While we usually showcase inspiring articles from 99U, we thought it would be interesting to mix things up this time. Here are six of our favorite interviews from the site, with a diverse array of creative from Cirque du Soleil to successful self-made designers. Cirque du Soleil: 100-Watt Egos, Disintegrating Costumes & Big Top Dreams “When you go into unknown territory, you’ll inevitably undergo trial and error,” says Cirque du Soleil co-founder Gilles Ste-Croix as he describes the massive challenges the now-legendary Canadian theatrical troupe encountered while putting together “O” – the first-ever underwater circus performance. Ugmonk: The Beauty in Keeping Things Small Tucked away in suburban Pennsylvania, Jeff Sheldon is at such a crossroad. Sheldon runs the popular apparel store Ugmonk with help from his family. He keeps the business lean but firmly within his control. The online-only store sells t-shirts, bags, and other wearables with high quality materials all hand-designed by Sheldon. Now in his sixth year, Ugmonk moves thousands of items a month, and has won the praises of design-minded customers all over the world. Hear what he has to say about it all. The Founder’s Dilemma: Who Owns Your Work? In his new book, Hatching Twitter, New York Times columnist Nick Bilton spent a year and a half combing through emails, interviews, and, yes, tweets to reconstruct the origin story of one of the world’s most popular social networks — and it gets messy. Pay It Forward: Why Generosity Is The Key To Success Personal connections are the currency of the working world. Like or not, who we know, who we owe, and who owes us determines our future as much as talent. Penn professor Adam Grant is a Giver. He’s also the youngest tenured professor at Wharton and is the author of the best-selling Give and Take. Grant believes that the success of our careers is due to our generosity with our time and knowledge. Givers, he says, are usually either at the top or bottom of their field, with Matchers and Takers sprinkled in between. Give Your Ideas the Respect They Deserve We caught up with Georg Petschnigg, who founded FiftyThree after 10 years at Microsoft, to find out how he prepared to go out on his own, why his team maps out projects like TV episodes, and why passion matters most. Steve Cober: On Quitting Your Day Job & Building A Business With Heart After a three-year career working as an Art Director for an international ad agency, Steve Cober was let go. 9/11 had just happened, dot com 1.0 was crashing, and advertising budgets were drying up. But instead of searching for a company that would finally put his creative ideas to work, Steve decided to create one. What did you think about these 99U interviews? The post The best inspirational interviews from 99U appeared first on The Creative Edge.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 10:16:09 +0000
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