Recently my class for creating/marketing media had Peter Shankman as a guest speaker. He gave us advice and shared his story of start-ups, which not only included great success but also failure every once in a while. Which shows you everyone fails sometimes, just don’t let it discourage you. Shankman has started several start-ups, including… Continue reading Passion Is The Answer to Success
Growing up, when I was acting bad or not being focused, my grandma would say “a mind is a terrible thing to waste.” I still hear the echoes today. Recently my peers and I got the chance to talk to Peter Shankman from his office in New York City. To speak for majority of us,… Continue reading Happiness is Essential to Life
As you know, I am a Michigan State student. Last week, my class was fortunate enough to have a chat with Peter Shankman. Peter is a entrepreneur and author, but he is so much more. Shankman has ADHD (Attention deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), but he uses it to his advantage. A faster brain allows Peter to… Continue reading Peter Shankman: Mogul, Author, Skydiver, The CatMan
Peter Shankman Skyped into our MSU journalism class the other day to talk a bit about his life. He delved into many things, including his podcast Faster Than Normal, his life with ADHD, and some impactful lessons he has learned throughout his career. He is a successful entrepreneur and author who founded HARO and has written… Continue reading A Lesson On Hard Work
Peter Shankman is a successful author, entrepreneur, corporate speaker and innovator and achieved all of that while being diagnosed with ADHD in a career that deals with a lot of math and comprehensive thinking. Quite the anomaly. He also wakes up and works out everyday before 5am. That’s an anomaly. Last week, Peter Shankman connected… Continue reading An Anomaly in More Than One Way
Everyone goes through something in their life that can cause a dramatic change to their world. Some fold into the negativity. Others use what they are going through to become someone better and prove others wrong. Peter Shankman is diagnosed with ADHD and uses what many consider a disadvantage to make himself into one of… Continue reading Peter Shankman: I Am More Than What You Think of Me
Everyone has weaknesses. These weaknesses, unfortunately, sometimes can be barriers to our success. But I’ve learned throughout the years that weaknesses can only affect your performance if you let them. If you work hard enough, you can turn your biggest weakness into your biggest strength. Or so I thought. Until this week, I’d never heard… Continue reading Eat A Vegetable or Two
Peter Shankman is a very successful entrepreneur in the media industry who currently hosts the #1 ADHD podcast on iTunes. Last Friday, my marketing media class at MSU was given the opportunity to have a live video chat with him on Skype. During this video session he was able to tell us his story and… Continue reading Advice From an Entrepreneur: What I Learned From Peter Shankman
Peter Shankman held a Skype conference with our class because he knows we’ve got a room full of the smartest, most intelligent, and most driven university students on the face of the planet. Our class is a select group of entrepreneurial students with the guts and gumption to build businesses to take over the world.… Continue reading Entrepreneurship Lessons from Peter Shankman
How do you avoid oblivion? This question has plagued me this semester as we’ve learned how to be a disrupter, how to innovate and how to be successful as a startup. I recognize that, as a startup, you have to worry much more about the present than some distant, uncertain future. But it’s bothered me.… Continue reading The Antidote to Oblivion? Continuous Innovation
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