2011

April 11, 2016

Take 5 With Award Winning Filmmaker Doug Blush

World Premier: Accomplished Documentarian Brought Beyond Laughter and Tears: A Journey of Hope to CIFF Doug Blush and I first met back in 2012 when CIFF […]
April 7, 2016

Beethoven Rolls Over to Cleveland

CIFF Welcomes What Would Beethoven Do? One of the great joys of the Cleveland International Film Festival is exposure to great culture. Mostly, this culture is […]
November 23, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #13: Writing Seminars – Part 1 – Hay House, Wayne Dyer and Cheryl Richardson

“Writing isn’t something I do. It’s something I am.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer . Along the corporate life trajectory writing has kept me consistent company, decade […]
November 19, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #12: 2013 – Sinking Ships, Cortés Style, Part 2

From January till ~ June of 2013, I lived 6 months in a monastic lifestyle: work, work out, write, sleep, repeat. Once in a while I’d […]
November 17, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #11: 2013 – Sinking Ships, Cortés Style, Part 1

2013 built on the loss of 2012. And more was to follow. Pruning the dead leaves of one’s life is a critical component to letting the […]


June 23, 2011

Brandmaker News: What Entrepreneurs Are Reading Now…

    Grateful to be included in this thoughtful piece on “20 business books entrepreneurs are reading now.” Look for #9: Execution: The Discipline of Getting […]
June 20, 2011

Dr. Shannon Reece: 71 Fire Starters for Inspired Entrepreneurs

Quoted in this wonderful article about what inspires entrepreneurs to get out of bed.  Look for #34: It’s Not About Me, It’s About Us.    
May 31, 2011

Bliss vs. Bills: Spike Jonze, Lisa Cholodenko & Ted Hope discuss indie films & doing what you love

Back in 1994, while supporting myself as a communication student at DePaul, managing a card and gift shop at Water Tower Place, life was, at the […]
May 16, 2011

Back to the Future @ Sweet Moses

Two and a half years ago, at a marketing trend conference in the very trendy Miami, I had the unique pleasure of personally meeting chef-star Anthony […]
May 16, 2011

Boom Box Challenge @ Capitol Theater: Will the Real Lloyd Dobler Please Stand Up?

One rainy, late Saturday May afternoon, about thirty people descended to the front steps of Gordon Square’s Capitol Theater, all in the effort to channel their […]
May 13, 2011

Bridesmaids

Written by Alex Sukhoy for Film Slate Magazine. four slates out of five What if Judd Apatow (“40 Year Old Virgin,” “Knocked Up”) could turn the […]