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Five Points – 30
Where The Wild Things Are Secret Forest Camp – I had only two contingencies in purchasing my house outside Nashville 1) ability to get internet 2) proven demand for airbnb guests to stay The first one was easy..I just ordered internet to be connected. The second one was satisfied by my creating a fake ad on airbnb.com, […]
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Five Points – 29
Podcast Converter – Part of my job as the CEO of Exploration is to identify media to administer (e.g. manage the copyrights, resolve inevitable ownership conflicts, and account / pay royalties). Until recently, our clients consisted exclusively of music publishers, record labels, and TV/Film companies. But I’m always on the hunt for new verticals… I got to thinking…there […]
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Five Points – 28
Tim Ferriss – There hasn’t been an author/creator to have a larger impact on my life than Tim Ferriss. I first found him via his first book – The Four Hour Work Week – https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307465357/ . — where I learned how to use outsourcing and systems to free me up for more work or other things I […]
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Five Points – 27
Happiness Check List – I have suffered from depression for the entirety of my known life. When I was younger it caused pretty significant fall out, as I didn’t have facility to deal with it. My only recourse was time…some amount of time would elapse and I would feel better. This made a lot of things […]
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5 Points – 26
5 Points – 26 – I’ve published my 5 Points newsletter installation for 6 months. My initial goal was to commit to the effort for 10 weeks…and when I met that with relative ease, I just kept going. So, why am I even doing this? I’ve been asked this question a number of times. A few […]
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Five Points – 25
GenuisScan – Someone recently told me via their iPhone that they would get the a countersigned contract back to me next week because they were on the road. Then I made a frown face. It would seem to reason that in the business of getting contracts signed, countersigned, and returned such that a deal is memorialized…that […]
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Five Points – 24
I am speaking at Music Biz 2018 in Nashville next week – This conference may be considered one of the most important music business conferences of the year, this particular stanza being the 60th. Successfully Managing Your Releases: Best Practices and Obligations for the Independent Label or Artist Successfully releasing your music as an independent […]
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Five Points – 23
Scratch – I do not have children, but if I did, I think I would want them to learn certain things. I would want them to be kind and empathetic and tolerant. And I would make sure they ample opportunity to read and write and understand maths. Among many other other things. I would definitely expose […]
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Five Points – 22
“Fact, non verba” unknown We publish a retrospective at the end of every year. This helps us plan, keeps us honest about how plans worked out, and allows us course correct quickly. You can read the write ups for 2014, 2015, and 2016. Exploration Group is a media management and technology company headquartered in Los Angeles. Equally, […]
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Five Points – 21
Marijuana Legalization – The legalization of marijuana seems to be speeding into the national consciousness and onto ballots in the United States. One of the last people I expected to embrace this sea change is Mitch McConnell – Senate Majority Leader (Republican – Kentucky). Last week he introduced a bill to remove hemp from the controlled substances list. […]