Sadly, I was never a company man. Company men are safe. Mild-mannered. Conservative. They have good hair. But not everyone can be a company man. That said, our value is no less than those guys. (Nor any greater.) I’m a…
It’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. All my life I called bullshit on this line. If you’ve ever had a broken heart, you probably did too. But recently, after the final whistle…
I am not anti-religion. Anything that can get people closer to the light and farther from darkness is ok by me. But in general, I think religion does as much harm as good. Segregating people into buckets of us and…
The following post was written by my daughter, Agatha Mitchem, whose team lost 1-0 in round 3 of the 2019 NC state soccer tournament. I was sitting in a parking lot. It was 9:30 pm on a Wednesday night. I…
I was building a brand. Alone. For about two years. It was growing fast and things were busy. I needed help. I found interns. It was decided that we not pay them, so I wanted to ensure that their experiences…
When it comes to building a brand, you should look to Google for best practices. Yes, Google. The search engine. And no, I’m not talking about their brand identity. I’m talking about their actual search algorithm. Stay with me. Branding…
Writer. Father to daughters. Husband. Ad man. Raised by wolves. 
