https://simplecast.com Stay Creating Exploring the stories of today's most talented creators - Insights on how they took their talent & skill, and turned it into a career for themselves. 2019 Stay Creating en Mon, 11 Nov 2019 17:00:22 +0000 Mon, 11 Nov 2019 17:00:22 +0000 https://www.staycreating.com Stay Creating https://cdn.simplecast.com/images/7d51361f-3539-4f09-8892-4c6f9423a0a5/5930e019-7400-4895-a278-ae67fb436e4a/3000x3000/sc_2019_cover_01.jpg?&aid=rss_feed https://www.staycreating.com episodic Exploring the stories of today's most talented creators - Insights on how they took their talent & skill, and turned it into a career for themselves. Anthony Spano yes https://feeds.simplecast.com/1jUKCYxb art Anthony Spano staycreating@gmail.com a42e25a3-339a-4863-bccb-dc1532253099 BUSINESS - Artist - Sara Nardea: On the importance of publishing your work Known in her circles as The Jewish Lady Gaga, Artist and Muralist Sara Nardea got her start in the art world by studying the greats that came before her. Producing daily work and putting in her 10,000 hours, Sara is making her living creating commissioned paintings and murals for clients stretching from New York to Miami. 

You can check her out on Instagram @thejewishladygaga

]]> Mon, 11 Nov 2019 17:00:22 +0000 staycreating@gmail.com (Sara Nardea, The Jewish Lady Gaga, Anthony Spano) https://www.staycreating.com/episodes/business-artist-sara-nardea-on-the-importance-of-publishing-your-work-d2rqvvN6 Known in her circles as The Jewish Lady Gaga, Artist and Muralist Sara Nardea got her start in the art world by studying the greats that came before her. Producing daily work and putting in her 10,000 hours, Sara is making her living creating commissioned paintings and murals for clients stretching from New York to Miami. 

You can check her out on Instagram @thejewishladygaga

]]> BUSINESS - Artist - Sara Nardea: On the importance of publishing your work Sara Nardea, The Jewish Lady Gaga, Anthony Spano 00:41:40 Known in her circles as The Jewish Lady Gaga, Artist and Muralist Sara Nardea got her start in the art world by studying the greats that came before her. Producing daily work and putting in her 10,000 hours, Sara is making her living creating commissioned paintings and murals for clients stretching from New York to Miami. Known in her circles as The Jewish Lady Gaga, Artist and Muralist Sara Nardea got her start in the art world by studying the greats that came before her. Producing daily work and putting in her 10,000 hours, Sara is making her living creating commissioned paintings and murals for clients stretching from New York to Miami. google, design, new jersey, artist, canvas, the jewish lady gaga, art, painting, composition, art basel, google images, pop art, jewish, new york, art world, art community, home depot, miami, stencil, street art, mural, paint, mood board, bob ross, gaga, pop, lady gaga, murals, ladygaga, muralist, banksy, artbasel yes full 22 eed2f89a-1ec6-408f-81d3-4e1dd97819d8 BUSINESS - UX Researcher & Service Designer - Ethan Parry: On always building empathy Business school graduate Ethan Parry found himself wanting more from his career than the traditional business track. He soon discovered a new world through the lens of User Experience. An expat currently living in Barcelona, Ethan is offering UX research and service design through his full-time consulting business. 

Give Ethan a shout on Instagram!  @ethanparrydesign

]]> Mon, 4 Nov 2019 12:00:10 +0000 staycreating@gmail.com (Ethan Parry, Anthony Spano) https://www.staycreating.com/episodes/business-ux-researcher-service-designer-ethan-parry-on-always-building-empathy-FdKm__DK Business school graduate Ethan Parry found himself wanting more from his career than the traditional business track. He soon discovered a new world through the lens of User Experience. An expat currently living in Barcelona, Ethan is offering UX research and service design through his full-time consulting business. 

Give Ethan a shout on Instagram!  @ethanparrydesign

]]> BUSINESS - UX Researcher & Service Designer - Ethan Parry: On always building empathy Ethan Parry, Anthony Spano 00:59:19 Business school graduate Ethan Parry found himself wanting more from his career than the traditional business track. He soon discovered a new world through the lens of User Experience. An expat currently living in Barcelona, Ethan is offering UX research and service design through his full-time consulting business. Business school graduate Ethan Parry found himself wanting more from his career than the traditional business track. He soon discovered a new world through the lens of User Experience. An expat currently living in Barcelona, Ethan is offering UX research and service design through his full-time consulting business. google, designer, design, design sprint, sprint, product, ux research, expat, service design, research, ui, america, researcher, finance, money, product design, spain, san diego, entrepreneur, service, business, ux, spanish, california, barcelona, app yes full 21 87aa349e-4bb7-4da4-924f-67fb48e746ea CAREER - Creative Services Team Lead - Amber Miller: On continuing to educate yourself to grow Amber kicked off her creative career when she was 6 years old, winning the top prize of $500 in a poster design contest. But it wasn’t until she switched majors in college that the idea of an actual career began to take shape. Amber found herself designing for the User Experience before UX really got its name and footing in the industry. Now with over 10 years of experience under her belt, she’s just getting started. 

 

Follow Amber on Instagram: @amberrlampss

]]> Mon, 28 Oct 2019 13:04:37 +0000 staycreating@gmail.com (Amber Miller, Anthony Spano) https://www.staycreating.com/episodes/ambermiller-vjcLze3S Amber kicked off her creative career when she was 6 years old, winning the top prize of $500 in a poster design contest. But it wasn’t until she switched majors in college that the idea of an actual career began to take shape. Amber found herself designing for the User Experience before UX really got its name and footing in the industry. Now with over 10 years of experience under her belt, she’s just getting started. 

 

Follow Amber on Instagram: @amberrlampss

]]> CAREER - Creative Services Team Lead - Amber Miller: On continuing to educate yourself to grow Amber Miller, Anthony Spano 00:40:37 Amber kicked off her creative career when she was 6 years old, winning the top prize of $500 in a poster design contest. But it wasn’t until she switched majors in college that the idea of an actual career began to take shape. Amber found herself designing for the User Experience before UX really got its name and footing in the industry. Now with over 10 years of experience under her belt, she’s just getting started. Amber kicked off her creative career when she was 6 years old, winning the top prize of $500 in a poster design contest. But it wasn’t until she switched majors in college that the idea of an actual career began to take shape. Amber found herself designing for the User Experience before UX really got its name and footing in the industry. Now with over 10 years of experience under her belt, she’s just getting started. designer, design, general assembly, team lead, manage, invision, coding, contest, lead, manager, bootcamp, leader, coding bootcamp yes full 20 36ed164b-7139-4772-8e67-367deca8e34b CAREER - Creative Director - Denise Blanco: On individual contributor vs. manager Denise Blanco started her career as an intern at McGraw-Hill, feeling fortunate to have landed a gig straight out of school. What she learned during the first three years into her career was, in terms of network and portfolio work, she was bound to the niche she started in. Looking to break out and broaden her capabilities, she's spent her career continuously learning, and up-leveling her skillset, which now involves people management.

You can find Denise on LinkedIn!

https://www.linkedin.com/in/denisedata

]]> Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:00:03 +0000 staycreating@gmail.com (Denise Blanco, Anthony Spano) https://www.staycreating.com/episodes/career-creative-director-denise-blanco-on-individual-contributor-vs-manager-podoJ5MU Denise Blanco started her career as an intern at McGraw-Hill, feeling fortunate to have landed a gig straight out of school. What she learned during the first three years into her career was, in terms of network and portfolio work, she was bound to the niche she started in. Looking to break out and broaden her capabilities, she's spent her career continuously learning, and up-leveling her skillset, which now involves people management.

You can find Denise on LinkedIn!

https://www.linkedin.com/in/denisedata

]]> CAREER - Creative Director - Denise Blanco: On individual contributor vs. manager Denise Blanco, Anthony Spano 00:37:55 Denise Blanco started her career as an intern at McGraw-Hill, feeling fortunate to have landed a gig straight out of school. What she learned during the first three years into her career was, in terms of network and portfolio work, she was bound to the niche she started in. Looking to break out and broaden her capabilities, she's spent her career continuously learning, and up-leveling her skillset, which now involves people management. Denise Blanco started her career as an intern at McGraw-Hill, feeling fortunate to have landed a gig straight out of school. What she learned during the first three years into her career was, in terms of network and portfolio work, she was bound to the niche she started in. Looking to break out and broaden her capabilities, she's spent her career continuously learning, and up-leveling her skillset, which now involves people management. creative services, creator, user experience, ui, graphic design, photoshop, education, user interface, ux, learning, creative yes full 19 398b21c6-a483-4f56-9e6f-56f48b353510 018 - Senior Producer/Director - Abigail Butalid: On telling the right stories to the right people. Philippines-born Abigail Butalid had dreams of directing feature films and found her calling behind the camera, but not in the traditional sense. She’s spent the last 7 years writing, producing, and giving creative direction for clients at GroupX, one of Singapore's leading media and event production companies. While she loves the production side of her job, it’s the storytelling that drives her to produce truly great work.

Check out Abie on Instagram! @a_b_i_e

]]> Mon, 14 Oct 2019 11:00:09 +0000 staycreating@gmail.com (Abigail Butalid, Anthony Spano) https://www.staycreating.com/episodes/018-senior-producer-abigail-butalid-on-telling-the-right-stories-to-the-right-people-xoxRLPiK Philippines-born Abigail Butalid had dreams of directing feature films and found her calling behind the camera, but not in the traditional sense. She’s spent the last 7 years writing, producing, and giving creative direction for clients at GroupX, one of Singapore's leading media and event production companies. While she loves the production side of her job, it’s the storytelling that drives her to produce truly great work.

Check out Abie on Instagram! @a_b_i_e

]]> 018 - Senior Producer/Director - Abigail Butalid: On telling the right stories to the right people. Abigail Butalid, Anthony Spano 00:31:29 Philippines-born Abigail Butalid had dreams of directing feature films and found her calling behind the camera, but not in the traditional sense. She’s spent the last 7 years writing, producing, and giving creative direction for clients at GroupX, one of Singapore's leading media and event production companies. While she loves the production side of her job, it’s the storytelling that drives her to produce truly great work. Philippines-born Abigail Butalid had dreams of directing feature films and found her calling behind the camera, but not in the traditional sense. She’s spent the last 7 years writing, producing, and giving creative direction for clients at GroupX, one of Singapore's leading media and event production companies. While she loves the production side of her job, it’s the storytelling that drives her to produce truly great work. design, story, philippines, creator, painting, graphic design, singapore, film, producing, agency, commercial, instagram, director, storytelling, camera, creative direction, groupx, media, brand, business, working, directing, producer, branding, fitness, writing, television, creative yes full 18 2e583c8b-3855-44c0-b07d-a32ec712cdf2 017 - Director - Kevin Osgood: On taking opportunities as they come, and changing perceptions when needed. Starting his career as a child actor on TV and commercials, Kevin Osgood’s journey to the other side of the camera was his real turning point. Jumping on the opportunities that presented themselves, Kevin built up his experience to grow his career as an in-house agency director, and then eventually, as a self-employed, world-traveling director. He has created content for brands including General Motors, Gillette, HP, Intel, Goldman Sachs, BMW, Windstream and American Express.

]]> Mon, 7 Oct 2019 11:00:04 +0000 staycreating@gmail.com (Anthony Spano, Kevin Osgood) https://www.staycreating.com/episodes/017-director-kevin-osgood-on-taking-opportunities-as-they-come-and-changing-perceptions-when-needed-NSrtXk62 Starting his career as a child actor on TV and commercials, Kevin Osgood’s journey to the other side of the camera was his real turning point. Jumping on the opportunities that presented themselves, Kevin built up his experience to grow his career as an in-house agency director, and then eventually, as a self-employed, world-traveling director. He has created content for brands including General Motors, Gillette, HP, Intel, Goldman Sachs, BMW, Windstream and American Express.

]]> 017 - Director - Kevin Osgood: On taking opportunities as they come, and changing perceptions when needed. Anthony Spano, Kevin Osgood 00:29:21 Starting his career as a child actor on TV and commercials, Kevin Osgood’s journey to the other side of the camera was his real turning point. Jumping on the opportunities that presented themselves, Kevin built up his experience to grow his career as an in-house agency director, and then eventually, as a self-employed, world-traveling director. He has created content for brands including General Motors, Gillette, HP, Intel, Goldman Sachs, BMW, Windstream and American Express. Starting his career as a child actor on TV and commercials, Kevin Osgood’s journey to the other side of the camera was his real turning point. Jumping on the opportunities that presented themselves, Kevin built up his experience to grow his career as an in-house agency director, and then eventually, as a self-employed, world-traveling director. He has created content for brands including General Motors, Gillette, HP, Intel, Goldman Sachs, BMW, Windstream and American Express. design, cameras, step, choreography, steps, art, director's chair, dancing, director of photography, actor, film, cinematography, commercial director, actors, filmmaker, commercial, globe, mickeymouse, lighting, mickey mouse club, justin timberlake, travel, director, dancer, aperature, disney, dance, dp, camera, mickey, disney channel, mickeymouseclub, directing, mickey mouse, mouseketeer, film set, filmmaking, global, set yes full 17 11e68fd7-32e5-4a43-a6aa-9ae80461675e 016 - Head of Brand - Brittni Bowering: On personal branding, setting priorities, and the importance of honing your soft skills. A self-proclaimed “adorable idiot", Brittni Bowering jumped around in the early-stages of her career to finally find herself branding a problem-solving tribe in the tech world. Originally hailing from Calgary, Brittni is currently the Head of Brand for AJ&Smart in Berlin, but it didn’t come without a few bumps along the way. We talk about personal branding, setting priorities, and the importance of honing your soft skills. Brittni is the co-host of "Happy Hour: Career Talk with Brittni & Penny”, and is also writing and performing stand-up comedy every Sunday.

 

Happy Hour: Career Talk with Brittni & Penny

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Instagram: @brittnibow

]]> Mon, 30 Sep 2019 10:00:06 +0000 staycreating@gmail.com (Brittni Bowering, Anthony Spano) https://www.staycreating.com/episodes/016-head-of-brand-brittni-bowering-on-personal-branding-setting-priorities-and-the-importance-of-honing-your-soft-skills-_gqePLJM A self-proclaimed “adorable idiot", Brittni Bowering jumped around in the early-stages of her career to finally find herself branding a problem-solving tribe in the tech world. Originally hailing from Calgary, Brittni is currently the Head of Brand for AJ&Smart in Berlin, but it didn’t come without a few bumps along the way. We talk about personal branding, setting priorities, and the importance of honing your soft skills. Brittni is the co-host of "Happy Hour: Career Talk with Brittni & Penny”, and is also writing and performing stand-up comedy every Sunday.

 

Happy Hour: Career Talk with Brittni & Penny

Listen on APPLE    //    Listen on  SPOTIFY

 

Instagram: @brittnibow

]]> 016 - Head of Brand - Brittni Bowering: On personal branding, setting priorities, and the importance of honing your soft skills. Brittni Bowering, Anthony Spano 00:55:38 A self-proclaimed “adorable idiot", Brittni Bowering jumped around in the early-stages of her career to finally find herself branding a problem-solving tribe in the tech world. Originally hailing from Calgary, Brittni is currently the Head of Brand for AJ&Smart in Berlin, but it didn’t come without a few bumps along the way. We talk about personal branding, setting priorities, and the importance of honing your soft skills. Brittni is the co-host of "Happy Hour: Career Talk with Brittni & Penny”, and is also writing and performing stand-up comedy every Sunday. A self-proclaimed “adorable idiot", Brittni Bowering jumped around in the early-stages of her career to finally find herself branding a problem-solving tribe in the tech world. Originally hailing from Calgary, Brittni is currently the Head of Brand for AJ&Smart in Berlin, but it didn’t come without a few bumps along the way. We talk about personal branding, setting priorities, and the importance of honing your soft skills. Brittni is the co-host of "Happy Hour: Career Talk with Brittni & Penny”, and is also writing and performing stand-up comedy every Sunday. comedy, designer, design, priorities, design sprint, designsprint, sprint, product, comical, brand & media, brittni, art, tech, framework, growth, career, aj&smart, designers, new york, comic, product design, problemsolving, perform, berlin, brand sprint, stand-up, canada, problem solving, soft skills, blonde, hilarious, head of brand, media, brand, performing, calgary, branding, tribe, writing, funny yes full 16 718d5b35-5de4-482c-b1f2-052999eb5e7e 015 - Program Director - Dan Gluckman: On interning at 28 and driving toward your passion. With a few years of writing for the news under his belt, Dan Gluckman had had enough. Walking away from a passionless profession and not knowing which path he wanted to take, an unsuspecting staple presented itself. Radio was always something he listened to (a lot) and loved, but never materialized as a career possibility, until reframing the idea of what ELSE it could be for him. Armed with a passion for the medium, and a few years of professional workplace experience, none of which were in radio, he started fresh and became an intern at 28.

https://www.facebook.com/sxmturbo/

https://twitter.com/sxmturbo

https://www.siriusxm.com/siriusxmturbo

]]> Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:00:20 +0000 staycreating@gmail.com (Dan Gluckman, Anthony Spano) https://www.staycreating.com/episodes/015-program-director-dan-gluckman-on-interning-at-28-and-driving-toward-your-passion-_XZMPsAe With a few years of writing for the news under his belt, Dan Gluckman had had enough. Walking away from a passionless profession and not knowing which path he wanted to take, an unsuspecting staple presented itself. Radio was always something he listened to (a lot) and loved, but never materialized as a career possibility, until reframing the idea of what ELSE it could be for him. Armed with a passion for the medium, and a few years of professional workplace experience, none of which were in radio, he started fresh and became an intern at 28.

https://www.facebook.com/sxmturbo/

https://twitter.com/sxmturbo

https://www.siriusxm.com/siriusxmturbo

]]> 015 - Program Director - Dan Gluckman: On interning at 28 and driving toward your passion. Dan Gluckman, Anthony Spano 00:29:28 With a few years of writing for the news under his belt, Dan Gluckman had had enough. Walking away from a passionless profession and not knowing which path he wanted to take, an unsuspecting staple presented itself. Radio was always something he listened to (a lot) and loved, but never materialized as a career possibility, until reframing the idea of what ELSE it could be for him. Armed with a passion for the medium, and a few years of professional workplace experience, none of which were in radio, he started fresh and became an intern at 28. With a few years of writing for the news under his belt, Dan Gluckman had had enough. Walking away from a passionless profession and not knowing which path he wanted to take, an unsuspecting staple presented itself. Radio was always something he listened to (a lot) and loved, but never materialized as a career possibility, until reframing the idea of what ELSE it could be for him. Armed with a passion for the medium, and a few years of professional workplace experience, none of which were in radio, he started fresh and became an intern at 28. internet, longisland, metallica, fox, metal, sirius, long island, turbo, satellite radio, korn, siriusxm radio, news, satellite, siriusxm, internet radio, panodra, xm, radio, streaming, intern, sxmturbo, news12, hard rock, cnn yes full 15 3ab394bc-35d8-4e3f-987a-b6880b124ecb 014 - Digital Designer - Kendall Henderson: On putting kindness first and helping your fellow creatives stay fresh. Coming to the realization that business school was not for him, Kendall Henderson had a strong look at who he was and the professional he wanted to become. Though he might not have been ready, he was thrown into the fire and found his footing. Now in the tech world as a Digital Designer, Kendall is using his experience to teach design as an adjunct professor for Seton Hall.

]]> Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:03:59 +0000 staycreating@gmail.com (Kendall Henderson, Anthony Spano) https://www.staycreating.com/episodes/014-digital-designer-kendall-henderson-on-43i_4fCB Coming to the realization that business school was not for him, Kendall Henderson had a strong look at who he was and the professional he wanted to become. Though he might not have been ready, he was thrown into the fire and found his footing. Now in the tech world as a Digital Designer, Kendall is using his experience to teach design as an adjunct professor for Seton Hall.

]]> 014 - Digital Designer - Kendall Henderson: On putting kindness first and helping your fellow creatives stay fresh. Kendall Henderson, Anthony Spano 00:30:44 Coming to the realization that business school was not for him, Kendall Henderson had a strong look at who he was and the professional he wanted to become. Though he might not have been ready, he was thrown into the fire and found his footing. Now in the tech world as a Digital Designer, Kendall is using his experience to teach design as an adjunct professor for Seton Hall. Coming to the realization that business school was not for him, Kendall Henderson had a strong look at who he was and the professional he wanted to become. Though he might not have been ready, he was thrown into the fire and found his footing. Now in the tech world as a Digital Designer, Kendall is using his experience to teach design as an adjunct professor for Seton Hall. designer, design, artist, art, learn, seton hall, basketball, designers, professor, photography, business school, teach, photoshop, illustrator, creating, art director, stay creating, photo, adobe, create, teaching, creative yes full 14 198e2dcb-8c9c-4600-b5dc-550f977663e4 013 - Senior Product Designer - Lauren Chilcote: On the importance of STARTING, showing up, and staying hungry to learn. With a fixated interest in digital, front-end, and product design while grinding it out as a graphic designer, Lauren started teaching herself how to code. With the help of some early support and a few courses at General Assembly, she was able to turn her imposter syndrome on its head. Lauren is currently crushing it as Senior Product Designer at Buffer, and this is her story of how she got there.

Give her a shout on Twitter @laurenchilcote

]]> Mon, 9 Sep 2019 11:00:11 +0000 staycreating@gmail.com (LaurenChilcote, Anthony Spano) https://www.staycreating.com/episodes/013-senior-product-designer-lauren-chilcote-on-the-importance-of-starting-showing-up-and-staying-hungry-to-learn-Q3u7SBo3 With a fixated interest in digital, front-end, and product design while grinding it out as a graphic designer, Lauren started teaching herself how to code. With the help of some early support and a few courses at General Assembly, she was able to turn her imposter syndrome on its head. Lauren is currently crushing it as Senior Product Designer at Buffer, and this is her story of how she got there.

Give her a shout on Twitter @laurenchilcote

]]> 013 - Senior Product Designer - Lauren Chilcote: On the importance of STARTING, showing up, and staying hungry to learn. LaurenChilcote, Anthony Spano 00:40:07 With a fixated interest in digital, front-end, and product design while grinding it out as a graphic designer, Lauren started teaching herself how to code. With the help of some early support and a few courses at General Assembly, she was able to turn her imposter syndrome on its head. Lauren is currently crushing it as Senior Product Designer at Buffer, and this is her story of how she got there. With a fixated interest in digital, front-end, and product design while grinding it out as a graphic designer, Lauren started teaching herself how to code. With the help of some early support and a few courses at General Assembly, she was able to turn her imposter syndrome on its head. Lauren is currently crushing it as Senior Product Designer at Buffer, and this is her story of how she got there. design, general assembly, weightlifting, product, front-end, productdesign, graphic design, generalassembly, coding, code, new york, coding school, frontend, digitial, product design, staycreating, website, creating, create, product designer, newyork, buffer yes full 13 8390a0a2-9ac3-44fa-9465-e141ea8dd8f4 012 - Art kid? Sports kid? Why not both? Using rejection to fuel your passions with Senior Designer Mike Pesale. Caught between the art world and the sports world growing up, Mike Pesale has found his career smack-dab at the intersection of both. From his early days of interning and applying to endless jobs, to combining his love of sports and art as a career, Mike talks about the importance of playing to your passions and using your scrapes to grow a thicker skin.

https://www.mikevpesale.com/

Instagram: @ITSMIKEP

]]> Mon, 26 Aug 2019 10:00:04 +0000 staycreating@gmail.com (Mike Pesale, Anthony Spano) https://www.staycreating.com/episodes/012-art-kid-sports-kid-why-not-both-using-rejection-to-fuel-your-passions-with-senior-designer-mike-pesale-zxwI1l41 Caught between the art world and the sports world growing up, Mike Pesale has found his career smack-dab at the intersection of both. From his early days of interning and applying to endless jobs, to combining his love of sports and art as a career, Mike talks about the importance of playing to your passions and using your scrapes to grow a thicker skin.

https://www.mikevpesale.com/

Instagram: @ITSMIKEP

]]> 012 - Art kid? Sports kid? Why not both? Using rejection to fuel your passions with Senior Designer Mike Pesale. Mike Pesale, Anthony Spano 00:44:10 Caught between the art world and the sports world growing up, Mike Pesale has found his career smack-dab at the intersection of both. From his early days of interning and applying to endless jobs, to combining his love of sports and art as a career, Mike talks about the importance of playing to your passions and using your scrapes to grow a thicker skin. Caught between the art world and the sports world growing up, Mike Pesale has found his career smack-dab at the intersection of both. From his early days of interning and applying to endless jobs, to combining his love of sports and art as a career, Mike talks about the importance of playing to your passions and using your scrapes to grow a thicker skin. designer, design, applying, maya, art, print, sports, nba, basketball, friends, music, apply, passion, creat, job search, internship, jobs, creating, stay creating, video, hockey, jay-z, topps, espn, create, printing, design school, t-shirts, ufc, cousins, college yes full 12 6b5a10f4-aa8f-44c3-9035-fb1ac3cef06c 011 - Prove your market before you write a single line of code - Aaron P Woods and Keith Marcel of Podpal on their solution to a fragmented podcasting workflow Since their early days of sketching together as cousins, Aaron P Woods and Keith Marcel have a long history of mixing design and business. With their backgrounds in UX design, marketing, and structural engineering, the duo is an absolute force. Their latest venture, Podpal, is an exciting new SaaS product directed at podcasters to solve their fragmented workflow. I got to sit down with the boys at Podcast Movement 2019 and discuss the importance of listening to your audience, and testing the market before writing a single line of code.

Sign up for the Beta of Podpal!

http://www.podpal.com/beta/

]]> Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:02:12 +0000 staycreating@gmail.com (Aaron P Woods, Anthony Spano, Keith Marcel) https://www.staycreating.com/episodes/011-prove-your-market-before-you-write-a-single-line-of-code-aaron-p-woods-and-keith-marcel-of-podpal-on-their-solution-to-a-fragmented-podcasting-workflow-ZGCtScGl Since their early days of sketching together as cousins, Aaron P Woods and Keith Marcel have a long history of mixing design and business. With their backgrounds in UX design, marketing, and structural engineering, the duo is an absolute force. Their latest venture, Podpal, is an exciting new SaaS product directed at podcasters to solve their fragmented workflow. I got to sit down with the boys at Podcast Movement 2019 and discuss the importance of listening to your audience, and testing the market before writing a single line of code.

Sign up for the Beta of Podpal!

http://www.podpal.com/beta/

]]> 011 - Prove your market before you write a single line of code - Aaron P Woods and Keith Marcel of Podpal on their solution to a fragmented podcasting workflow Aaron P Woods, Anthony Spano, Keith Marcel 00:29:57 Since their early days of sketching together as cousins, Aaron P Woods and Keith Marcel have a long history of mixing design and business. With their backgrounds in UX design, marketing, and structural engineering, the duo is an absolute force. Their latest venture, Podpal, is an exciting new SaaS product directed at podcasters to solve their fragmented workflow. I got to sit down with the boys at Podcast Movement 2019 and discuss the importance of listening to your audience, and testing the market before writing a single line of code. Since their early days of sketching together as cousins, Aaron P Woods and Keith Marcel have a long history of mixing design and business. With their backgrounds in UX design, marketing, and structural engineering, the duo is an absolute force. Their latest venture, Podpal, is an exciting new SaaS product directed at podcasters to solve their fragmented workflow. I got to sit down with the boys at Podcast Movement 2019 and discuss the importance of listening to your audience, and testing the market before writing a single line of code. structural engineering, design, engineering, podcasters, wrike, podcaster, tech, hosting, trello, coding, code, organize, solution, podcasts, workflow, podcasting, fragmented, saas, ux design, host, scheduling, sketching, monday.com, podcast movement, flow, business, podcast, ux, technology, venture, podpal, schedule, software, engineer, cousins, podcast movement 2019 yes full 11 977d3e4b-59e2-4311-9deb-a9ad0babe1b7 010 - Growing a personal brand with a green sequin jacket and a beastly work ethic - Audio Engineer, Tom Kelly Strapped with a love of music and an entrepreneurial spirit at 12 years old, Audio Engineer Tom Kelly takes us back to mowing lawns and holding car washes to afford his very own drum set. After finishing college $120K in debt, Tom hustled to make his way in the music industry. But after realizing the traditional industry path wasn't a realistic option, Tom took matters into his own hands. With podcasts exploding in the last few years, Tom started Clean Cut Audio, producing and elevating the standards of audio quality of multiple shows...all while sporting his dope sequin jacket.

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Clean Cut Audio

The Reminiscent Podcast

]]> Wed, 21 Aug 2019 21:51:29 +0000 staycreating@gmail.com (Tom Kelly, Anthony Spano) https://www.staycreating.com/episodes/010-growing-a-personal-brand-with-a-green-sequin-jacket-and-a-beastly-work-ethic-audio-engineer-tom-kelly-Upk2ff_4 Strapped with a love of music and an entrepreneurial spirit at 12 years old, Audio Engineer Tom Kelly takes us back to mowing lawns and holding car washes to afford his very own drum set. After finishing college $120K in debt, Tom hustled to make his way in the music industry. But after realizing the traditional industry path wasn't a realistic option, Tom took matters into his own hands. With podcasts exploding in the last few years, Tom started Clean Cut Audio, producing and elevating the standards of audio quality of multiple shows...all while sporting his dope sequin jacket.

tomkelly.co

Clean Cut Audio

The Reminiscent Podcast

]]> 010 - Growing a personal brand with a green sequin jacket and a beastly work ethic - Audio Engineer, Tom Kelly Tom Kelly, Anthony Spano 00:35:19 Strapped with a love of music and an entrepreneurial spirit at 12 years old, Audio Engineer Tom Kelly takes us back to mowing lawns and holding car washes to afford his very own drum set. After finishing college $120K in debt, Tom hustled to make his way in the music industry. But after realizing the traditional industry path wasn't a realistic option, Tom took matters into his own hands. With podcasts exploding in the last few years, Tom started Clean Cut Audio, producing and elevating the standards of audio quality of multiple shows...all while sporting his dope sequin jacket. Strapped with a love of music and an entrepreneurial spirit at 12 years old, Audio Engineer Tom Kelly takes us back to mowing lawns and holding car washes to afford his very own drum set. After finishing college $120K in debt, Tom hustled to make his way in the music industry. But after realizing the traditional industry path wasn't a realistic option, Tom took matters into his own hands. With podcasts exploding in the last few years, Tom started Clean Cut Audio, producing and elevating the standards of audio quality of multiple shows...all while sporting his dope sequin jacket. sequin, drums, music industry, beards, podcast audio, taylor swift, sequin jacket, music, headphones, audio engineer, podcasts, taylorswift, band, audio, podcasting, mowing lawns, cleancutaudio, microphone, tomkelly, beard, podcast, microphones, clean cut audio yes full 10 cdae8091-64d2-42fc-a804-03638c76e98a 009 - Is there anything funny about bipolar? Inspirational Content Creation from Marisa Imon Described by her father as an "intense infant", Marisa Imon channels her emotional intensity into inspirational content creation in the form of mindful meditation, an Amazon best-selling book, and her most-recent venture to the comedy stage.

Get Marisa's book!
Super Intense: How Working With Your Emotional Intensity Makes You A Superhero

Visit Marisa's Website: https://www.marisaimon.com/

Follow Marisa on Instagram: @marisaimonmusicandmiracles

]]> Tue, 20 Aug 2019 13:20:00 +0000 staycreating@gmail.com (Marisa Imon, Anthony Spano) https://www.staycreating.com/episodes/009-is-there-anything-funny-about-bipolar-inspirational-content-creation-from-marisa-imon-qEtx48lg Described by her father as an "intense infant", Marisa Imon channels her emotional intensity into inspirational content creation in the form of mindful meditation, an Amazon best-selling book, and her most-recent venture to the comedy stage.

Get Marisa's book!
Super Intense: How Working With Your Emotional Intensity Makes You A Superhero

Visit Marisa's Website: https://www.marisaimon.com/

Follow Marisa on Instagram: @marisaimonmusicandmiracles

]]> 009 - Is there anything funny about bipolar? Inspirational Content Creation from Marisa Imon Marisa Imon, Anthony Spano 00:17:25 Described by her father as an "intense infant", Marisa Imon channels her emotional intensity into inspirational content creation in the form of mindful meditation, an Amazon best-selling book, and her most-recent venture to the comedy stage. Described by her father as an "intense infant", Marisa Imon channels her emotional intensity into inspirational content creation in the form of mindful meditation, an Amazon best-selling book, and her most-recent venture to the comedy stage. comedy, amazon, standup comedy, miracles, bipolardisorder, meditation, mental illness, mindful meditation, music and miracles, music, bipolar, super intense, honest, mentalillness, book, standupcomedy, bipolar disorder, mindfulmeditation, superintense, funny, intense, mindful yes full 9 4b6c4f1a-3acb-4a18-bff9-f3181573fb9c 008 - Director of Product - Chris Vasquez Always wanting to be a “creative kid”, Chris Vasquez's career was born into the world of product design. While still honing his fine art skills in lettering and illustration, Chris takes us through the importance of team rituals, staying focused on the problem you’re trying to solve, and delivering the right solution.

@clickpop

]]> Mon, 19 Aug 2019 13:07:24 +0000 staycreating@gmail.com (Chris Vasquez, Anthony Spano) https://www.staycreating.com/episodes/008-director-of-product-chris-vasquez-48T5pVSx Always wanting to be a “creative kid”, Chris Vasquez's career was born into the world of product design. While still honing his fine art skills in lettering and illustration, Chris takes us through the importance of team rituals, staying focused on the problem you’re trying to solve, and delivering the right solution.

@clickpop

]]> 008 - Director of Product - Chris Vasquez Chris Vasquez, Anthony Spano 00:27:47 Always wanting to be a “creative kid”, Chris Vasquez's career was born into the world of product design. While still honing his fine art skills in lettering and illustration, Chris takes us through the importance of team rituals, staying focused on the problem you’re trying to solve, and delivering the right solution. Always wanting to be a “creative kid”, Chris Vasquez's career was born into the world of product design. While still honing his fine art skills in lettering and illustration, Chris takes us through the importance of team rituals, staying focused on the problem you’re trying to solve, and delivering the right solution. ipad pro, product, lettering, tech, ui, aweber, typography, procreate, product design, email marketing, email, ux design, creative direction, ui design, fine art, illustration, director of product, ux, creative director, creative, app yes full 8 c21df92f-f8ac-48f5-b08e-0c1ca12e19a2 007 - Singer/Songwriter - Darius Glover Writing his first song when he was 12 years old, Darius takes us through his early inspirations in music and how they inform his songwriting now. He gives us insight on how to use a job in the corporate world to fund your dreams, and the importance of being your true self in everything you do.

]]> Mon, 12 Aug 2019 16:28:04 +0000 staycreating@gmail.com (Darius Glover, Anthony Spano) https://www.staycreating.com/episodes/007-singer-songwriter-darius-glover-9LV76f9m Writing his first song when he was 12 years old, Darius takes us through his early inspirations in music and how they inform his songwriting now. He gives us insight on how to use a job in the corporate world to fund your dreams, and the importance of being your true self in everything you do.

]]> 007 - Singer/Songwriter - Darius Glover Darius Glover, Anthony Spano 00:38:27 Writing his first song when he was 12 years old, Darius takes us through his early inspirations in music and how they inform his songwriting now. He gives us insight on how to use a job in the corporate world to fund your dreams, and the importance of being your true self in everything you do. Writing his first song when he was 12 years old, Darius takes us through his early inspirations in music and how they inform his songwriting now. He gives us insight on how to use a job in the corporate world to fund your dreams, and the importance of being your true self in everything you do. singer, song, music, singing, songwriter, r&b, sing, brandy, true self, songs, writing music, spotify, hiphop yes full 7 99ea147e-f157-4d51-b0c7-03bb2f45a450 006 - Stand-up Comedian - Tara Cannistraci Described as Mona Lisa Vito meets Biggie, comedian Tara Cannistraci seems sweet, but don't cut her off in traffic! She has been killing it for the last few years, but it's not all roaring laughter and sitcom deals. Tara takes us through her journey and what it takes to make it through the roller coaster that is stand-up comedy.

https://taracannistraci.com/

http://westandcomedy.com/

Tara is an Italian-American stand-up comedian born and raised in the Bronx, NY. She uses her New York upbringing as the foundation for her take on observational comedy. She has taken her talents to stage, television, film & off-Broadway. She wrote for and and was featured on SportsNet New York’s (SNY) “Oh Yeah”. Tara is the co-creator of We Stand Comedy, an LLC that produces live shows and digital content. Tara is a proud member and regular performer at the world famous Friars Club. She produces and performs for fellow Friar Chazz Palminteri’s Child Reach Foundation and tours regionally with Danny Aiello’s Italian Chicks. Tara performs regularly in NYC, throughout the country and Canada.

]]> Mon, 5 Aug 2019 10:00:02 +0000 staycreating@gmail.com (Tara Cannistraci, Anthony Spano) https://staycreating.com/tara Described as Mona Lisa Vito meets Biggie, comedian Tara Cannistraci seems sweet, but don't cut her off in traffic! She has been killing it for the last few years, but it's not all roaring laughter and sitcom deals. Tara takes us through her journey and what it takes to make it through the roller coaster that is stand-up comedy.

https://taracannistraci.com/

http://westandcomedy.com/

Tara is an Italian-American stand-up comedian born and raised in the Bronx, NY. She uses her New York upbringing as the foundation for her take on observational comedy. She has taken her talents to stage, television, film & off-Broadway. She wrote for and and was featured on SportsNet New York’s (SNY) “Oh Yeah”. Tara is the co-creator of We Stand Comedy, an LLC that produces live shows and digital content. Tara is a proud member and regular performer at the world famous Friars Club. She produces and performs for fellow Friar Chazz Palminteri’s Child Reach Foundation and tours regionally with Danny Aiello’s Italian Chicks. Tara performs regularly in NYC, throughout the country and Canada.

]]> 006 - Stand-up Comedian - Tara Cannistraci Tara Cannistraci, Anthony Spano 00:35:12 Described as Mona Lisa Vito meets Biggie, comedian Tara Cannistraci seems sweet, but don't cut her off in traffic! She has been killing it for the last few years, but it's not all roaring laughter and sitcom deals. Tara takes us through her journey and what it takes to make it through the roller coaster that is stand-up comedy. Described as Mona Lisa Vito meets Biggie, comedian Tara Cannistraci seems sweet, but don't cut her off in traffic! She has been killing it for the last few years, but it's not all roaring laughter and sitcom deals. Tara takes us through her journey and what it takes to make it through the roller coaster that is stand-up comedy. jokes, petecorreale, standup comedy, female comedian, chazz palminteri, tara cannistraci, bronxny, comedyclub, bronx, comic, stand-up comedy, comedy club, standupcomedian, chazzpalminteri, friarsclub, sebastian maniscalco, hilarious, standupcomedy, sebastianmaniscalco, tj miller, stand-up comedian, yankees, taracannistraci, friars club, tjmiller, funny, comedian, pete correale yes full 6 0f3fe4a6-0f8e-46c1-b8fe-51e159d1c068 005 - UX/UI Designer - Abraham Friedman Self-starter Abraham Friedman documents his entry into the UX/UI field, and details how to fight designing from an ivory tower.
https://abrahamfriedman.design/

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Drop us a DM here 👇👇👇
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]]> Mon, 29 Jul 2019 07:00:09 +0000 staycreating@gmail.com (Abraham Friedman, Anthony Spano) https://www.staycreating.com/episodes/005-ux-ui-designer-abraham-friedman-4FgmtvZQ Self-starter Abraham Friedman documents his entry into the UX/UI field, and details how to fight designing from an ivory tower.
https://abrahamfriedman.design/

We want to hear from you!

Drop us a DM here 👇👇👇
Instagram: @staycreating

]]> 005 - UX/UI Designer - Abraham Friedman Abraham Friedman, Anthony Spano 00:27:28 Self-starter Abraham Friedman documents his entry into the UX/UI field, and details how to fight designing from an ivory tower. Self-starter Abraham Friedman documents his entry into the UX/UI field, and details how to fight designing from an ivory tower. design, general assembly, uxdesign, front-end, art, user experience, ui, user experience design, judaism, generalassembly, coding, code, frontend, designschool, staycreating, userexperience, user interface, front end, ux design, ui design, stay creating, psychology, religion, html5, userinterface, ux, create, design school, uidesign yes full 5 442da904-cae2-45cb-b386-2cf82588b892 004 - Artistic Director - Jonathan Foster Jonathan is a writer, actor, director, and producer in New York City. He takes us through his creative process of writing "musical theater for adult children", and tees up Thicket & Thistle's, newest musical, "Death Cruise".

https://www.bit.ly/deathcruisetickets
Promo Code: 666
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]]> Mon, 22 Jul 2019 12:00:06 +0000 staycreating@gmail.com (Jonathan Foster, Anthony Spano) https://www.staycreating.com/episodes/004-artistic-director-jonathan-foster-NHANcwVR Jonathan is a writer, actor, director, and producer in New York City. He takes us through his creative process of writing "musical theater for adult children", and tees up Thicket & Thistle's, newest musical, "Death Cruise".

https://www.bit.ly/deathcruisetickets
Promo Code: 666
https://www.thicketandthistle.org/

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I want to hear from you! DM me here 👇👇👇
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]]> 004 - Artistic Director - Jonathan Foster Jonathan Foster, Anthony Spano 00:37:16 Jonathan is a writer, actor, director, and producer in New York City. He takes us through his creative process of writing "musical theater for adult children", and tees up Thicket & Thistle's, newest musical, "Death Cruise". Jonathan is a writer, actor, director, and producer in New York City. He takes us through his creative process of writing "musical theater for adult children", and tees up Thicket & Thistle's, newest musical, "Death Cruise". death cruise, comedy, jonathan foster, horror musical, direction, thicket & thistle, art, musical, theater, jonathan, laughs, write, illustrator, director, artistic director, theatre, laugh, church, playwrite, foster, artisticdirector, writing, funny, laughing, christian yes full 4 c8347799-a5a3-4806-81ad-f940821a2797 003 - Neon Artist - Dani Bonnet Dani takes us through her story in neon bending and how she was able to find and craft her truly unique style.

]]> Mon, 15 Jul 2019 12:35:28 +0000 staycreating@gmail.com (Anthony Spano, Dani Bonnet) https://www.staycreating.com/episodes/003-neon-artist-dani-bonnet-pdm8JanP Dani takes us through her story in neon bending and how she was able to find and craft her truly unique style.

]]> 003 - Neon Artist - Dani Bonnet Anthony Spano, Dani Bonnet 00:32:33 Dani takes us through her story in neon bending and how she was able to find and craft her truly unique style. Dani takes us through her story in neon bending and how she was able to find and craft her truly unique style. artist, neon, art, neon bending, los angeles, bending, staycreating, neon art, art scene, stay creating, chemistry, neon artist, create, creative yes full 3 0d278c25-8c42-4cfb-b5f2-6c777ffd974b 002 - Illustrator - Antonio Sortino Milan-based Illustrator Antonio Sortino takes us through his struggle early on of not having a creative network, and how he's managed to carve out his own corner in the illustration space.

]]> Tue, 9 Jul 2019 00:44:56 +0000 staycreating@gmail.com (Anthony Spano) https://www.staycreating.com/episodes/002-antonio-sortino-illustrator-anmo_Tb2 Milan-based Illustrator Antonio Sortino takes us through his struggle early on of not having a creative network, and how he's managed to carve out his own corner in the illustration space.

]]> 002 - Illustrator - Antonio Sortino Anthony Spano 00:29:36 Milan-based Illustrator Antonio Sortino takes us through his struggle early on of not having a creative network, and how he's managed to carve out his own corner in the illustration space. Milan-based Illustrator Antonio Sortino takes us through his struggle early on of not having a creative network, and how he's managed to carve out his own corner in the illustration space. animation, art, italy, milan, animated, artdirector, communicationarts, sicily, antonio, illustrator, stay creating, illustration, podcast, create, illustrative, sortino yes full 2 91f8996b-d47b-4fcb-811c-ee970cf1d5d8 001 - Writer - Michelle Pruett Michelle Pruett details the importance of writing every day, and how she stayed laser-focused on the blog that eventually landed her a job!

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]]> Tue, 2 Jul 2019 04:03:14 +0000 staycreating@gmail.com (Anthony Spano) https://www.staycreating.com/episodes/michelle-pruett-vdjdTN_6 Michelle Pruett details the importance of writing every day, and how she stayed laser-focused on the blog that eventually landed her a job!

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]]> 001 - Writer - Michelle Pruett Anthony Spano 00:26:09 Michelle Pruett details the importance of writing every day, and how she stayed laser-focused on the blog that eventually landed her a job! Michelle Pruett details the importance of writing every day, and how she stayed laser-focused on the blog that eventually landed her a job! tech, content, writer, blog, writing yes full 1 8e29212b-399a-4c02-8bc0-b3494b58dfcd 000 - Meet & Greet I wanted to give a little insight into my backstory. Some of my stories will definitely sprinkle in during the episodes, but I figured I’d give a snippet into my early career and set the scene a bit!

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]]> Tue, 2 Jul 2019 04:02:40 +0000 staycreating@gmail.com (Anthony Spano) https://www.staycreating.com/episodes/meet-greet-OjaJyTfM I wanted to give a little insight into my backstory. Some of my stories will definitely sprinkle in during the episodes, but I figured I’d give a snippet into my early career and set the scene a bit!

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]]> 000 - Meet & Greet Anthony Spano 00:07:20 I wanted to give a little insight into my backstory. Some of my stories will definitely sprinkle in during the episodes, but I figured I’d give a snippet into my early career and set the scene a bit! I wanted to give a little insight into my backstory. Some of my stories will definitely sprinkle in during the episodes, but I figured I’d give a snippet into my early career and set the scene a bit! design, job, rejection, career, search, recession, jobs, origin, backstory yes full 0