Sideways Rain
In the unpredictable storm of building businesses, Sideways Rain explores the art and science of innovation and entrepreneurship.
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21. Turn Left at the Wall (opens the original)
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Some guests survive a storm. Liz Lathan walked straight into one with her eyes wide open. Years into building her career in the association world, Liz had earned her director title and hit the ceiling of a four-person shop. Then another executive director dangled the thing every ambitious person wants: come here, and I'll groom you to run the place. She said yes — and showed up to find the "grooming" was answering the phone by the third ring and having the mail on the boss's desk by 1 p.m., unde
20. Strength by a Thousand Paper Cuts with Alyssa Frank (opens the original)
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Most guests bring us one storm. Alyssa Frank brought a thousand paper cuts. Alyssa is a CMP with 15 years in meetings, events, and incentive travel, and the founder of Covalent Events and Travel. She slid into the industry from a front desk in college, got handed events, and learned the job on the job. No single catastrophe defines her career. Instead there were a lot of small cuts that felt like gashes at the time and turned into a kind of strength. In this one she walks us through the moments
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