Do you ever wish there was a support group for people like you who are solely in charge of an organization’s social media program? Whether you are a social media professional who has been hired by a company to start thei…

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Liz Gross

The hard thing isn’t dreaming big. The hard thing is sweating through the night when the dream turns into a nightmare. Minimizing politics. Firing friends. Sustaining a CEO mentality. Surviving the Struggle. While m…

Intermediate

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Ben Horowitz, Nas

Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…

Beginner

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Jesús Gorriti

In the tradition of Naked Economics and The Undercover Economist, Stanford economist Paul Oyer offers a provocative, informative, and entertaining view of modern microeconomics-- using the lens of online dating. Oyer arg…

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Paul Oyer

I've worked for a lot of idiot managers in my career. And then, one day, after I had become a manager, it dawned on me: Now I'm the idiot! Most of my career has been an exercise in “trial by fire” and this process worked…

Beginner

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Russ Unger

Every business must manage a fundamental conflict between individuals who control the means of production and individuals who operate those means to a profit. Roger Martin outlined this struggle in the classic HBR articl…

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Peter Kim

Broad stylistic categories can be completely unfair to artists who strive for a unique voice, even as they are necessary for marketing and promotion. Hear how different corners of the industry view the challenges of "cro…

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Carissa Stolting, Cathleen Murphy, Kevin Sylvester, Dan Coleman

Success in the UK can break your act worldwide - it's one of the most influential, creative and fast-changing musical environments in the world.  Gain insight into the idiosyncrasies of the UK and how acts like Calvin Ha…

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Chloe Melick, Elinore Giles, Jos Watkin, Jules Parker

There has been a dramatic change in the power and leverage in the music business away from the major labels primarily controlling an artist's career and towards the increasingly powerful manager. Top artist managers have…

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Bruce Flohr, Matt Pollack, Michael McDonald, Jeff Pollack

There is a new generation of content creators who are the captains of their own vessels, leveraging their talents and technological savvy to build healthy careers for themselves in ways that were previously not possible.…

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Andrew Maury, Josh Roth, Rebecca Zeller, Seth Kallen, John Manganilla

How do you build the right team around your music, brand & business? Whether you are an emerging artist or an industry veteran, take a crash course on the different aspects of the business, what purpose they serve and mo…

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Amy Zaglauer, David Goldsen, Justin Bridgewater, Marisa Fair, Nani Stoick