Podcasts about how i made it

Making Movies is a band based out of Kansas City, Missouri that mixes Afro-Latino rhythms and psychedelic rock'n'roll. The group members have roots in Panama and Mexico. It's composed by two sets of brothers, lead singer and guitarist Enrique Chi and bassist Diego, and Juan-Carlos and Andres Chaurand on percussion and drums.In this edition of our series “How I Made It," Latino USA sits down with Enrique and Juan-Carlos to discuss, "Locura Colectiva," one of the band's most ambitious tracks. They discuss how the track came to be and why they felt the album at one point was cursed.This episode originally aired in 2019.Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage. Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. 

It was only a few years ago that Erik Rodriguez was attending medical school in his native Cuba, following his family of careerists' footsteps. But then, when he heard James Brown's "I feel good," he realized that he was meant for a different path. In this segment of “How I Made It,” Erik takes us through his transformation into Afro-Cuban artist Cimafunk—a Billboard's “Top 10 Latin Artists to Watch”—and explains how someone who had never studied music before found the confidence to listen to himself and be listened to by others.This episode originally aired in 2020.Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage. Follow us on TikTok and YouTube. 

Crossing oceans, deserts, national borders, and finally the entrance to the UFC ring, you've never heard a journey like Francis Ngannou's  Francis Ngannou is a martial artist, professional boxer, and Lineal Combat Sports Heavyweight World Champion. He became UFC Heavyweight Champion in 2021 and holds an MMA record of 17 wins and 12 victories by knockout.  In this conversation, Francis and Steven discuss topics such as, Francis' painful childhood, how Francis worked in a sand mine aged 10 and dreamt of boxing, his struggle to find a place to train, and the death of his 15-month-old son.  00:00 Intro 02:13 My Childhood: Surviving on Less Than $1000 a Year 06:17 Overcoming Struggles in Rural Cameroon 12:52 My Dream of Becoming a Professional Boxer 14:59 Choosing a Different Path Than My Father 17:27 Growing Up with a Violent Father 18:11 Coping with My Father's Death at 15 19:57 Wishing for One More Day with My Dad 24:22 The Struggles Of Chasing My Boxing Dream 25:30 The INSANE Journey to Reach Europe 28:41 How We Survived the Sahara Desert! 32:47 The Hardest Part of My Journey  34:59 Waiting to Cross the Border 36:53 Two Ways Out: Swimming the Ocean or Climbing the Barbed Wire Fence 42:15 Six Attempts to Cross the Sea in a Dinghy 49:02 Months of Survival in the Forest 50:56 Evading Police Radars 58:26 Calling the Red Cross for Help 01:02:60 Two Months in a Detention Center 01:05:07 Surviving on 50 Euros 01:07:49 My Coach's Support: A Place to Stay and Guidance 01:10:15 My First Experience with MMA 01:11:12 Facing Rejection: No One Wanted to Fight Me in Paris 01:12:40 How I Made It to the UFC 01:14:20 My First Fight in America 01:16:04 Winning the UFC Heavyweight Title 01:21:10 The Conversation with Dana White 01:24:31 How the Contract Took My Freedom 01:27:44 The UFC Contract and Its Clauses 01:29:40 Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou 01:32:41 My Future Goals in Fighting 01:34:53 Ads 01:35:51 The Truth Behind the Anthony Joshua vs. Francis Ngannou Fight 01:43:17 Coping with the Death of My Baby Son 01:47:29 Going Through Grief 01:52:37 Returning to Cameroon 01:59:05 The Last Guest Question Follow Francis:  Instagram - https://g2ul0.app.link/1NxVsZgZPLb  Twitter - https://g2ul0.app.link/LLWRzrkZPLb  Watch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/DOACEpisodes  My new book! 'The 33 Laws Of Business & Life' is out now - https://g2ul0.app.link/DOACBook  You can purchase the The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards: Second Edition, here: https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb  Follow me: https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsor: ZOE - http://joinzoe.com with an exclusive code CEO10 for 10% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

To celebrate Father's Day, Sophie Elgort will be taking over hosting duties to interview her father, legendary fashion photographer Arthur Elgort.Sophie, a well know photographer in her own right who also is a producer for an upcoming PBS special, chats with her father about his tremendous career spanning over 50 years. Arthur, now 84 years old and a lifelong New Yorker, describes discovering his talent as a photographer, how a reshoot of an unlikely character changed the trajectory of his career, working with some of the biggest names in the fashion world including Grace Coddington, discovering top models such as Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford, his favorite subjects to photograph outside of fashion, his most memorable photoshoots, living in the Hamptons and more.So please enjoy this memorable episode with Sophie and her father Arthur Elgort Made in the Hamptons podcast celebrates dynamic leaders and tastemakers, their stories, and how The Hamptons has played an important role in all of it.Host: Jill Laurence Production: @madeinthehamptonsmediaWebsite: madeinthehamptonsmedia.com

This episodes extra special guest is known as the Hamptons Baker-in-Chief, the co-founder of her namesake bakery, Carissa Waechter. We chatted about how an unfortunate accident landed her out east, her early work in the culinary industry, starting a business one sourdough at a time eventually becoming Carissa's bakery that now boasts three locations, her favorite local haunts and the bakery's bestselling item. She shares the various pivots the business took to build a brand, while always staying rooted in her support for local farms, producers and their ingredients which are used in every recipe devoured by local patrons year round. It's a delightful conversation about turning unexpected circumstances into an opportunity to find a passion in both work and the local community. carissasthebakery.comOn Instagram: @carissasthebakery Made in the Hamptons podcast celebrates dynamic leaders and tastemakers, their stories, and how The Hamptons has played an important role in all of it.Host: Jill Laurence Production: @madeinthehamptonsmediaWebsite: madeinthehamptonsmedia.com

When she was nine years old, Xiomara Torres fled the civil war in her home country of El Salvador and came to the U.S. As a child, she adjusted to her new life in East Los Angeles before she was removed from her family and put into foster care—where she spent six years of her life moving from home to home. Now, she's the subject of a local play in Oregon titled, "Judge Torres." In this edition of “How I Made It,” Judge Torres shares how she overcame the hurdles of the foster system and made her way to the Oregon Circuit Court.This episode originally aired in 2019.

How I Made It is back for a 4th season and this time we're giving you can chance to ask a Rich Lister a question yourself.  Are you building a company and want to scale up, do you want advice on funding your growth or have you just got an idea and you want to know what to do next, well here is your opportunity. Send a question to howimadeit@afr.com and we'll get a Rich Lister to help you.  Episodes drop fortnightly starting with our first episode on April 22. This podcast is sponsored by Commbank.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Buscabulla is a Puerto Rican indie duo formed by wife and husband Raquel Berrios and Luis Alfredo del Valle. Around 2018, Buscabulla was one of the most beloved Latinx bands in New York City. Raquel and Luis had just released their second EP and confirmed a performance in that year's Coachella music festival. Around this time of success, Raquel and Luis decided to move back to Puerto Rico. It was a significant life change, but one they were certain they wanted to make... as artists, and as new parents. In this segment of our "How I Made It" series, Raquel and Luis join us from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, and they tell us about their debut album "Regresa." This episode originally aired in October 2020.

Las Cafeteras is a band out of East LA that met while doing community organizing. They began playing at the Eastside Cafe, where they discovered Son Jarocho, traditional Afro-Mexican music from Veracruz. They quickly began to adapt the music to their realities fusing it with hip hop, rock, ska, and spoken word. They are known for their politically charged lyrics, speaking out against injustices within the immigrant community and their experiences as Chicanos in East LA. On today's How I Made It, we sat down with members of the group to discuss how they got started, and their work to tell and preserve brown stories. This episode originally aired in November 2020.

By day, Héctor Rodríguez III is a school teacher; by night, he's creating the world of “El Peso Hero”, a comic book superhero based on the border that is celebrating its 10th anniversary. In this episode of our "How I Made It" series, Héctor talks about growing up loving superheroes, but not feeling represented by them. Something he'd eventually deal with by building his own comic world centered on the border. This episode originally aired in July of 2021.

Chilean-American singer-songwriter Francisca Valenzuela has always forged her own path in music. Born and raised in California, Francisca began her career after moving to Chile with her family. Even when major labels and venues wouldn't open their doors for her, Francisca recorded and performed on her own terms until she became one of Chile's biggest stars. Francisca went on to release four studio albums, start her own music label, and create Ruidosa, a Latinx feminist collective for women and non-binary voices in music. In this episode of our "How I Made It" series, Francisca Valenzuela revisits her early days as a young woman building a music career in Latin America, and takes us down the road that led to her latest album, La Fortaleza. This episode originally aired in July of 2021.

In this week's episode How I Made It podcast, Icon Group founder Cathie Reid chats to Julie-anne Sprague about wanting to be a typist. Instead she became a pharmacist before spotting a gap in the market and becoming an entrepreneur alongside husband Stuart Giles. This podcast is sponsored by Superloop.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on How I Made It, Julie-anne Sprague chats to Young Rich Lister Kevin Gosschalk, the co-founder Arkose Labs on the challenges of going head to head with Google in offering companies solutions to thwart cyber criminals. This podcast is sponsored by Superloop.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What will the music of Texas' Rio Grande Valley sound like 100 years from now? That's the premise at the heart of Futuro Conjunto, a multimedia sci-fi project by artists Charlie Vela and Jonathan Leal. Futuro Conjunto is an expansive work of speculative fiction, but it also revolves around urgent issues of our present, such as climate change, technology, war, and class disparity. The multimedia project also draws from the Rio Grande Valley's history and musical traditions, and Vela and Leal collaborated with more than 30 local artists to make this project happen. Futuro Conjunto is, first and foremost, a musical album. But it's complemented by animated clips, an interactive website, and a detailed history that imagines the events that came to pass between today and several generations into the future. In this “How I Made It” segment, Vela and Leal explain the inspiration behind Futuro Conjunto and break down how they captured the sounds of the Rio Grande Valley's future. This episode originally aired in February of 2021.

When Austin's cumbia-funk institution Grupo Fantasma went to record their seventh album at a studio in Tornillo, Texas, they had no idea that right next door was a tent city for detained immigrant youth operated by ICE. When they found out, they decided they had to do something. So they teamed up with fellow legends Ozomatli and Locos Por Juana to create a sinister funk tune with a message about the walls that divide us. On this edition of How I Made It, members of Grupo Fantasma break down the creative process behind their new song "The Wall."

Omar Apollo, a rising star in the indie R&B scene, began making music on his own by teaching himself chords from YouTube videos and honing his sound in an attic in a small town in Indiana. His first breakthrough came on Spotify in 2017, with the song “Ugotme.” Four years later, Omar has amassed more than 100 million streams on the platform and has toured internationally. In this “How I Made It” segment, Omar Apollo takes us back to the days of making music on borrowed equipment, and shares how he explored everything from funk music to corridos to make his debut album, “Apolonio.” This episode originally aired in February of 2021.

How I Made It is back for a third season. From the Australian Financial Review, How I Made It takes you inside the world of the country's top entrepreneurs. They'll share insights on what makes them tick, their business advice and how they overcame the odds to grace one of the AFR's Rich Lists.  If you want to know how business empires are made, join host Julie-anne Sprague on Monday September 11 and follow How I Made It. Episodes are released fortnightly.  Subscribe to the Australian Financial Review here. This podcast is sponsored by https://www.superloop.com/business/internet  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the late 90's, Rodrigo Sánchez and Gabriela Quintero embarked on a one-way trip to Dublin, Ireland. While they were originally heavy metal musicians back home in Mexico, they traded their electric guitars for acoustic ones and became street performers in Ireland to sustain themselves. Eventually, they started getting more recognition. In 2006, they put out their first album, which debuted at number one on the Irish Albums Chart. Their latest album "Mettavolution" has earned them their first Grammy. In this “How I Made It,” Rodrigo and Gabriela take us back to the origins of their band and tell us what keeps them going after more than 20 years. This episode originally aired in 2019.

The musical genres most people associate with the Dominican Republic are merengue and bachata. Yet, there's another set of rhythms that are essential to the spirit of the country, and that's Afro-Dominican roots music. That's where the band Yasser Tejeda & Palotré come in. They blend some of the country's black roots rhythms like palo, salve and sarandunga, with jazz and rock to bring a new spin to local sounds—and to reimagine what it means to be Dominican. In this segment of "How I Made It," the band's frontman Yasser Tejeda walks us through the inspiration behind their latest album "Kijombo," and the making of the single "Amor Arrayano," which is all about love across the Dominican-Haitian border. This episode originally aired in 2020.

For over 25 years, Uruguayan band No Te Va Gustar has been filling concert venues across Latin America. With their mix of pop, rock, reggae, ska, and other styles, the band has evolved over the years from its original three-member composition to its current nine members. Their album, "Otras Canciones," commemorates their 25th anniversary by featuring some of their most popular songs, performed in front of a live audience and featuring collaborations with legendary guests like Julieta Venegas, Draco Rosa, Jorge Drexler, and Flor De Toloache. For this edition of our segment, "How I Made It," we hear from three members of No Te Va Gustar: Diego Bartaburu, Martín Gil, and Francisco Nasser. The episode originally aired in 2019.

From Monday, March 20 on the How I Made It podcast, you'll hear stories from women who've faced down enormous challenges to take a simple idea and build a business. They're changing the face of Australian business and paving the way for a new generation of female leaders. We'll uncover the daily hacks they use to get ahead and they'll share some unique challenges that, rightly or wrongly, get thrown at them simply because they're women. Listen to Female Founders fortnightly on the How I Made It feed, as we reveal how these entrepreneurs got their businesses off the ground and the sacrifices made in the relentless pursuit of success.   Brought to you by The Australian Financial Review in partnership with Charter Hall. Follow us wherever you get your podcast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From Monday, March 20 on the How I Made It podcast, you'll hear stories from women who've faced down enormous challenges to take a simple idea and build a business. Some would go global.   They're changing the face of Australian business and paving the way for a new generation of female leaders. We'll uncover the daily hacks they use to get ahead and they'll share some unique challenges that, rightly or wrongly, get thrown at them simply because they're women. Listen to Female Founders fortnightly on the How I Made It feed, as we reveal how these entrepreneurs got their businesses off the ground and the sacrifices made in the relentless pursuit of success.   Brought to you by The Australian Financial Review. Follow us wherever you get your podcast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From Monday, March 20 on the How I Made It podcast, you'll hear stories from women who've faced down enormous challenges to take a simple idea and build a business. Some would go global.   They're changing the face of Australian business and paving the way for a new generation of female leaders. We'll uncover the daily hacks they use to get ahead and they'll share some unique challenges that, rightly or wrongly, get thrown at them simply because they're women. Listen to Female Founders fortnightly on the How I Made It feed, as we reveal how these entrepreneurs got their businesses off the ground and the sacrifices made in the relentless pursuit of success.   Brought to you by The Australian Financial Review. Follow us wherever you get your podcast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For Ayodele Casel tap dancing is magic. As a young high school student, she dreamed of one day dancing like Ginger Rogers as she recreated Ginger's moves in her bedroom But it wasn't until Ayodele Casel was a sophomore at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts that she took her first tap dancing class. That was her entry point into the art form which would eventually lead to a more than 20-year career as a professional tap dancer. As a Black and Puerto Rican woman, Ayodele Casel didn't see herself reflected in the mainstream image of tap dancers because the form has been largely whitewashed through systematic racism. For that reason, she works tirelessly to remind her audiences that tap is deeply rooted in Black art and culture. In this episode of “How I Made It,” Ayodele takes us through her tap journey and reclaims tap dancing as a Black art form. This episode originally aired in November of 2021.

Starting March 20, you'll hear stories from women who've faced down enormous challenges to take a simple idea and build a business. Some would go global.   They're changing the face of Australian business and paving the way for a new generation of female leaders. We'll uncover the daily hacks they use to get ahead and they'll share some unique challenges that, rightly or wrongly, get thrown at them simply because they're women. Join us fortnightly here on the How I Made It feed, as we reveal how these entrepreneurs got their businesses off the ground and the sacrifices made in the relentless pursuit of success.   Brought to you by The Australian Financial Review. Follow us wherever you get your podcast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Harry Styles, Richard Branson, Lady Gaga, and the co-founder of Twitter, these celebrities are all people who have an ice bath each day. Julie-Anne Sprague explained to Steve Mills on Millsy at Midday that she found this common trait among rich listers through her podcast How I Made It.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aaron Hornlimann bred guinea pigs to earn a buck as a kid. By his early 20s he was developing a text messaging system for Jetstar and now, at 35, the Young Rich Lister worth an estimated $34 million, is growing Elenium, a company making things easier for people to get in and out of airports. Background reading: ‘Sure, of course I can': From uni dropout to young rich list Aaron Hornlimann, 35, is behind a company whose technology makes it easier for people to get in and out of airports. How I Made It website here. Email us at howimadeit@afr.com For more stories about success, subscribe to The Australian Financial Review here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Simon Beard and his wife Tah-nee started Culture Kings as a market stall at the Carrara Markets on the Gold Coast. Last year they cut a deal to sell their company for more than $600 million. Here's how they did it. Background reading: From tight-arse teenager to the Rich List As a kid, Simon Beard saved every cent given to him, stashing it in a drawer. By the time he finished high school, he had a kitty of $4000 and made a bold move: he bet the lot on buying hands-free phone devices from someone he didn't know in China. He turned up at Gold Coast's Carrara Markets hoping to turn a profit. “My first day I was just a stuttering mess,” the founder of Culture Kings says. Want to be a Rich Lister? Get up at 4am, take an ice bath, meditate Simon Beard says being an entrepreneur is like trying to make it to the NBA. His days are literally planned to the minute.  How I Made It website here. Email us at howimadeit@afr.com For more stories about success, subscribe to The Australian Financial Review here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At 25, Robbie Ferguson is the youngest person to make the list since it began in 1983. He and his brother James have a combined wealth of $1billion thanks to the success of their crypto business Immutable.  Background reading: The Rich Lister tipping a crypto rebound Australia's youngest Rich Lister used to frustrate his parents by devoting a lot of time to video games. Now he co-owns a company worth $3.5 billion. Rich list tips: don't study law (unless you really want to) Budding founders should hire slowly, don't study law, don't get caught in the hype, and read. How I Made It website here. Email us at howimadeit@afr.com For more stories about success, subscribe to The Australian Financial Review here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Tudehope quit working for CBA at 25 to start a company with big ambitions. Macquarie Telecom would take on Telstra. It's been so successful he's found his way onto the Financial Review Rich List. Tudehope shares his secrets for success, which includes something they've developed called the Noah's Ark. Background reading: The key to the group's 28-year-success in the fast-changing tech industry is an in-house process they invented to evaluate emerging trends. One of Tudehope's favourite quotes is from former US president Calvin Coolidge. It's about persistence, and for about a decade, he kept that quote in his wallet. Here's what else he learnt along the way.  How I Made It website here. Email us at howimadeit@afr.com For more stories about success, subscribe to The Australian Financial Review here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Grant Petty was growing up in Shepparton in Victoria's Goulburn Valley, his family didn't have much money so he took to 'rorting' the system to fund his early education in electronics. Petty went on to start Blackmagic Design, a company that designs cameras and editing systems for the entertainment industry that turned over ¾ of a billion dollars in 2021. How I Made It website here. Email us at howimadeit@afr.com Background reading Grant Petty doesn't play by traditional business rules: He mocks human resources departments who love to use psychometric testing. His accountants pull their hair out because he insists on paying more tax than he should. And, people probably thought that he was “pyscho” in the early days of building Blackmagic Design, a video equipment and software company that's become so successful it made him a billionaire this year. 14 lessons for success: Founders need to “stop caring about how you look or what people think of you and focus”. Also, “be a little crazy”.  For more stories about success, subscribe to The Australian Financial Review here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australian Financial Review's Julie-anne Sprague takes you inside the world of the country's top entrepreneurs. They'll share insights on what makes them tick, their business advice and how they overcame the odds to grace one of the AFR's Rich Lists. If you want to know how business empires are made, listen to How I Made It. Season two premieres Monday July 18.  Subscribe to the Australian Financial Review here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Customer-first objectives (https://meclabs.com/course/lessons/customer-first-objectives/). You may think of these three words when you hear our latest guest describe his role in the creation of the first internet banner ad (which had a clickthrough rate of … wait for it… 44%!). He described the objective behind the ad this way – create a form of advertising that is at once a gift to the consumer, and a doorway to a universe of possibility.That was one of the lessons from the stories our guest shared with host Daniel Burstein in Episode #10 of the How I Made It in Marketing podcast. Listen now to hear Joe McCambley, Chief Marketing Officer, Saatva (https://www.saatva.com/), share lesson-filled stories from his work with AT&T, Sports Illustrated, Boston Edison, Saatva, and many more brands.Lessons from this episodeOne of the most important lessons he learned as a creative person came as a result of things he DID NOT makeThere is someone to delight at the other end of every adCreate a form of advertising that is at once a gift to the consumer, and a doorway to a universe of possibilityIf you always keep your promises, you will be the kind of person people want to do business withFocus makes an ad great If you want to create and innovate, you should surround yourself with creative and innovative people Related content mentioned in this episodeMECLABS Institute Research Library (https://meclabs.com/research)Marketing 101: What is baking in? (https://sherpablog.marketingsherpa.com/marketing/marketing-101-what-is-baking-in/)Marketing 101: What are microsites? (plus 3 successful microsite examples and 2 missteps) (https://sherpablog.marketingsherpa.com/marketing/marketing-101-what-are-microsites/)Content Marketing and SEO: The world doesn't need another blog post (https://sherpablog.marketingsherpa.com/search-marketing/customer-focused-content-marketing/)Informed Dissent: The best marketing campaigns come from the best ideas (https://sherpablog.marketingsherpa.com/online-marketing/marketing-dissent-campaigns/)About this podcastThis podcast is not about marketing – it is about the marketer. It draws its inspiration from the Flint McGlaughlin quote, “The key to transformative marketing is a transformed marketer” from the Become a Marketer-Philosopher: Create and optimize high-converting webpages free digital marketing course (https://meclabs.com/course/).Get more episodesTo receive future episodes of how I Made It In Marketing, sign up to the MarketingSherpa email newsletter at https://marketingsherpa.com/newsletters

Empathy is not just the human choice, it's the right choice for business. The power that your own stories have to connect more effectively with others.These are a few of the lessons from the stories Nasya Kamrat, CEO and co-founder, FACULTY (https://www.wearefaculty.com/), shared with Daniel Burstein in Episode #8 of the How I Made It in Marketing podcast.Stories (with lessons) about what she made in marketingSome lessons from Kamrat that emerged in our discussion:Know when to ask for helpWhile in the maternity ward, Kamrat led a big pitch via video conference. In the middle of the meeting, the woman in the room next to her went into labor – alarms blaring, hospital machines beeping, people shouting and lights flashing. Of course, she couldn't mute fast enough. Everyone on the call stopped and looked at her. She responded, “oh, you know, the sounds of Brooklyn.” They all nodded like that was a totally acceptable answer and went on with the meeting.  Empathy is not just the human choice, it's the right choice for business.In the early days of Covid, Kamrat had a Zoom call with a prospective client. She went into pitch mode instead of having empathy. Her agency did not get a second call.Supporting other underrepresented founders, lifting as we climbWhen she started her business 12 years ago, Kamrat and her founding partner had to make a decision – were they going to get certified as a woman-owned or a minority-owned agency? Much to their surprise, they couldn't be both. Stories (with lessons) about the people she made that marketing withKamrat also shared lessons she learned from the people she collaborated with in her career:Bill Prince, SVP of Entertainment, Holland America Line: An example of how to be authenticThe cruise line is a current and long-standing client of Kamrat's agency. Early on, Prince would get incredibly annoyed with her. She'd come up with a fancy deck in her fancy clothes and spout all the expected marketing speak. And he'd immediately tune out. The minute she started talking to him as a real person and not a client, they not only became friends but also very effective partners.Aaron Wolfe, Chief Creative Officer, Faculty: The power that your own stories have to connect more effectively with othersHearing her co-worker's story of moving out of New York City inspired Kumrat to move her family out of the city as well.Lori Spielberger Klein, Consultant, LSK Creative Connect: How to embrace empathy and humor in leadershipKamrat worked with Klein at Havas Health, when Klein was an EVP and the Director of Creative Strategy. Klein created an environment that made the creative work fun, exemplified by a New Yorker cartoon she had on her door of a bunch of brain surgeons with the caption, “hey, at least it's not advertising.”A free tool mentioned in this episode:Customer Theory: How to leverage empathy in your marketing (with free tool) (https://marketingexperiments.com/conversion-marketing/customer-theory-leverage-empathy-free-tool)Get more episodesTo receive future episodes of How I Made It In Marketing, sign up to the MarketingSherpa email newsletter at https://marketingsherpa.com/newslettersAboutThis podcast is not about marketing – it is about the marketer. It draws its inspiration from the Flint McGlaughlin quote, “The key to transformative marketing is a transformed marketer” from the Become a Marketer-Philosopher free digital marketing course –  https://meclabs.com/course/

Don't give clients whatever they ask for. The most fatal blind spot lies in audience knowledge.These are a few of the lessons from the stories Liz Harr, Partner, Hinge (https://hingemarketing.com/), shared with Daniel Burstein in Episode #6 of the How I Made It in Marketing podcast.Some lessons from Harr that emerged in our discussion:Don't give clients whatever they ask for: When a tech client wanted to name its conference CapCon, Harr's team did some competitive research and discovered that it was the name of an annual convention for age players – also known as adults who dress up like toddlers and tykes.The most fatal blind spot lies in audience knowledge: Harr worked with a client whose website messaging centered on the fact that everyone on the team came from a Big Four accounting firm. While the messaging was designed to reassure prospects, Harr's team interviewed executives from deals the firm lost and discovered this messaging communicated something else…A-team rates for basic administrative tasks.  Keep friends close and your enemies closer…because enemies can make great partners: When Harr owned a VAR (value added reseller), collaborating with and ultimately merging with a competitor ended up saving both companies during the financial collapse of 2008…and it all began by networking with one of their biggest competitors.Harr also shared lessons she learned from the people she collaborated with in her career: Junya Sugimoto of the Ministry of Education at Yao Shi Precinct in Osaka taught her to just be. Her first job right out of college was at the Japanese Ministry of Education. One day her boss sat her down for a heart-to-heart talk about how to make a bigger impact by bringing more of her real self to work – the part of her that enjoyed listening to people, making connections with them, and working as part of a team with the same goals. Shams Zaman, CFO, Technologist taught her the power that your own stories have to connect more effectively with others: Harr was asked to help run a side business, a car dealership. It didn't work out, and she was fired. Her boss (Zaman) told her, “Sometimes, the worst moments in life are the launch pads for getting us to where we're really meant to be.” She has used this story and moment of vulnerability to connect with people reporting to her throughout her career. Lee Frederiksen, Managing Partner, Hinge taught her that our peers play a key role in our development as leaders and experts in our field: Frederiksen coached and advised her through business and personal crises when she ran a startup, and Harr went on to work with him at Hinge.Articles (and a keynote video) mentioned in this episode:The Marketer's Blind Spot: 3 ways to overcome the marketer's greatest obstacle to effective messaging (https://meclabs.com/research/lecture/marketing-blindspots-flint-mcglaughlin)Customer-First Marketing: A conversation with Wharton, MarketingSherpa, and MECLABS Institute (https://sherpablog.marketingsherpa.com/consumer-marketing/wharton-interview-customer-first-marketing/)Why You Should Thank Your Competitors (https://sherpablog.marketingsherpa.com/marketing/why-thank-your-competitors/)To receive future episodes of how I Made It In Marketing, sign up to the MarketingSherpa email newsletter at https://marketingsherpa.com/newsletters

Veronique Medrano is a Tejano and Spanish Country singer from Brownsville, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley. Veronique finds inspiration as an artist from her experiences living on the border, her Mexican-American identity and her everyday life. On this How I Made It segment, Veronique walks us through the origins and diversity of Tejano music, being a woman in a male-dominated industry and the importance of archiving and preserving the genre for future generations.

Chicago is a breeding ground for diverse sounds: it is the birthplace of house music and has a thriving indie hip-hop scene. One of the city's up-and-coming artists is Kaina Castillo. Known simply as KAINA, the 23-year-old singer-songwriter blends genres like soul and rock, creating dreamy soundscapes. A Latina of Venezuelan and Guatemalan descent, she writes about struggling with her identity, all while uplifting her immigrant roots. In this "How I Made It" segment, KAINA tells us about what it was like growing up with a small family, making a name for herself in Chicago's vibrant music scene and the inspiration behind her music. This podcast originally aired on October 8, 2019.

The musical genres most people associate with the Dominican Republic are merengue and bachata. Yet, there's another set of rhythms that are essential to the spirit of the country, and that's Afro-Dominican roots music. That's where the band Yasser Tejeda & Palotré come in. They blend some of the country's black roots rhythms like palo, salve and sarandunga, with jazz and rock to bring a new spin to local sounds—and to reimagine what it means to be Dominican. In this segment of "How I Made It," the band's frontman Yasser Tejeda walks us through the inspiration behind their latest album "Kijombo," and the making of the single "Amor Arrayano," which is all about love across the Dominican-Haitian border. This podcast episode originally aired on February 25, 2020

When vocalist, composer and multi-media performance artist Stefa Marin Alarcon — also known as STEFA — takes the stage, it feels like walking through a portal into somewhere that is both past and future. Born and raised in Queens, NY to Colombian immigrant parents, STEFA's music explores themes such as reconnecting with their ancestors and falling in love under capitalism. On this How I Made It segment, Stefa talks about their journey as a multifaceted artist creating their own origin stories as a non-binary, indigenous person trying to find home in their body.

Las Cafeteras are a band out of East LA that met while doing community organizing. They began playing at the Eastside Cafe, where they discovered Son Jarocho, traditional Afro-Mexican music from Veracruz. They quickly began to adapt the music to their realities fusing it with hip hop, rock, ska, and spoken word. They are known for their politically charged lyrics, speaking out against injustices within the immigrant community and their experiences as Chicanos in East LA. For this “How I Made It” segment, we sat down with members of the group to discuss how they got started, and their work to tell and preserve brown stories. This story originally aired on November 10, 2020.

Before winning not one or two, but 15 Emmy's for television writing, and before she became one of the first Latinas on television when she took on the role of “Maria” on Sesame Street in 1971, Sonia Manzano was a curious and imaginative little girl growing up in the South Bronx, a working class neighborhood in New York City. On this “How I Made It” segment, Sonia talks about discovering her love for television writing, and her new animated show: “Alma's Way.”

Wes Maas, 41, was doing “okay” playing in the NRL for the South Sydney Rabbitohs but knew he was never going to be in the top 20 per cent. So the “workaholic” from Dubbo went home and bought a bobcat for $14,000 and borrowed $25,000 to buy a tip truck. His company employs over 600 people, listed on the ASX last year, and Wes is now knocking on the door of the nation’s billionaires club. He adopts his business philosophy from sport: work hard, build a great team and play to win. He talks about why Dubbo is the most connected place in Australia and why every team needs a “mozzie”. How I Made It website here. For more stories about success, subscribe to The Australian Financial Review here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Australian Financial Review presents How I Made It, stories of building wealth from the ground up and business advice from members of the Financial Review Rich Lists. How I Made It website here. Subscribe to the Australian Financial Review here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For Ayodele Casel, tap dancing is magic. As a young high school student, she dreamed of one day dancing like Ginger Rogers as she recreated Ginger's moves in her bedroom–but it wasn't until Casel was a sophomore at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts that she took her first tap dancing class. That was her entry point into the art form which would eventually lead to a more than 20-year career as a professional tap dancer. As a Black and Puerto Rican woman, Casel didn't see herself reflected in the mainstream image of tap dancers because the form has been largely whitewashed through systematic racism. For that reason, she works tirelessly to remind her audiences that tap is deeply rooted in Black art and culture. In this “How I Made It” segment, Casel takes us through her tap journey and reclaims tap dancing as a Black art form.

Graham Turner, 72, grew up on an apple farm in Queensland and attended a one-teacher primary school where he had to make up numbers on the netball team. He’s a trained vet who went from driving double decker tour buses around Europe to starting Flight Centre with a couple of mates. It’s now one of the world’s biggest travel agencies with operations in 24 countries. Flight Centre put Turner on the Rich List for 20 years until the pandemic knocked the share price from $61 to $9. Turner says it’ll take the company 3 to 5 years to recover and while he has no plans to retire, he is looking forward to an overseas holiday. How I Made It website here. Background reading: ‘Cash is everything’: Skroo’s 8 lessons for life; How Graham Turner built Flight Centre and survived COVID-19 For more stories about success, subscribe to The Australian Financial Review here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Australian Financial Review started tracking Australia’s 200 richest people in 1983. Back then, they were worth a combined $4.7 billion. Fast forward to this year and the total value of Australia’s 200 richest people sits at $479.6 billion. In this bonus episode of How I Made It, host Julie-anne Sprague is joined by Rich List co-editor Michael Bailey and Chanticleer columnist James Thomson to dissect how they find candidates for the list, how the nature of wealth has changed over the last 38 years, and what investors can learn from the way fortunes are being made today. How I Made It website here. Background reading: Meet this year’s 26 new Young Rich Listers For more stories about success, subscribe to The Australian Financial Review here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tony Walls, 57, is a Wollongong boy who went straight to work from Port Kembla High School, attended university at night and spent all his spare time programming computers. He started his own business right before the early ‘90’s recession from a bedroom in his parent’s house. Objective Corp now employs over 400 people and Tony is one of Australia’s newest tech billionaires. Walls, a reluctant member of the Rich List, says leaders have to be careful not to believe their “own BS too much”; talks about why he races a McLaren 650s GT3 on weekends, and hasn’t sold a single share in his company in 20 years. How I Made It website here. Background reading: How the nation's newest billionaire built a software giant; Rich Lister Tony Walls has nine tips for success in business and life For more stories about success, subscribe to The Australian Financial Review here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jane Lu, 35, started fashion retailer Showpo in 2010 after scoring her dream job at a big consulting firm and realising she would "never be a good accountant". Showpo now sells 6000 styles, employs over 100 people and Jane - who has been on the Financial Review's Young Rich list since 2017 - is worth around $50 million. Lu talks about starting school in Australia without speaking any English; how failing in business can be the "best education"; and why you can achieve a lot more in life if you believe you're just "not that special". How I Made It website here. Background reading: Quitting EY made this ex-accountant a $50m fortune; Jane Lu's 7 tips for success. For more stories about success, subscribe to The Australian Financial Review here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jack Cowin, 79, is the fast food billionaire who brought KFC and Hungry Jacks to Australia and then turned $400,000 into more than $2.6 billion by investing in a pizza business called Domino's. But he also had a failed career as a professional athlete, studied psychology and sold trees door-to-door while at university. He talks about how his first KFC store almost never happened because of a football rivalry, his battle with Burger King, and why, as Australia’s self-confessed biggest burger eater, he’s now investing millions of dollars in plant-based meat. How I Made It website here. Background reading: How Jack beat Burger King and his 13 rules for life. For more stories about success, subscribe to The Australian Financial Review here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stories of building wealth from the ground up and business advice from members of the Australian Financial Review Rich List. How I Made It premieres October 10th 2021. Subscribe to the Australian Financial Review here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It was only a few years ago that Erik Rodriguez was attending medical school in his native Cuba, following his family of careerists' footsteps. But when he heard James Brown's "I Feel Good," he realized that he was meant for a different path. In this 2020 segment of “How I Made It,” Erik takes us through his transformation into Afro-Cuban artist Cimafunk (a Billboard “Top 10 Latin Artists to Watch”) and explains how someone who had never studied music before found the confidence to listen to himself and be listened to by others. This episode was first broadcast on December 20, 2020.

Ada Limón spent almost her whole life dreaming about poetry. Today, she has five successful poetry titles under her belt, including “Bright Dead Things,” a National Book Award finalist, and her most recent book, “The Carrying,” which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry. Ada's debut poetry collection, “Lucky Wreck,” was published in 2006. In honor of its 15th anniversary, the collection was re-released in spring 2021. “Lucky Wreck” explores themes of life and death, along with bicoastal living in California and New York City. In this episode of our "How I Made It" series, Ada Limón tells her story of a young woman falling in love with poetry and reflects on the making of “Lucky Wreck” 15 years later.

By day, Héctor Rodríguez III is a school teacher; by night, he's creating the world of “El Peso Hero”, a comic book superhero based on the border that is celebrating its 10th anniversary. In this episode of our "How I Made It" series, Héctor talks about growing up loving superheroes, but not feeling represented by them. Something he'd eventually deal with by building his own comic world centered on the border.

Chilean-American singer-songwriter Francisca Valenzuela has always forged her own path in music. Born and raised in California, Francisca began her career after moving to Chile with her family. Even when major labels and venues wouldn't open their doors for her, Francisca recorded and performed on her own terms until she became one of Chile's biggest stars. Francisca went on to release four studio albums, start her own music label, and create Ruidosa, a Latinx feminist collective for women and non-binary voices in music. In this episode of our "How I Made It" series, Francisca Valenzuela revisits her early days as a young woman building a music career in Latin America, and takes us down the road that led to her latest album, La Fortaleza.

In this segment of our “How I Made It” series, Charlie Uruchima shares his journey with his ancestral language and tells us how he created "Kichwa Hatari," the first Kichwa-language radio station in the U.S. From a bedroom-turned-radio studio, to building an entire community of radio hosts and language activists, Charlie tells us how he discovered the power of radio to build solidarity that defies borders.

After a historic clash between Ecuadorians and their national government in 2019, one photo of an Andean woman mid-protest became an iconic symbol of resistance around the world. The image was taken by a member of Fluxus Foto, a collective of Ecuadorian photojournalists. Their mission is to document indigenous peoples' long-lasting struggles to have their rights guaranteed, and the collective has only continued to grow over the past few years. The 12 photographers in Fluxus have risked their lives to capture political demonstrations and social movements. More recently, they've immersed themselves in local indigenous communities to document their lives amid a global pandemic. In this episode of our “How I Made It” series, Fluxus members take us behind the scenes of photographing the fight for social justice throughout the region.

Artist and singer Kali Uchis is known for genre-defying music inspired by the wide range of songs she loved as a child, from doo-wop and soul to latin pop and reggaetón. In this How I Made It segment, Kali Uchis talks about growing up between Colombia and Virginia, how she broke into the music industry, and why, after years of singing primarily in English, she decided to drop a Spanish-language Latin album in late 2020.

For over 25 years, Uruguayan band No Te Va Gustar has been filling concert venues across Latin America. With their mix of pop, rock, reggae, ska, and other styles, the band has evolved over the years from its original three-member composition to its current nine members. Their most recent album, "Otras Canciones," commemorates their 25th anniversary by featuring some of their most popular songs, performed in front of a live audience and featuring collaborations with legendary guests like Julieta Venegas, Draco Rosa, Jorge Drexler, and Flor De Toloache. For this edition of our segment, "How I Made It," we hear from three members of No Te Va Gustar: Diego Bartaburu, Martín Gil, and Francisco Nasser.

In the late 90's, Rodrigo Sánchez and Gabriela Quintero embarked on a one-way trip to Dublin, Ireland. While they were originally heavy metal musicians back home in Mexico, they traded their electric guitars for acoustic ones and became street performers in Ireland to sustain themselves. Eventually, they started getting more recognition. In 2006, they put out their first album, which debuted at number one on the Irish Albums Chart. Their latest album "Mettavolution" has earned them their first Grammy. In this “How I Made It,” Rodrigo and Gabriela take us back to the origins of their band and tell us what keeps them going after more than 20 years. This story originally aired in December of 2019.

What will the music of Texas’ Rio Grande Valley sound like 100 years from now? That’s the premise at the heart of Futuro Conjunto, a multimedia sci-fi project by artists Charlie Vela and Jonathan Leal. Futuro Conjunto is an expansive work of speculative fiction, but it also revolves around urgent issues of our present, such as climate change, technology, war, and class disparity. The multimedia project also draws from the Rio Grande Valley’s history and musical traditions, and Vela and Leal collaborated with more than 30 local artists to make this project happen. Futuro Conjunto is, first and foremost, a musical album. But it’s complemented by animated clips, an interactive website, and a detailed history that imagines the events that came to pass between today and several generations into the future. In this “How I Made It” segment, Vela and Leal explain the inspiration behind Futuro Conjunto and break down how they captured the sounds of the Rio Grande Valley’s future.

Omar Apollo, a rising star in the indie R&B scene, began making music on his own by teaching himself chords from YouTube videos and honing his sound in an attic in a small town in Indiana. His first breakthrough came on Spotify in 2017, with the song “Ugotme.” Four years later, Omar has amassed more than 100 million streams on the platform and has toured internationally. In this “How I Made It” segment, Omar Apollo takes us back to the days of making music on borrowed equipment, and shares how he explored everything from funk music to corridos to make his debut album, “Apolonio.”

Jessie Reyez sings sad songs, but it's those songs along with her soulful voice and brutally honest lyrics that have garnered her fans around the world. In this "How I Made It" segment, Jessie Reyez talks about the role of music in her childhood, how she writes through her own emotional pain, and how even when her fans sing along to her saddest songs—she feels more connected to them than ever. This story originally aired in January of 2020.

It was only a few years ago that Erik Rodriguez was attending medical school in his native Cuba, following his family of careerists’ footsteps. But then, when he heard James Brown’s "I feel good," he realized that he was meant for a different path. In this segment of “How I Made It,” Erik takes us through his transformation into Afro-Cuban artist Cimafunk—a Billboard’s “Top 10 Latin Artists to Watch”—and explains how someone who had never studied music before found the confidence to listen to himself and be listened to by others.

Cecilia Peña-Govea who calls herself La Doña, grew up in the Mission District in San Francisco. She started playing music in her family's band at just seven years old. Now, she's blazing her own musical path and keeping the city she grew up in at the heart of her work. In her debut EP “Algo Nuevo” she touches on love, heartbreak, and rising rent. In this edition of our “How I Made It” series La Doña breaks down one of her new songs “Cuando Se Van” and talks about taking her fears and turning them into a powerful anthem for a gentrifying city.

When she was nine years-old, Xiomara Torres fled the civil war in her home country of El Salvador and came to the U.S. As a child she adjusted to her new life in East Los Angeles before she was removed from her family and put into foster care—where she spent six years of her life moving from home to home. Now, she's the subject of a local play in Oregon titled, "Judge Torres." In this edition of “How I Made It,” Judge Torres shares how she overcame the hurdles of the foster system and made her way to the Oregon Circuit Court. This story originally aired in March of 2019.

Las Cafeteras are a band out of East LA that met while doing community organizing. They began playing at the Eastside Cafe, where they discovered Son Jarocho, traditional Afro-Mexican music from Veracruz. They quickly began to adapt the music to their realities fusing it with hip hop, rock, ska, and spoken word. They are known for their politically charged lyrics, speaking out against injustices within the immigrant community and their experiences as chicanos in East LA. On today’s “How I Made It”, we sat down with members of the group to discuss how they got started, and their work to tell and preserve brown stories.

Buscabulla is a Puerto Rican indie duo formed by wife and husband Raquel Berrios and Luis Alfredo del Valle. Around 2018, Buscabulla was one of the most beloved Latinx bands in New York City. Raquel and Luis had just released their second EP and confirmed a performance in that year’s Coachella music festival. Around this time of success, Raquel and Luis decided to move back to Puerto Rico. It was a significant life change, but one they were certain they wanted to make... as artists, and as new parents. In this segment of our "How I Made It" series, Raquel and Luis join us from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, and they tell us about their debut album "Regresa."

Chicano Batman is out with their newest album "Invisible People," which celebrates diversity. The band from Southern California has been on an upward climb since forming in 2008, fusing a kind of vintage psychedelic rock with more traditional Latin American rhythms. With this album, the band explores something new as they play around with R&B, funky bass lines, and prog-rock. While the sound of Chicano Batman keeps evolving, their music has managed to stay true to what got them noticed in the first place. On this week's "How I Made It" segment, the band talks about their rise to the top, playing with beats, and how they were never pigeon-holed as a Latinx/alternative band.

Can you tell us how to get to Sesame Street? Rosita can! In this installment of our How I Made It series, we visit the friendliest block on television to speak with the first full-time bilingual muppet on Sesame Street: Rosita, la Monstrua de las Cuevas. The fuzzy, turquoise-colored 5-year-old first appeared on the show nearly 30 years ago with muppeteer Carmen Osbahr, who helped create the muppet's bright look and personality. Rosita and Carmen talk about their journeys moving from Mexico to Sesame Street and revisit their greatest adventures after nearly 30 years on the show.

For Alice Bag, punk is much more than just a genre, it is an attitude and a way to challenge the expectations and limitations placed on her due to her race, gender, or age. Alice Bag was the lead singer and co-founder of "The Bags," one of the first bands in LA's punk scene in the 1970's. In 2019 Alice performed at "Quinceañera Reimagined," a party that brought together women of color artists across disciplines to challenge the patriarchal history of the quinceañera tradition, and celebrate milestones of growth beyond age and beauty. In this episode of our How I Made It series, Alice Bag looks back at her own growth as an artist, reflecting on how she came to be the fearless musician and feminist she is today.

In this segment of our "How I Made It" series, Charlie Uruchima shares his journey with his ancestral language and tells us how he created "Kichwa Hatari," the first Kichwa-language radio station in the U.S. From a bedroom-turned-radio studio, to building an entire community of radio hosts and language activists, Charlie tells us how he discovered the power of radio to build solidarity that defies borders.

The musical genres most people associate with the Dominican Republic are merengue and bachata. Yet, there's another set of rhythms that are essential to the spirit of the country, and that's Afro-Dominican roots music. That's where the band Yasser Tejeda & Palotré come in. They blend some of the country's black roots rhythms like palo, salve and sarandunga, with jazz and rock to bring a new spin to local sounds—and to reimagine what it means to be Dominican. In this segment of "How I Made It," the band's frontman Yasser Tejeda walks us through the inspiration behind their latest album "Kijombo," and the making of the single "Amor Arrayano," which is all about love across the Dominican-Haitian border.

Jessie Reyez sings sad songs, but it's those songs along with her soulful voice and brutally honest lyrics that have garnered her fans around the world. Most recently, the Colombian-Canadian singer received her first Grammy nomination in the Best Urban Contemporary Album category for her EP, "Being Human in Public." In our latest "How I Made It" segment, Jessie Reyez talks about the role of music in her childhood, how she writes through her own emotional pain, and how even when her fans sing along to her saddest songs—she feels more connected to them than ever.

In the late 90's, Rodrigo Sánchez and Gabriela Quintero embarked on a one-way trip to Dublin, Ireland. While they were originally heavy metal musicians back home in Mexico, they traded their electric guitars for acoustic ones and became street performers in Ireland to sustain themselves. In 2006, they put out their first album. Their latest album "Mettavolution" has earned them their first Grammy nomination. In this "How I Made It," Rodrigo and Gabriela take us back to the origins of their band and tell us what keeps them going after more than 20 years.

We're back at The Hand & Flower Fuller's pub in Hammersmith to look back on 2018 with Mark Stretton and Mark Wingett.   We cover:   Football at Boxpark  Coca Cola buying Costa Amazon pulling out of the delivery market GBK “Ruby Murray” burger Burger King app campaign  Patisserie Valerie Wagamama sale Fight against plastic MARK STRETTON   Mark is a former journalist and industry editor.  He started his career on the Sunday Times business desk and used to write about leisure and hospitality, as well as pen the popular weekly column, My First Break (now known as How I Made It).  He joined the B2B press via The Publican as Managing Editor, before going on to become Group Editor of M&C Report (now MCA), Leisure Report and Hotel Report. Mark was at the helm of MCA for six years, building his love, connections with, and knowledge of all things food and drink. He then left MCA in 2011 to launch Fleet Street Comms, with three other people, to help companies in building their reputation and tell their stories.      Fleet Street Comms is a leading communications, content and creative agency with deep specialism in food, drink, leisure, hospitality, travel and retail. We work with a range of clients including Be At One, Benugo, Bord Bia, Carlsberg, Casual Dining Group, Diageo Reserve Brands, Ei Group, Expedia, Feed It Back, Fourth, Lamb Weston, New River Retail, Startle, Thai Leisure Group, Treasury Wine Estates and Wing Yip PLUS the UK's leading industry membership group, UKHospitality.   Our teams deliver positive, meaningful, effective change through communications, content and creative thinking. For the businesses and brands we work with, we focus on helping them to reach their key audiences, through awareness, relevancy and connections. We advise and support clients across consumer, B2B and corporate campaigns, devising and delivering clear, compelling and concise programmes, on digital platforms, in print, or face-to-face.   MARK WINGETT   Mark Wingett is an award-winning journalist and the former editor of the hospitality sector's leading business newswire MCA. He is currently an industry consultant, and will always be a member of the Green Army (Plymouth Argyle fan!) THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:   Mark Pitcher at https://www.SmashtheBox.me   Personal and Employee Inspiration, Motivation, Purpose Finding, Executive Coaching Be inspired every morning at 7.45am Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/SmashTheBoxMarkPitcher/ FOLLOW US: ⠀ Mark Stretton / Fleet Street Comms   https://twitter.com/markstretton https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-stretton-0b59a08/ http://www.fsc.uk.com/ https://twitter.com/fleetstreetcomm https://www.linkedin.com/company/fleet-street-communications/ Mark Wingett   https://twitter.com/Wingers76 https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-wingett-87223826/   Mark / WE ARE Spectacular⠀   https://twitter.com/spectacularmark https://twitter.com/spectacularchat   https://www.instagram.com/spectacularmark/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmcculloch/     Do you want to be on the next Spectacular Marketing Podcast? Email gabby@wearespectacular.com

We took some time out in one of the lovely beautiful bedrooms at The Hand & Flower Fuller's pub in Hammersmith to look back on 2018 with Mark Stretton and Mark Wingett.   We cover:   Openings and closings Future proofing Staff recruitment KFC chicken shortage Allergens MARK STRETTON   Mark is a former journalist and industry editor.  He started his career on the Sunday Times business desk and used to write about leisure and hospitality, as well as pen the popular weekly column, My First Break (now known as How I Made It).  He joined the B2B press via The Publican as Managing Editor, before going on to become Group Editor of M&C Report (now MCA), Leisure Report and Hotel Report. Mark was at the helm of MCA for six years, building his love, connections with, and knowledge of all things food and drink. He then left MCA in 2011 to launch Fleet Street Comms, with three other people, to help companies in building their reputation and tell their stories.      Fleet Street Comms is a leading communications, content and creative agency with deep specialism in food, drink, leisure, hospitality, travel and retail. We work with a range of clients including Be At One, Benugo, Bord Bia, Carlsberg, Casual Dining Group, Diageo Reserve Brands, Ei Group, Expedia, Feed It Back, Fourth, Lamb Weston, New River Retail, Startle, Thai Leisure Group, Treasury Wine Estates and Wing Yip PLUS the UK's leading industry membership group, UKHospitality.   Our teams deliver positive, meaningful, effective change through communications, content and creative thinking. For the businesses and brands we work with, we focus on helping them to reach their key audiences, through awareness, relevancy and connections. We advise and support clients across consumer, B2B and corporate campaigns, devising and delivering clear, compelling and concise programmes, on digital platforms, in print, or face-to-face.   MARK WINGETT   Mark Wingett is an award-winning journalist and the former editor of the hospitality sector's leading business newswire MCA. He is currently an industry consultant, and will always be a member of the Green Army (Plymouth Argyle fan!) THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:   Mark Pitcher at https://www.SmashtheBox.me   Personal and Employee Inspiration, Motivation, Purpose Finding, Executive Coaching Be inspired every morning at 7.45am Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/SmashTheBoxMarkPitcher/ FOLLOW US: ⠀ Mark Stretton / Fleet Street Comms   https://twitter.com/markstretton https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-stretton-0b59a08/ http://www.fsc.uk.com/ https://twitter.com/fleetstreetcomm https://www.linkedin.com/company/fleet-street-communications/ Mark Wingett   https://twitter.com/Wingers76 https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-wingett-87223826/   Mark / WE ARE Spectacular⠀   https://twitter.com/spectacularmark https://twitter.com/spectacularchat   https://www.instagram.com/spectacularmark/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmcculloch/     Do you want to be on the next Spectacular Marketing Podcast? Email gabby@wearespectacular.com  

In the fifth episode of Fresh Meet, we flip the script on the “How I Made It” interview genre. Instead of chatting with CEOs and founders with decades of experience, we have an illuminating chat with three Manifest colleagues on their fascinating journeys into PR. We hear from Liana Bignall, Senior Account Executive at Manifest London on the challenges of making the transition from Australia to London. Moll Levine, Campaign Manager at Manifest New York talks about the importance of finding one’s passion. Namuli Katumba, Account Manager at Manifest London recalls the epiphany that led her to switch careers and become an intern in her thirties. All three stories can serve as inspiration to young people interested in studying and entering the PR and comms industry, those in the early stages of their careers and those who are considering a career switch.

In this episode of "How I Made It" Jenifer Lewis shares valuable wisdom from her journey in life and career.

From creating the looks for the stars of Broadway stage play, Holler If Ya’ Hear Me to dressing the entire cast of Spike Lee’s 2015 movie, Chiraq, Marci Rodgers knows her way around a wardrobe. Now she’s responsible for bringing the characters of Spike’s new Netflix series, "She’s Gotta Have it", to life. She recently spoke with How I MADE It host, Jasmine Browley to share her journey from being a student at Howard University to head costume designer for some of the biggest productions in Hollywood.

As a speaker and nominee of the Los Angeles Business Journal events, I invite you to attend their annual  Women Making a Difference Symposium & Awards   Monday, May 4th from 7:00am – 1:30pm JW Marriott at L.A. LIVE, 900 West Olympic Blvd. LA 90015. The event will be broken down into two parts. From 7 – 11am they will host our Women Making a Difference Symposium that will feature a series of nine guest speakers. I am honored to be included as one of the nine speakers. Yeahhhhh! During this time you will have an opportunity to be inspired by local women executives sharing their expertise on Work / Life Balance, How I Made It, Leadership, Lessons Learned and World Impact. Then, from 11am – 1:30pm they will host the Women Making a Difference Awards luncheon, where they will be honoring and awarding the outstanding achievements in business by women throughout Los Angeles County. I consider this one of the most fun, rewarding and powerful networking events I have had the pleasure of attending. Space is limited so I encourage you to sign up today! For more INFO and to register  CLICK HERE or feel free to contact Breanne Kamai | Events Manager T: 323-549-5225 x 203 bkamai@socalbusinessjournals.com See you soon. Until then...Stay Empowered!  

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