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"John sees things I don't see."

Sometimes the only thing standing between you and your next breakthrough is the right conversation.

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Stuck on an idea?Bring your business, your podcast, your next project, or the idea that's been bouncing around your head for weeks. We'll spend thirty minutes figuring out what it's trying to become, and what might be getting in its way.

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Let's see what your idea is trying to become.We'll spend an hour exploring your business, project, community, or next big idea. Together we'll challenge some assumptions, uncover opportunities, or just figure out what's worth pursuing right now.Within 24 hours, you'll receive a written recap with the key insights from our conversation, practical next steps, and a clear path forward so the momentum doesn't end when the call does.

What Topics We Can Discuss❓Lots of things!Groups are always welcome. Bring your friends, business partners, podcast co-hosts, collaborators, or anyone else who should be part of the conversation.Sometimes the best ideas come together when everyone is in the same room.I can discuss the following for hours and hours with complete joy:• Starting or improving your business
•Launching a physical or digital product
• Sustainability in the content business
• Online/offline audience growth
•Getting a TV show or movie made
• Sponsorship and brand deals
• Podcasting/Social content best practices
• Creator and artist recommendations
• Selling yourself/brand better
• Making sure marketing actual turns into sales
• Trying to balance family and personal growth
• "Making the leap" and surviving it
• Community building at any level
• Monetizing your content or art
• Creator and business owner burnout
• Is this a good sponsorship deal?
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Art, Commerce, & Community is my journey to understand how creators, artists, entrepreneurs, and local businesses can build a better creative economy together.I believe there's a better way for creators, artists, entrepreneurs, and business owners to build meaningful work together. Not by chasing algorithms or waiting for permission, but by building communities, supporting one another, and creating things that people genuinely care about.I want to introduce you to the people who are figuring it out. No gurus or courses, just awesome people and businesses finding a better way.Nobody has a playbook for building something meaningful. Most of us are figuring it out one decision, one conversation, and one collaboration at a time. That's why this newsletter exists.If you're a creator, artist, entrepreneur, or business owner, I hope you'll join the conversation.Because I believe the "New Hollywood" isn't somewhere else anymore. It's already in your backyard.

I'm John, and this was me in Los Angeles in 2005.I moved to California thinking I'd spend my life in traditional media. I'd already been working in radio since I was 18, and somewhere between voice acting, television, and music, I assumed one of those paths would become my career.Then I discovered podcasting.This was 2005, long before smartphones took over the world and years before most people believed the internet could become a place to build a career. I was hooked—not because it was new, but because it completely changed the relationship between creators and the people they wanted to reach.I've spent the last twenty years chasing that idea. Working in radio, podcasting, livestreaming, marketing, and entrepreneurship taught me something I never expected:Ideas have a funny way of telling you where they want to go.Most people are waiting for permission to start. I've always had the opposite problem. My head is full of ideas, and for years I thought success meant chasing every one of them.It doesn't.The best lesson I've learned is to leave the idea in charge. Not your ego. Not the algorithm. The idea. Sometimes it becomes exactly what you imagined. Sometimes it becomes something even better.I don't pretend to have all the answers. I'm just obsessed with finding better questions, because better questions lead to better conversations, better conversations lead to better ideas, and better ideas have a funny way of changing everything.You probably have more control over your future than you've been led to believe. Sometimes you just need another set of eyes on the idea that's been waiting for you.

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