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In this very candid essay, Jonathan illustrates with words and drawings an autobiographical journey with teachable moments, following his path as a diarist, painter, storyteller, data artist, and web visionary. Check it out here.

What did Robert A. Murphy learn from going on a 6-month purchasing free as part of his New Year resolution? Find out here.

Zach Klein, co-founder of Vimeo, Svpply, and CEO of DIY elaborates the why single careers are over and on the significance of starting a business that you see nurturing for the rest of your life in this interview with Dorm Room Tycoon here.

What an excellent read!! Straightforward and extremely transparent, Marc Ecko (fashion designer, entrepreneur, investor, artist, and philanthropist) tells you his story of becoming an entrepreneur from the beginning. He holds nothing back – from his youth which was the platform for what developed into his first business venture, to the expansive(and very expensive) mistakes made to the bullshit and politics of marketing & branding that no one ever writes about to his currently lucrative multiple businesses. Marc shares it all and reminds us that with tenacity and creativity, even the most insurmountable challenges in business are just the other side of the coin to massive success. Fun, informative, refreshingly honest – this book is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Check it out here.

The Master of Professional Studies in Branding at The School of Visual Arts is a NYC-based, one-year graduate degree program that examines the relationship between design and strategy, and the power of design thinking as a way to combine creative skills with problem-solving and decision-making processes of design and business.

Check on the school’s current operations and plans for 2021-2022 here.

Here is the link to the site’s map and contact details: School of Visual Arts Contact.

Adda Birnir noticed a gender divide between a media company’s business and technical side versus the editorial side. So she created Skillcrush. Skillcrush allows you to sign up for classes so you can learn digital skills such as technical jargon, coding, building a website, and understanding user experience. Check it out here.

Want to know what the most overused buzzwords on LinkedIn 2013 were? Check them out here.

David Hieatt, founder of Hiut Denim Co., and The Do-Lectures and a gastropub in Cardigan, North Wales called 25 Miles. This brilliant and experienced entrepreneur shares some very valuable insight on business here.

“If you took one-tenth the energy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you’d be surprised by how well things can work out… Complaining does not work as a strategy. We all have finite time and energy. Any time we spend whining is unlikely to help us achieve our goals. And it won’t make us happier.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

Get the book version by clicking here.

DIY.org is a site co-founded by Zach Klein and Isiah Saxton, challenging kids to be creatively confident and try new things by teaching them new skills. It is wonderful in my opinion for both youth and adults. As we get older, we can become jaded and fearful of change. Here’s to stepping outside the box – one project at a time. Check out their mission video with the Collaborative Fund here in an article for Fast Company. Also, check out the actual DIY site here.