest stars on the planet like Will …