Prologue Profiles

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Manny / Web Developer / Grove St Starbucks, Jersey City.

"Why'd you leave the accounting world?""I had an accounting job and my boss was the controller, he was like 54 years old and the owner of the company was like 30 and the owner was so mean to him and I saw myself in his shoes and said, 'I'm not gonna do that.'"

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Jason / Pop Culture Journalist for Out & Nylon Magazine (@jasondlamphier) / Grove St Starbucks, Jersey City.

"When I was 15 I'd go to the public library and fish out these back issues of Spin and Rolling Stone and I'd read about these new musicians and in doing that I was like, 'Wow I really love to hear these people's stories I really love music and talking about music and I think I want to tell these stories!'"

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Morrease / HS Student (@big_moe_31) / Grove St & Columbus, Jersey City.

"Why do you want to study marketing?""I feel like one of my strong suits is understanding how people think."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Julisa / HS Student / Grove St & Columbus, Jersey City.

"Are you thinking about what you want to do after high school?""I have a lot of ideas, last week I wanted to be a doctor, this week I want to be president so I'm not too sure [Laughs]."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Simon (aka ANDRU) / Music Producer (Soundcloud) / 39th & 8th Starbucks, NYC.

"I was in school and wanted to do physics but then I just got caught up in making music and getting bad grades."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Matt / Actor (@MattCatanzano) (SimplyUnemployable) / 39th & 8th Starbucks, NYC.

"When I first got out of school I worked at a cubicle to help pay the bills but I knew that I just wanted to do this and as soon as I was doing enough shows that it could cover the bills and I didn't have to work in a cubicle I was like, 'See you later, cubicle!' And now I wander from Starbucks to Starbucks learning lines and trying to write and trying to get ready for auditions."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Alyssa, Photojournalist (@alyssaschukar) / 39th & 8th Starbucks, NYC.

"In college I was interested in photography but I didn't really know you could apply it towards work like that, I thought of photography as something that was more fine art, and then realized through a friend that I could get a job working for a newspaper and document the community at the school and that opened doors to internships around the country and eventually a full-time job."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Aidan / Cook to become Psychology Grad Student / 8th Ave bound L Train, NYC.

"As I'm going thing will fall into place and I'll put them in place."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Amanda / Aspiring Teacher / Canarsie-bound L Train, Brooklyn.

"Don't take an easy job when you're looking for your real job which is what I did and I regret it, so now I'm working towards what I really want to do."

"When it's your baby and it's something that you've built from the ground up and it's something that you love it doesn't even feel like work." - Amanda Thomas

At 14 years old Amanda (@LuvAj) interned at a local jewelry store.

At 15 she launched her own jewelry business, Luv Aj, which is now available in retailers worldwide and worn by dozens of celebrities.

You'll hear Amanda discuss how she built a business while still in high school, the importance of continuous problem solving, and that everything you need to start is right in front of you.