It’s that time of the year again. Have you made your New Year’s resolutions list? I haven’t made any resolutions for a while now and I have no plans of making them again — ever. Here’s why. A recent survey of 1,500 Americans showed that the most common resolutions for …
Read More »Disrupting the Disruptors: How Can Creatives Overcome Imposter Syndrome?
Let’s be honest: Changing the world is hard. No one told me that when I started out. I was simply following my curiosity and ideas where they led me, turning them into business venture after business venture. As a kid, I’d been fascinated with disassembling devices, sometimes making improvements as …
Read More »The Power of Gen Z Consumers for Brands During the 2021 Holiday Season
Gen Z is coming of age — happy 24th to the oldest among them. At 48 percent non-white, they are racially and ethnically more diverse than the exceptionally diverse Millennials at 44 percent. While Millennials are the first generation of digital natives, we challenge you to find a Gen Zer …
Read More »Public Relations Executives Vs. Publicists: What's the Difference?
If you watch one episode of the Amazon Prime series Flack, you might think PR is a cut-throat, unforgiving business full of compromised publicists. While great for entertainment value, it blurs the line between PR and publicists. There’s an entire realm of positive PR practices that can take a company …
Read More »My Advice for Navigating the Industry Ebbs and Flows to Ensure a Longer Career in Entertainment
How come some people in the entertainment industry are one-hit wonders, while others have careers that last for decades? A lot of it comes down to talent, timing and mindset. When I first started out in the business in my teens, I somehow believed that once you got that big …
Read More »Michael Steinmetz: How Do We Grow Cannabis Responsibly?
With President Biden preparing to move forward on the important and difficult work of addressing the human impact on the planet’s climate, I believe cannabis should be a linchpin of this discussion. Yes, cannabis. How we grow the plant and the industry itself both impact our climate. But why should …
Read More »Put Your F&B Business in the Limelight After the Pandemic with Fresh Experiences
Consumer behavior is rapidly changing. While some of these changes are temporary, some shifts will likely stay long term. As we reopen the national economy after the pandemic, I expect competition for consumer awareness and patronage will increase — especially for the F&B industry. Shopping, eating, working, entertaining and socializing …
Read More »How Brands Will Take Center Stage as the Cannabis Industry Grows
This is a new one for our generation: An entire industry is emerging from illegality to local store shelves. That is the cannabis industry. And while the history and the journey have been long, and at times tragic and arduous, it is accelerating on a path to normalization. Not convinced? …
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