Music Tourism & Brexit: What to Expect
In-bound Music Tourism and Brexit: What to Expect From Glastonbury to Liverpool to Abbey Road Studios, music tourism to iconic UK events and attractions has long been a significant economic contributor. UK Music, which lobbies on behalf of the music industry, estimates that over 9.5 million annual visitors generate £3.1 billion of direct and indirect spending. […]
Desperation, Innovation, & the Future of the Restaurant Industry
Powerful article from Rolling Stone on the devastation, innovation, and future of the restaurant industry. Including this appalling stat: “Former food-and-beverage industry employees accounted for 60 percent of the nation’s soaring unemployment claims, but less than nine percent of PPP loans went to the hospitality industry.” Daniel Humm ran a three-star Michelin kitchen. Now, it’s […]
Essential Tips for Global Growth
“Assume Nothing” – The Mantra Every Business Should Adopt Before Going Global #AllBusiness 2021 by Val Brown Growth beyond US borders is not a hill you want to die on. Yet the global business highway is littered with deep-pocketed companies with best-in-class talent who failed to successfully expand their businesses into international markets. From consumer […]
How to Build Brands, Partnerships, and Expand Internationally
Vista Talk WithValerie Brown https://www.vistatalks.com/episode-92-valerie-brown?utm_source=pocket_mylist
My Mom With Alzheimer’s Needed Me. My Business Did, Too
FastCompany 2019 BY VAL BROWN 3 MINUTE READ When my mother was officially diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, in 2014, she was 86 and already at a late stage of her disease. I was hard at work running my brand marketing agency, and knew I’d need to scale things back in order to care for her. I trimmed […]
Val on fractional CMOs and the 90 -day win.
Classic Rock in 2040: Alive and Well, or Gone the Way of Elvis?
One of the first singles I bought was the Rolling Stones “19th Nervous Breakdown.” Given my young age, this should have alarmed my mother, but no lasting harm was done and a lifelong love of what later became “Classic Rock” was born. Fifty-plus years later the love endures, but many of my rock heroes are […]
5 Buddhist Principals for Creative Professionals
While I dutifully sit daily for 20 minutes of Buddhist readings and meditation, I often “leave my practice on the cushion” when it comes to starting a new creative project. Funny, but the procrastination I feel before I sit down to write is very similar to how I feel before meditation: I don’t want to […]