King of Networking

Dorothy Hammond is one of the funniest, friendliest people I know - and I've known her for almost 20 years! We both worked at Pepperdine and since then, she's moved on to be an HR executive on the ri…

Dan Beldy is an investor and venture capitalist, but began his career in the Air Force, flying F-18s off of aircraft carriers.  Forget the Top Gun sequel, you got all the shirtless beach volleyball y…

Jay Worth is an Emmy winner, and not for something small that you haven't seen. He led the visual effects for one of the most visually iconic shows ever: Westworld on HBO. And before that, Person of …

Meet Eden Chen, co-founder of creative agency Fishermen Labs and new technology startup Pragma. He's a serial founder, having started multiple projects, companies, organizations and experiments in th…

"Here comes the general... the moment you've been waiting for!" 

Any Hamilton fan will know the reference, and it holds up here. Alan is the model of a modern major-general. He's a business-minded vis…

Every time I talk to Jeremy Adams, he has a new ridiculous TV show idea. He's been cutting his teeth on Lego's DC superhero movies and last year joined the writer's room of Supernatural, after co-wri…

"Our blog kinda blew up last week and we want you to represent us." This was our 2009 cold email to Kate McKean, who had shepherded other "blog-to-book" deals. I'm so grateful she replied, because it…

A follow-up to our conversation about Billy's career and creative pursuits, where we shared our views on and experience with racial inequality - and what we can do to make change.

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Billy and I met in 2013, during the pre-planning stages of a branded web series that would eventually be known as Summer Break. His uncanny ability to foresee digital consumption trends is unmatched.…

Jennifer Miles has been working in television and media for over 20 years, at ABC/Disney, then AT&T and now Disney again. I originally met her when she was at AT&T/DirecTV, helping us build creative …