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Oh, Melly... Melly and I go back quite a bit, and it has been a pleasure to see her art and skills grow as a creative. Melly's a renowned photographer who has taken portraits of Manny Pacquiao, Ronny Chieng, Bill Nye and much, much, more. Lately she has done some incredible things during the pandemic of doing #FaceTimePhotography that is absolutely worth a look. This embodies so many things I love -- doing something creative despite the restrictions, taking advantage of all technology, embodying a true entrepreneur mindset, and just being you. It was so great to have Melly on sheckiiville, and hope you enjoy listening in~

Coach Ballgame, aka James Lowe, is one of the main people who inspired me to get into podcasting and streaming. During the pandemic, Coach Ballgame has done some interesting things like going on various live streams, having giveaways, releasing his own coloring book and furthering many more partnerships within Major League Baseball, Little League proper, and more. He talked about some interesting things not just baseball related, including how his life journey led him to where he's at -- and how big he's dreaming. 

Bryan Pham, Founder of Asian Hustle Network, shared his thoughts on the community that he helped build from 52 people to 50,000+. Hear his thoughts about the xenophobia going on since the pandemic, his venture with Hate Is A Virus and more.

Welcome to the first episode! David Berry, a friend and a co-founder of an advertising agency, DB + Partners, chatted with me live about advertising during COVID-19, TikTok, marketing messaging and our previous time at another agency together.

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Excerpt from dbpluspartners.com

Hustlers. Doers. Jokesters. Thinkers.

Let’s face it. Big shops have big bills to pay. And sure, it makes for a nice walking tour when you stop by, but that fancy furniture? You pay for it. The overhead on employees, some of whom don’t even work on your account? You pay for it. That exorbitant electric bill? Same.

Which makes you wonder - when they create your scope of work, are they giving you what you need, or what they need to justify salaries and expenses?

So we’ve flipped the model. Our partners have their own shops and are experts in their own right. When you need a specific skill set, we get it for you. If you don’t, we don’t try to push it on you just because. You get only what you need, and you get the best of it.

In short, we’re from the “big-time” advertising world but we’re not molded by it. That means we know how to handle the most demanding of demanding clients, but we’re unencumbered by the (boring) business as usual. Sure, we can do basic.