420 stories by "Michael Roderick"
Planning. There is a reason that the quote " If you fail to plan, plan to fail" is so popular. Your business cannot run for very long without strategy. It is important to take the …
Continuing with the series, is the 2nd P which stands for: Pleasing customers. This really should be a no brainer, but you'd be suprised at how many people forget about this one. The custome…
The first year of business is always hard. You never seem to have enough time for your clients, administrative duties, meetings, or development. After my first year I realized that there are…
If you have done any work in the theatre, then you most likely have taken at least one class that addressed the man in the picture above. What I have found very interesting is how applicable…
You have just started your new business and before you can say "How can I help you?" in comes the request for your first meeting. Now let's say the meeting goes well. You make a co…
There comes a time in every entrepreneur's life when they realize that they need to bring on someone else to manage the work. After the insanity of last week, I have realized that the time i…
Some of you may remember this blog post about the S.A.M. Talks. It seems something is in the air as the first TedX Broadway event kicked off yesterday and now the S.A.M. talks will be happen…
So I'm not sure about everyone else, but I get really annoyed when I go to a coffee shop and cannot find a seat. After being displaced from my usual haunt and forced to deal with the concept…
Here's something I see happen a lot and it's a sure-fire way to lose someone's respect in under 30 seconds. So if you're doing this: Stop and if you see someone doing this, let them know the…
There is no doubt that one of the strongest tools in your networking tool box is your ability to introduce other people to one another, but there is one tool that is even stronger than that:…
This week's guest blog comes courtesy of my friend David Homan who's here to tell you all about a really cool collaboration between himself and his wife. Take it away David! Hey All, You're …
This week's Awesome Person Thursday comes to us courtesy of Lenny Schwartz, who you all may remember directed my show BETH in November. Take it away Lenny! I am honored to write this piece a…
This weekend I was particularly taken with the things that we miss. In the city, there is so much going on and so much being advertised that we become overwhelmed. As a result of this, we of…
Hey all, This week Ryan Scott Oliver is here to tell you all about his latest project. Take it away Ryan! Ryan Scott Oliver here! I'm the composer and lyricist of Disney's upcoming Freaky Fr…
When I was in undergrad I used to work in the costume studio. Every day I would come in and there would be a list of things to do. On that list there was always at least one thing that...
Above are the two companies responsible for my WORST customer service story as well as one of the most stressful holidays I have ever had in my entire life. My sincere hope is that someone w…
Last year at the beginning of the new year, I created a post listing the things I had done in the previous year. If you've never tried this, it's pretty cool. So below are my accomplishments…
This week's awesome person comes to us by way of designer Jeff Sugg. Take it away Jeff! I started working with Cynthia Hopkins in 1997 and as long as I've known her she has been tackling dif…
Nope, that's not just the beginning of a joke involving test tubes. It's actually the beginning of a pretty amazing guest blog by my dear friend Janet Zarecor. Janet is currently in school f…
This week's awesome person Thursday is dedicated to Arts to Grow which helps provide arts education programs to at-risk children. With so much funding being cut for the arts, organizations l…
Many folks ask me about what I read and I have often blogged about books that I think are great, but I thought it might be good to let you know which blogs get delivered to my email every da…
When I go to a really nice hotel, I love the fact that when I come back, there is a mint on the pillow. It says to me that the hotel staff decided to take one extra step in making...
Often on this blog I have talked about email lists and the importance of a permission base of customers, but recently I realized I was leaving out a very important point about email lists. A…
This week's guest blog comes to us from my good friend Isaac Klein. Isaac is here to tell you all about this amazing organization now in it's second year! You can also view their video below…
What would happen if you took South Park, The Man Show, and Classics of Musical Theatre and put them together? You'd have this Awesome show. I had the opportunity to see Balls The Musical? d…
