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Growing Bolder
The Story of Us
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We come from varied backgrounds.
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As adults, most of us spent years, even decades, in local TV as news anchors, reporters, producers,
videographers and editors.
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The one thing we shared was a love of storytelling.
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It was a great gig until local news became infatuated with crime.
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Eventually, the body count got too high. That’s when Marc, our founder, quit to begin Growing Bolder.
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Jill, a former TV news producer, signed on as our radio producer.
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Then Bill Shafer, the legendary storyteller, came aboard and we began to assemble a team of the very
best people we ever worked with.
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Web producer and former ABC News producer Jackie Carlin was the next to join the effort...
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...then code ninja and software development rock star Pat Narciso.
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Then came news producer and social media superstar Katy Widrick.
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Videographer/editor extraordinaire Jason Morrow joined the team...
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...followed by Josh Doolittle, the multi-talented software
development and design whiz.
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Together, we began building our empire. There have been lots of meetings...
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...and plenty to celebrate...
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But it’s not been easy. In fact, it’s been a wild ride.
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We’ve had to move our offices more than once.
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We’ve even worked out of Marc’s home. Twice.
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As we’ve bootstrapped our operation, we’ve all had to assume many roles...
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like: handyman
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and custodian.
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When things go well, we win awards.
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And when they don’t, we simply get out and push. Together.
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We watch every penny, turning $10 aquariums into underwater camera housings...
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...and $50,000 cameras into video playback monitors.
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We remain nimble by paying close attention to developing trends.
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That way, we know what’s coming before it’s here.
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There’s plenty of good news to report from our efforts. The Growing Bolder TV show is doing well and
expanding into new programs and markets.
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Growing Bolder Radio airs across America and features some of the top experts and more
entertaining people in the world.
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We’re building powerful online communities for clients and licensing our unique and inspiring content.
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We produce Lifelong Learning stories and help spread the gospel of active lifestyle, social engagement and
mental stimulation.
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Our online community is growing daily and changing lives for the better.
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We’re having a positive impact as a for-purpose for-profit.
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We have a long way to go to achieve our goals. Here’s what we’ve learned so far -- the Takeaways.
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A good idea is only a beginning.
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Success is people-powered.
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Even a good idea combines with great people is no guarantee for success.
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So celebrate everything.
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Get up early.
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Never stop trying to do a better job of providing something important.
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Hang out with rock stars whenever possible.
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And Olympic athletes, too.
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Laugh every day.
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Serve every day.
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Think big thoughts...
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...and always remember that good people make great stories, but you have to engage them on their turf.
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Be persistent and never give up.
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And here’s the bottom line to building a business: plan but be nimble.
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In other words, always have something in your teleprompter but be ready (and able) to ad-lib when
necessary or beneficial.
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As we continue to write new chapters in the Bolder Media Group story, we’ll share them here. That’s our
story. What’s yours?