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Bold FaithHOW TO OVERCOME UNCERTAINTY
AND MAKE BOLD LEAPS OF FAITH
Mike Parsons, Qualitance
SYD
AMS
LDN
SFO
Live the life
you dream
DEFYING CONVENTION
6 YEARS OF LAZY 7 WEEKS OF UNI
2 YEARS OF DJING,
YEARS OF MEDIA
AND THEN...
Listen to your
inner voice
MIKE JOINS A STARTUP
16,600 KM’S AWAY
TRUST YOUR INTUITION
RUNNING
AMSTERDAM
STARTUP
EVERYTHING
CHANGED
IT DIDN’T FEEL
RIGHT
AND THEN...
I FOUND A HOME
GM at
MRM Partners,
Amsterdam
MD at Tribal DDB,
Amsterdam
MD at Tribal DDB,
London
MD at McCann, San
Francisco
WE MADE SOME WORK
The obstacle is
the way
HARD THINGS
OVER 12 YEARS IN
ADVERTISING
A LOT TO LOSE BACK TO SCHOOL AND THEN...
And then...
THINGS FELL APART
40+ INVESTORS
NIKE, GE, P&G, LEVIS,
ETC
BUT...
FOUNDERS
COULDN’T AGREE
One final twist
THINGS CAME TOGETHER
LAUNCHPODIUM IKEA AND VIRGIN BUT I KEPT GOING ACQUIRED
Always be learning
HIDDEN SURPRISE
FULL CIRCLE IN 20
YEARS
CHAD IN NEW YORK
LIVE SHOWS &
15,000 LISTENS
AHA MOMENTS
I USE EVERYDAY
In short...
LIVE THE LIFE YOU
DREAM
LISTEN TO YOUR
INTUITION
IT WILL BE HARD -
AND THAT'S OK
AS LONG AS YOU
KEEP LEARNING,
THINGS WILL TURN
OUT FINE
Thanks
Mike Parsons, Qualitance

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