by John Corcoran | May 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Have you ever heard anyone say this? When they make a movie about my life, I want to be played by Brad Pitt. Or George Clooney. Or Rob Lowe. In my case, that actually happened. Here?s the story. Many years ago, when I was working at the White House, a friend who I had...
by John Corcoran | May 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
Ken Canion had it all before he lost it all. As one of the co-founders of 1980s-era business Black Art Gear, a business that featured African American art on watches, clocks, and other products, he achieved stunning early success. His company was profiled in national...
by John Corcoran | Apr 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
The best thing that ever happened to Pat Flynn was getting laid off. Flynn was working his way up the ladder in an architecture firm when the recession hit in the fall of 2008. He had been promoted to a job captain position in the firm, which did little to soften the...
by John Corcoran | Apr 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Peter Shankman is a man on the go. The founder of Help A Reporter Out is a frequent commentator on TV, popular blogger, PR professional, angel investor, and author of numerous books. Oh, and did we mention he and his wife are expecting their first child?...
by John Corcoran | Apr 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
By almost any measure, Jesse Goff is a very successful photographer. The San Francisco-based commercial photographer has photographed former President Jimmy Carter, musician Carlos Santana and even former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. However, like most...
by John Corcoran | Mar 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
[display_podcast] Seven years ago, Neal Gottlieb bet his life savings on a small ice cream “scoop shop” in a sleepy part of Marin county, California. He had no employees, little income and the company almost had no future. That’s because he launched...