Thursday, March 7, 2013
This week's A.P.T. is Luciana Faulhaber who is in the process of raising money for a horror feature. As you'll read below, she and her team decided to get out there and create something that…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMWednesday, March 6, 2013
In this week's Retro Wednesday post, we go back to 2009 for some email answering tips. Enjoy. Excelsior! April 28, 2009 Email air hockey Email piles up faster than students at a rush matinee…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMTuesday, March 5, 2013
I often sit down with artists and entrepreneurs who are stuck. Most of the time there are a number of reasons for this. Sometimes it's money, sometimes it's connections, and sometimes it's m…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMMonday, March 4, 2013
Many times when I meet people who are doing too much and are overtaxed, the most common reason is that they feel they had a ton of opportunities come at them at once. I myself have been guil…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMFriday, March 1, 2013
Recently one of my readers reached out and asked if I would be open to having a reviewer post on the blog, and I said sure! Please Welcome Karin Crighton who will be covering a show from tim…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMThursday, February 28, 2013
This week's A.P.T. goes out to the team at Surprise Industries. You can hire them to surprise someone you know and love. Really! This is one of the coolest businesses I've run into, so I enc…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMWednesday, February 27, 2013
This week's retro wednesday post is about one of the many lessons I learned as a dishwasher. Check it out below. September 21, 2011 Lessons from dish washing: Get someone to unrack When I st…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMTuesday, February 26, 2013
Throughout your career you will be faced with many choices. Often, these choices will not be easy ones, but something to consider is the energy it takes to worry about the choice you make. H…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMMonday, February 25, 2013
Many of us have heard of the jack of all trades who is the master of none. The idea is that this is a person who seems as if they can do anything, yet they really just dabble in the...
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 11:30AMFriday, February 22, 2013
So there was no one to guest blog this week, but the message below comes to my inbox periodically and I found it incredibly helpful. If you enjoy it as much as I did, I encourage you to subs…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMThursday, February 21, 2013
This week's A.P.T. goes out to the Blueprint Theater Project and The Human Variations. If you are a producer who loves experiential work or is fascinated by language, you will have a really …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 11:30AMWednesday, February 20, 2013
This week's retro post comes from 2010. This is a trick I use to stay on top of email and it still works and helps me all the time. Enjoy. Excelsior! June 30, 2010 The email tennis match and…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMTuesday, February 19, 2013
When we commit to doing something that is often just the beginning. The real work comes when we actually start doing that task. The initial push is the toughest because it is the easiest to …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMMonday, February 18, 2013
In many of my consulting sessions recently I have met with people who are trying to build their business, find investors, and find partners. Many times they will tell me that the main thing …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMFriday, February 15, 2013
This week's guest blog comes from David Homan who has been an advisor on ConnectorCon. In this post he makes some interesting observations about the dynamic of profitability vs. impact. Chec…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMThursday, February 14, 2013
This week's A.P.T. is Steven Shalowitz and his podcast The One Way Ticket Show. This is a show that asks the people involved if they had a one way ticket, where would they go and features a …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMWednesday, February 13, 2013
This week's retro wednesday is all about how the collecting of trading cards is great prep for networking. Check it out! September 28, 2011 What comic trading cards taught me about networkin…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMTuesday, February 12, 2013
If you are in the midst of a new venture then you most likely are looking to have a meeting with someone at a higher level in your industry or even outside of your industry. Many times getti…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMMonday, February 11, 2013
a Theatre company. Last week, I went and experienced something very different in the world of theatre. I did not go to a theatre space, I went to a hotel. I did not sit in an audience, I sat…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMFriday, February 8, 2013
This week's guest blog comes from Nati Hardin. I first met Nati when I was working on the S.A.M. talks last year and we had some great conversations about theatre and education. Now Nati has…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMThursday, February 7, 2013
This week's A.P.T. is Gray Scott. Gray gave the closing keynote at the first ConnectorCon and blew us all away. Gray is a Futurist which is a fascinating profession that you can read more ab…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 11:09AMWednesday, February 6, 2013
This week's retro Wednesday post is all about networking. Have you played Jenga recently? Excelsior! August 12, 2009 I play a lot of jenga Remember this game? It always seemed so simple righ…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMTuesday, February 5, 2013
So you may be asking yourself why you would need a LinkedIn account if you have a Twitter or a Facebook. The truth of the matter is that LinkedIn serves a very different purpose than the oth…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:42AMMonday, February 4, 2013
How you deal with disappointment with yourself. Sometimes you are going to ask someone to do something for you. Sometimes you'll put your faith in that person and sometimes they will let you…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:15AMFriday, February 1, 2013
No guest blog this week, so I thought instead, I would have a few videos guest blog. Here are some great talks. Enjoy. Excelsior! In case the videos below don't appear: Video 1 Video 2 Video…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 11:38AMThursday, January 31, 2013
This week's A.P.T. is Michael Ian Cedar of Ask Yourself in Entertainment. I first met Michael when I wrote this blog post back when I was first starting and he was the only one to answer. So…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:56AMWednesday, January 30, 2013
This week's retro wednesday post comes from 5 years ago! I was a lot wordier back then. This is a post all about dealing with money as a producer. If you are about to venture into a project,…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMTuesday, January 29, 2013
Whenever I meet with someone for a consultation or just a general catch up session and they are having trouble raising money, finding a job, selling, etc. I always find that there is one thi…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:32AMMonday, January 28, 2013
So here we are at another Monday and many of us are heading into the office to slay our dragons and eat our frogs. If today looks like it may be especially challenging for you, remember that…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMFriday, January 25, 2013
This week's guest blog comes from Alex Mallory of Poetic Theater Productions. I have been a huge fan of their work and have really enjoyed getting to know Alex and her team. Here she tells t…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 12:18PMThursday, January 24, 2013
This week's A.P.T. is dedicated to someone outside of the world of entertainment. I often have written about the fact that it's a good idea to read things outside of the business we're in to…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:16AM 
