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Jim Coudal at Chicago Creative Mornings Jason F. Jul 08 2011

10 comments Latest by Richard

Jim Coudal talks about the history of Coudal, where they’ve been, where they’re going now, how they got there, and how to parlay one business into another business. Jim is a great teacher and we’re so lucky to have him and his crew in Chicago.

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10 comments so far

Michael 08 Jul 11

Good video. Bridge is an awesome game, though, Jim, and it’s becoming cool again. You should play.

Rishi 08 Jul 11

Awesome Video. Stay until the end of the video where Coudal talks about his ideas that failed.

one of the ideas that failed: Swap Meat – People would send them stuff and they would swap it

My favorite part was when he talked about being invited by chance to an indie conference that opened up the doors to massive distribution for Field Notes and what lead to being featured in JCrew’s catalog.

Bryan Sebastian 08 Jul 11

I really enjoyed this video! Jim is always a good source for inspiration and, as Jason says, a great teacher.

However, along with Bridge, you should not knock golf… some of my best and most creative work has come after a 6:30 am round of golf. A few hours of getting your mind of things can go a long way towards getting you revved up to work.

Tim Viec Lam 09 Jul 11

that’s very good Video! that’s right ” Jim is always a good source for inspiration and, as Jason says, a great teacher.”

VertexSoup 09 Jul 11

This video made me feel much better about the all the silly, hair-brained ideas I’ve ever had or tried to implement. His enthusiasm is wonderful.

Antonio 10 Jul 11

This guy is hilarious

muchomas 11 Jul 11

Interesting video – I had a similar idea to Swap Meet and still think that there’s a market for a nice site to facilitate swapping/recycling/repurposing things people don’t need.

Natasha Murashev 11 Jul 11

Thanks for posting this!! It’s hard to believe that having such an agency is possible but it’s truly a dream come true if you can dream big enough.

Todd Jamieson 12 Jul 11

Great video. I love hearing about businesses that break out of the traditional mold and their inspirational stories of success.

Richard 15 Jul 11

REWORK done well.

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