The world of entrepreneurship is filled with the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. When you live in a world where you take massive risk every day, there are bound to be days when that…
Many of you know that I have always been a huge fan of dance and entrepreneurship. I had the chance to meet with the folks from Dance New Amsterdam and they are so deserving of this week's A…
Often when I am meeting with someone for the first time or I'm teaching one of my classes I will get the question: "I have ___________ idea, but I don't have______________ qualification…
Over the years I have put together many groups of people. From teams of directors, to designers, to connectors, to entrepreneurs. The groups that have stood the test of time have had some th…
Fun fact: I used to juggle. I taught myself how one summer when I was doing touring childrens theatre. I learned three very important lessons that interestingly enough apply to new ventures:…
I'm sure a number of people saw the tweet of this blog title and thought I got spammed, but no true believers, this is actually the title of a performance, that I'm going to tell you about a…
A while back I created a class that deals with helping people focus and deal with being overwhelm. I am doing another one of these on Saturday and I hope you'll join me. You can read more be…
As many of you know, I meet a lot of people in the course of a week and whether it be a getting to know you meeting, a consulting meeting, or a business meeting, the same thing always comes …
This week's A.P.T. is all about actress/playwright/ Entrepreneur/Force of nature Melanie Zoey Weinstein. Melanie has been a great supporter of this blog, leaves awesome comments, and is one …
Hey folks, I will be speaking tonight at ELNYA on my favorite topic: Networking. More info is below and there still may be some tickets left. Grab them HERE. Excelsior! 8/14 Is "networking" …
I have mentioned many times before on this blog how the festivals are a great place to scout new talent for any aspiring producer as well as to see shows that are in stages of development th…
This week's guest blog comes to you from Ashley Carter of Double Take Dance Company. I met Ashley after seeing her work in a dance concert and following up. Like all great producers, she has…
This week's A.P.T. goes out to Chef Carla Contreras. Some of you may remember the Throwdown I did for the Theatre community a few years back, and know what a fan I am of food competitions. C…
Today's guest blog comes courtesy of one of my readers Jordan Levine, who is putting together an incredible new program for interns. Take it away Jordan! First and foremost, I have to type o…
As you get busier in your producing career, what will start to happen is that your inbox will start to fill up with invites. When this starts to happen, it can be a great feeling, but it can…
Many people believe in the idea that you should leap and the net will appear. I believe that it's smarter to build the net before you leap. So what does this mean? It means taking the time b…
I'm a film producer, and have been working on several projects for a few years now. The first thing people want to know is "How did you get into that?". They wonder if you attended…
This week's A.P.T. goes out to my friend Mark Stuart. A number of years back when I was just starting to get into producing, Mark and I attended the same CTI class together where he introduc…
A quick note about business etiquette based on a few interactions I have had recently. If someone is kind enough to make an introduction for you, then you should always make sure you respond…
This weekend I had another Finding Center class and as with all of the classes, there were some gems of insight that came from the participants. I wanted to share some of those gems with all…
With all the heat we've been having I figured we all could use something cool to think about, so this week's guest blog comes from talented writer Niko Tsakalakos who's telling us all about …
For those of you who read this blog on a regular basis, you know that I skip a day here and there, but keep a pretty consistent writing schedule. The past few weeks have been more sporadic a…
Last week was a very busy week for me as some of you may have noticed, from the lack of posts. The week was filled with meetings with different people in the producing field who were looking…
This is a question you will always be asked when you mention you provide a service. Hands down this is the make or break moment of your business. I have had a number of bad experiences in th…
Last week I went to see Everywhere Theatre Group's latest version of Flying Snakes in 3d and if you have read any of the things I have written about this company in the past, you know that I…