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“Whenever I start getting good at something I completely turn the other direction and somewhere else, and that’s because I don’t want to fit into a formula, I want to fit into happiness.”  - Gmunk Designer, Director –– Galactic Crusader. In episode 54 of the RevThinking podcast, Tim Thompson sits down with Gmunk – best known for his work on Tron Legacy and Oblivion – and they discuss the topics of business, design, creativity, and happiness. 

“As I got older, less and less of my friends were sticking around; it was like they couldn’t retain their career in such a way that they could make a living doing it.” - Tim Thompson 

In episode 53 of the RevThinking podcast, Tim Thompson is the guest on Christina Mendonsa's A Fresh Agenda podcast. The two discuss Tim’s Four Stages of the Creative Career: how it works, why it's relevant, and what you should do about it if you are a creative entrepreneur navigating your way through the industry. 

“'If we could just do a great project like that then clients would want to hand us more great projects... because great work begets great work. Doesn’t it?’ Well, not really...” - Joel Pilger Episode 52 of the RevThinking podcast, Joel Pilger tackles a repeating theme that we hear again and again talking with studio owners ‘We have a sales problem.’ Regardless of specialty, revenue, or even profitability, every owner thinks he/she has a sales problem. But upon unpacking the problem, poor sales is actually the symptom of a deeper problem: week marketing and positioning. In this episode, Joel walks us through the necessary items that must be stacked in your business for it to thrive in today’s modern economy where you are competing against hundreds of firms. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/revthinking/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/revthinking/support

“When I made my first documentary I didn’t know I was making content… I just wanted to make it.” - Neil Berkley In episode 51 of the RevThinking podcast, Neil Berkeley at Future You Media discussing the transition creative entrepreneurs dream about: moving into content production. If you run a studio, agency, or production company, you probably desire to produce long-form stories, films, and the like. You are not alone. There’s just something about the heart of the creative entrepreneur that dreams of telling the stories that matter most to them, and getting well paid for it. But few actually do it. Learn how Neil – while working as a successful commercial and promo director running his commercial production company Brkly – made the move into content… without even realizing it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/revthinking/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/revthinking/support

“Look around and see what opportunities there are, and then learn about it; educate yourself. The only risk in life is for the uneducated.” - Tim Thompson In this episode of the RevThinking podcast, we listen in on a talk Tim Thompson delivered at PromaxBDA in New York on the Four Stages of a Creative Career.

In this talk Tim opens your mind to what’s possible when you start looking at the totality of a creative career. Most of us start out as an artist, or an employee somewhere, or a freelancer; then we start our business. And then if we get to that point where we have people working for us and our name is on the door – and we’re making a lot of money – we think we’ve arrived. We’ve reached the pinnacle. Actually, there’s a lot more out there and this is what Tim reveals. It’s ultimately an encouragement for you to not sell you and your career short. There is much more that awaits.

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“That was one of those moments when I was thought okay, there might be more to pitching than just coming up with a great idea, having a great pitch deck, and doing a stunning presentation in front of the clients.” - Marko Pfann

In this episode of the RevThinking podcast, Marko Pfann - RevThink's new European based consultant out of Munich Germany, discusses a variety of topics including Marko's journey in the industry and how he became a consultant, how client perceptions can affect your success in the industry, and how it is your job to win the client not the pitch.

"Data can't be everything and it's not predictive of future habits; it shows you where people have been but it doesn't show you where people are going." – Steve Viola, FX Networks In our second annual PromaxBDA Roundtable Podcast, RevThinkers have a conversation with four amazing guests: Chuck Carey, Marcel Ziul, Meghan Kirsch, and Steve Viola. First off we would like to give a big shout out to Kristen Huffines at Aspire Artist Agency. She sponsored this event and graciously let us use her presidential suit in New York city at the Hilton Midtown Hotel. The topic of this years roundtable podcast is, "We've got Data so who needs creative?" The guests are, Chuck Carey a Creative Entrepreneur and one of the founders & partners at Troika, Marcel Ziul a Creative Director & Founder of State Design, Meghan Kirsch SVP of Marketing & Creative at Viceland, and Steve Viola the SVP of Design at FX networks.

“By paying some attention to your pricing strategy, it’s actually the easiest way to dramatically increase your profits. There’s really nothing else you can do that is so simple to drive bottom-line performance.” - Blair Enns

In episode 47 of the RevThinking podcast, Blair Enns of Win Without Pitching discusses a variety of topics including "The S Word," why weak sales is often not a sales problem (but rather a marketing problem), and how many creative entrepreneurs are addicted to the Big Reveal.

Be sure to grab a copy of Blair’s latest book, "Pricing Creativity."

“Part of the reason I think that we've been so successful as a young studio is we all really value our point of view and our reputations as individuals and collectively.” - Nika Offenbac In this episode in our Profiles of the Creative Entrepreneur series, Joel Pilger speaks with  Kelli  Miller, Kendra Eash, and Nika Offenbac. Now these three ladies run And/Or Studio – based in Brooklyn New York. They are one of the most clever and intelligent design companies out there. You’re going to enjoy the conversation as they talk about what it takes for them to run their creative business, what sets them apart, what makes them successful, and  how they run their business a slightly different way than most everyone approaches running a creative business. This series is focused on interviewing inspiring creative entrepreneurs to learn about their journey navigating the intersection of creativity and business. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/revthinking/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/revthinking/support