Watching his dad build an executive career from scratch taught prolific author Jon Finkel how to build a daily discipline and chase opportunity. His peripatetic childhood also helped him develop a versatile skill set that … Read More
Episode 88: Caleb Gardner Meets You Where You’re At
In the ten years we’ve known Caleb Gardner, he’s moved from digital strategy at Edelman to social media for Barack Obama to building the backbone of the mission economy at 18 Coffees, He also moderated … Read More
Episode 85: Up On The Roof (So Jeff’s Dad Could Watch)
For the first time since Episode 5, Doug and Jeff celebrate the return of human contact by reuniting on his NYC rooftop and recording face to face. Amid the usual BS about movies, sports, and … Read More
Episode 37: That Instant Feeling of Acceptance (with Jim Joseph)
Half his life ago, our guest Jim Joseph achieved the two primary goals he had set for himself as a teenager: to work in marketing and to be an engaged father. Which made his decision … Read More
FoF: A Rising Hashtag Lifts All Feeds
It’s been another week of outright mayhem as our families process the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, that killed Heather Heyer and injured 19 others. We have a lot to say about that—about the tragedy of … Read More
FoF: Britain Bans the “Bad Dad”
Ever since we began this thing in March 2012, we’ve been big believers in the idea that “if they see it, they can be it.” One of the major themes of our first conference was … Read More
Marketing to Today’s Men: Are Dads Leading the Way?
Dad 2.014 Live Blog is presented by Microsoft Surface 2… Marketing to Today’s Men: Are Dads Leading the Way?: Any story about marketing to today’s adult men begins with understanding dads. And today’s dads bring … Read More