When I first met Sam Prince at a dinner for the banking start-up Good Money, he began talking to me about a book he was writing about his equation for successful entrepreneurship: SoDoTo… More on that in a minute. I asked Sam if he was a writer. He looked at me a little bit...

Yesterday, it became public that facebook’s messenger service, WhatsApp, and instagram DM’s will have their conversations merged with each other (estimated by end of the year or early 2020), despite still operating as standalone apps (for now). We associate “crypto” and “blockchain” to the financial markets – since thinking about the future of currencies...

I meant to write about the Magic for Humans series after I saw it last year on Netflix because it’s spectacular… In fact, it was just picked up for two more seasons! Tonight, Rachel and I had the magical experience of witnessing Justin Willman, the man behind the show, perform his residency show at...

Live albums… Are they a lost art… Or a significantly underutilized asset? Freya Ridings was arguably one of the breakout stars of 2018. For the last several months, on the back of a continued effort from her independent label to bring attention to the song and a perfectly positioned sync on hit UK TV...

Today, I got asked by a reader if I could turn the daily posts into audio files like mini podcasts each day. This is not the first time this has been asked and it’s a great idea. Earlier this year, one of my mentees designed a few images to use on social media outlining a...

Yesterday, I received an email alerting me Emmit Fenn’s “Painting Greys” is #1 on the iTunes chart in… Cambodia. How did I get this email in real time? Whale Report. I’m actually surprised I haven’t written about this tool yet… Whale Report tracks charts in real-time across all major platforms globally. Their website has easy...

Race is an illusion. MLK championed acceptance in America – Champions are needed today as much as ever before. “History’s choices are not made for the benefit of humans. There is absolutely no proof that human well-being inevitably improves as history rolls along.” -Yuval Noah Harari (author of Sapiens) Since history won’t do the work...

As I was walking into the yoga studio today, the teacher behind the desk was explaining to another student that her ex-boyfriend hated anytime she wore the color turquoise. I chimed in saying, “And now it’s your favorite color” as I pointed at her turquoise tank top, which coincidentally matched my turquoise towel. She...

I wrote a post last week titled “If You Don’t Know” about how to approach situations you haven’t experienced before with confidence, humility and curiosity. AoaM reader Alexandra Koshy replied with a few additional pointers worth sharing: 1/The people on the other line are humans, just like me. Everybody has been through it. 2/If...

Study all the time, listen for new albums all the time, fill up your whole tank with inspiration and let it flow out how it does. -J. Cole I’m a couple days late here, but it’s a topic worth covering… Right when it seems like every major marketing activation has already been done, J....