Foto Friday: On the eve of the 9/11 anniversary

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This Friday in photos is best brought to you by someone else, a dentist from New Jersey, who also happens to be a talented and passionate photographer. He, like me was elsewhere ten years ago, but his absence was brief, and his story complex, subtle and powerful. Check out his story…

Twin Towers Photographer & Dentist

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What I learned from my first start up

Big, starring Tom HanksI was inspired to think about my entrepreneurial roots earlier this week, after meeting fabulous Broadway producer, Steven Chaikelson. Clearly speaking from personal experience (do you remember his musical stage production of the popular Tom Hanks film, Big?), Steven wisely reminded us that all entrepreneurs will have flops and the trick is to learn how to bounce back. Continue reading

Chasing humble-pills with a little chaos

Columbia TheatreThis evening I attended my first theatre class at Columbia. The professor is a producer. Of course, not just any producer but an absolute rockstar producer that also happens to have a law degree and experience ranging from Les Miserables to the Lion King. Continue reading

Theatre and Business: 4 things I didn’t know

Columbia UniversityExciting things, just like the scary ones, are infinitely easier to process when you can see and touch them, I find. As week one of this little adventure draws to a close, I feel infinitely closer to knowing what the next 4 months are going to look like. Classes start after Labor Day, but this week of interesting (as well as some decidedly non-interesting) activities on campus have been grounding. Continue reading

On Hurricanes and Perspective (sigh)

Dog soup anyone?

Well, it’s been a chaotic NYC day…

It started off with a bang as this morning, the always-articulate Adam Wooten from Lingotek published a list of the top five “international business gurus” worth following on Twitter, and included yours truly (thanks Adam).

And what amazing company to be in, check the list out, you won’t regret it! And be sure to follow Adam‘s work, he write great articles that make you think. Continue reading