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Fashion & Business

Why Healthy Value Chains Across the Creative, Talented, Performing & Athletic Arts Matters to Everyone

By evaluating our co-founder's long standing professional career, spanning from the super-era of fashion & talent in the early 2000's through the dramatic evolution into today's technological world, offers insight to where current industry challenges lie, what shifts and partnerships are needed, and what values must be upheld to preserve the vitality of the professional talent sector, its creative workforce and its essential tether to other multi-billion dollar industries.

Written by, Vanessa Cole

November 10, 2025

Fashion & Business

Career Scarcity is Growing-- Calling on the Need for Economic Stewardship Across Leadership Roles

Today's technology presents opportunities & challenges that call on leaders who represent celebrity entrepreneurs, founders, investors & CEOs to act with economic stewardship in order to preserve human creativity, culture & purpose.

By, Vanessa Cole

November 5, 2025

Fashion & Culture

Preserving the Human Element in the Creative Economy: Reflections on the Victoria’s Secret Show

Comparing this years show with yesterday's flare calls for guardrails that will preserve the value & pace of the creative process--- and audience demand. Featuring the photographic work of Ben Watts @wattsupphoto

By, Vanessa Cole

October 20, 2025

Sports Perspective

Building Mental Toughness: A Case for Investment in Coach Development Across the Landscape

Soft skills, like mental toughness, perseverance, confidence and leadership are important skills for navigating life in the 21st century. Sports offers an opportunity to grow them-- if coaches are recognized and empowered in their role as mentors.

By, Vanessa Cole

April 13, 2025

Sports Perspective

Rethinking the Pathway: Why JUCO & Post Grad Routes Deserve Respect in Today's NCAA Landscape

Making the case for an ecosystem that prioritizes the best interest of student athletes in today's billion dollar sports industry

By, Vanessa Cole

April 8, 2025

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