Dear Reader, Last night I spent a memorable evening with a group of entrepreneurs in Chicago sharing their biggest challenges and victories from turning their passions into profitable businesses. Today I'll be sharing space with a group of senior marketers at the AMA Executive Marketer Summit where we will try to unpack some of the disruption facing the marketing industry and how leaders are preparing for that future. These sorts of discussions are one of the best arguments for why IRL events...
13 days ago • 5 min read
Dear Reader, What does it take to turn your passion into a business (and is that even a good idea)? It's one of those questions with lots of conflicting answers. Next week I'll be in Chicago for the AMA Executive Marketing Summit and the day before I will be co-hosting a very fun (and very free) gathering to share advice and experiences among creatives and founders on monetizing your creativity. We have limited spots, so register here if you can join us. In the coming months, I'll be...
20 days ago • 7 min read
Dear Reader, At a bar earlier this past Sunday, the evening local TV news happened to be on in the background and over the course of 15 minutes I saw stories about a shooting, a car accident, a building fire, an abducted child and the upcoming weather. Seeing the world from that perspective was all sensational and negative. I felt sorry for the people who choose to shape their perspective by watching that, and I kept thinking about the difference between watching "the news" versus actually...
27 days ago • 7 min read
Dear Reader, I'm at a coffee shop in Arizona this week just a few hours away from the Coachella Music Festival and reading about how this global phenomenon has ridden the wave of social media content to become more than just a big concert in the desert. This week, that's the lead story as we take a deep dive into some of the marketing from the festival that's getting the early buzz. In other stories this week, you read about how an enthusiastic grandson is on a quest to save his family's...
about 1 month ago • 7 min read
Dear Reader, Earlier this week I made it to a private event and book launch for Jim Collins' latest book. He is best known for writing the legendary business book Good to Great, but his latest book goes beyond business to explore over a decade of his research into how "individual lives can be built, sustained, and constantly renewed." Sitting in the room listening to his interview with Kelly Corrigan (host of the PBS show Tell Me More and the podcast Exactly), one thing he said really got me...
about 1 month ago • 7 min read
Dear Reader, In this week's newsletter, you'll see my review of an ingenious and award winning tourism campaign from Colombia, why alterna-casts may be taking off to customize the hosting for live events, a review of a new memoir from Ideapress, the best and worst of this year's April Fool's Day pranks and the latest new videos from me featuring the chaos of SXSW, street art in Australia and three books to help you improve your memory. Enjoy the stories and stay curious! Rohit Did you get...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
Dear Reader, This was a week filled with recording and editing episodes for the ongoing Season Six of my podcast: The Non-Obvious Show. As I spend time interviewing guests, reviewing our conversations and putting those episodes together ... I realize just how much I enjoy recording and sharing those. If you're not already listening - check out this week's episode with Monica Nassif from the brand Mrs. Meyers Clean Day or any of the past recordings too (we're up to episode #70 now) and let me...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
Dear Reader, A big welcome to all my new SXSW subscribers! It was a week filled with gatherings, insights and connection and I'm thrilled at how well our events and plans to bring people together went. If you weren't there or didn't manage to make it for my new keynote, the good news is SXSW has already posted that online so you can watch it NOW (link below). If you requested them, you will also receive my slides by email later this week so stay tuned for that as well. In stories this week,...
2 months ago • 6 min read
Dear Reader, Greetings from Austin. This week in stories, you'll get an inside look at the making of my new keynote that I'll be debuting from the stage tomorrow here at SXSW. There's also an exploration of why "world modeling" may be the scary new future of AI, the rise of anti-surveillance products and also a hotel suite that can only be booked as recognition for human kindness. Enjoy the stories this week and if you're in Austin for SXSW, come and join one of our events so we can meet up...
2 months ago • 5 min read