Tag Archives: AMAE

Interview: Randy Peterson, Entrepreneur

Randy Peterson is the Director and CEO of The Distillery Media. Scott Bolton: What role, if any, does a business plan play in building and launching an arts company (as a business pursuit)? Randy Peterson: I believe the one mistake … Continue reading

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Interview with Willie Baronet

Willie Baronet is the former owner and creative director of GroupBaronet (now MasonBaronet), and worked for ad agencies and design firms prior to starting his own company, which he sold in 2006.  Q: Did you write a business plan when … Continue reading

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Interview with Barney Aqualino, Dance Entrepreneur

Barney Aqualino, Co-Founder of Dance Obsession (Dance Company) Barney & Debbie Aquilino have been teaching ballroom dancing for 30 years and have owned Dance Obsession for over 25 years. After only a few short years of dancing together professionally, they … Continue reading

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Interview with Wyatt Mesh, Entrepreneur

Wyatt Mesh is a senior at Southern Methodist University from Kansas City, Kansas. He is double majoring in mechanical engineering and mathematics. 1. What role, if any, does a business plan play in building and launching an arts company (as … Continue reading

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Interview with Chris Gladden, Entrepreneur

Interview with Chris Gladden, Entrepreneur Q: Have you written a business plan? If so, did it play a role in launching a company? A: When launching a company or business or trying to get an idea of yours off the … Continue reading

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Interview with Owen Hannay, Entrepreneur

Owen Hannay founded Slingshot in 1995 with the belief that clients and agencies were missing out on opportunities enabled by the exploding media landscape and digital environment. Prior to that, he spent seven years running businesses as diverse as Tom-Thumb … Continue reading

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Interview with Rachel Pivonka, Arts Entrepreneur

Rachel Pivonka is currently a college sophomore majoring in education. She started with photography four years ago and served as a photo-editor for her high school’s yearbook staff. She expanded her portfolio by taking photos for family and friends. Pivonka … Continue reading

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Interview with Karen Blessen, Arts Entrepreneur

Karen Blessen is an award winning freelance artist and writer based in Dallas, Texas.  Blessen, a Pulitzer Prize winning graphic designer, has worked for the Dallas Morning News.  As both an artist and a writer, she has illustrated and written … Continue reading

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Interview with Earl Williams, Entrepreneur

Earl Williams, Fidelity Solutions Founder and CEO Earl Williams is originally from Chicago.  Williams graduated in 1984 with a B.A. in Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology. He started off as a software sales engineer at Greenbrier&Russel. After working there … Continue reading

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Interview with Brent Smelter, Entrepreneur

Brent Smelter, Co-Founder of Inner Greek (Social Media Service) Brent Smelter a current SMU senior founded Inner Greek with some of his network in his hometown of San Diego California. Inner Greek is a social network Medium that is made … Continue reading

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