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February 3, 2013

Gape Into The Void: Podcast Episode 9 with Seth Godin

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[Direct Link to Epi­sode 9] 

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[The gaping­void Seth Godin Store]

[Seth’s blog]

Show notes [com­pi­led by Jeff Sass:]

In this epi­sode of the Gape Into The Void pod­cast, Hugh and Jason have a dis­cus­sion with bes­tse­lling author, spea­ker, and mar­ke­ter, Seth Godin.  Seth has been an ins­pi­ra­tion to many, inc­lu­ding Hugh, and over the years gaping­void has pro­du­ced many popu­lar ima­ges that were based upon, or inc­lu­ded the words of Seth Godin.  We even have a dedi­ca­ted Seth Godin Store!  Most recently, Hugh illus­tra­ted one of Seth’s three new books, “V Is For Vulnerable.

Show Links:

Seth’s Kicks­tar­ter Project

Seth’s New Book

Ignore Every­body

Poke The Box

Linch­pin

V Is For Vulnerable

Nia­gara Falls…

Rus­sell Davies and Nike

Michael Jor­dan and Bugs Bunny

Nike Fuel Band

Red Bull vs. Coke

Apple Sto­res

Seth at Yahoo.

The Lizard Brain…Extreme Sports

Liz Gil­bert: Eat, Pray, Love

Hugh’s Chan­geThis Manifesto

Don Qui­xote

Tri­bes

Pur­ple Cow

We hope you enjoy lis­te­ning to the talk with Seth.  If you like the show, please tell your friends about the “Gape Into The Void” pod­cast and leave us a review on iTu­nes.

Rock on!

All best,

Jeff

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December 21, 2012

My First Children’s Book… which isn’t really a Children’s Book

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Deca­des ago, before my first car­toons were ever published, I had this idea that my first published work would be a children’s book.

That didn’t hap­pen, of course. After years in the car­too­nist game, my first children’s book was only just published this month. “V Is For Vul­ne­ra­ble”. Check it out.

Though actually, it’s not a children’s book. It’s really a book for entre­pre­neurs, fien­dishly dis­gui­sed as a children’s book.

But Shhhhhhhh! Don’t tell anybody.

This is what I wrote in the dedication:

These dra­wings are dedi­ca­ted to my nephews and nie­ces, all five of them. May these words reso­nate with you one day, and God For­bid that they never do. Lots of Love from Uncle Hugh

I meant every word to them, I assure you.

Heck, and it isn’t even my book, not really. My friend Seth wrote the thing, it was all his idea. I just illus­tra­ted it, long after the really hard work was already done.

That being said, I’m very proud of the work nonethe­less. And even more proud that Seth chose me for the job.

There are many les­sons about the nature of work, love and enter­prise, that we are neglec­ting to teach our children…

… at our peril.

This must change, if we are to thrive long-term.

Hope­fully this is a step in the right direc­tion. Kudos to Seth for wri­ting it, and to y’all for sup­por­ting it. Thank you.

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November 28, 2012

Slideshare for Entrepreneurs

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This is awe­some: We did another little Sli­deshare pre­sen­ta­tion about how gaping­void makes art for entre­pre­neurs. It only went up yes­ter­day, and it’s already pas­sed 35,000 views!

No mat­ter what the glossy maga­zine try to tell us, being an entre­pre­neur is a hard, lonely, nerve-wracking busi­ness. We wan­ted to comu­ni­cate something that unders­tands that.

Just like, we want to make art that unders­tands that. Art that really con­nects with the world my fellow entre­pre­neurs ACTUALLY live in.

Like I said, awesome.

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