As the Founder, CEO, and Creative Director of Tribe Pictures, Vern Oakley has produced and directed films that drive high performance culture for the Global 1000 for over 30 years. He’s the author of the new book Leadership in Focus: Bringing Out Your Best On Camera, which helps business leaders convey their authenticity on camera.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Francis Ford Coppola
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I assumed that the business was making films as oppose to that I was an entrepreneur in the film business and so separating what I liked to do and the films that I like to make versus doing the films that the buyers wanted to make, I don’t know if that’s clear but I see that’s still coming up today in our business”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration Book by Ed Catmull
Favourite Quote:
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom” Aristotle
Recommended Online Resources:
Philosophers Notes – The essential teachings of each book are condensed into a convenient 6-page PDF and 20-minute MP3.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“It isn’t whether you’re winning or losing, whether you’re succeeding or failing, it’s the ability to get back up after you’ve been knocked down and try again, and then realising that it’s likely that you’ll get knocked down again and to stand up and try again, is really what separates people who are successful as entrepreneurs over the long haul”…[Listen for More]
More About Vern Oakley:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Oh my soul, be prepared for the coming of the Stranger. Be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions. There is one who remembers the way to your door: Life you may evade, but Death you shall not. You shall not deny the Stranger. They constantly try to escape From the darkness outside and within By dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be good. But the man that is, shall shadow The man that pretends to be.” T.S. Eliot
Other Quotes From the Chat with Vern Oakley:
- “Working hard, trying different things, learning from their experience and 20 years later you become an overnight success”
- “I was in Grand Cayman and my favourite business model was there was a little shack there and there was a bunch of seashells there and it just sort of said, 10 dollars, leave it in the box, well I’m thinking that’s a pretty interesting business model I wonder if people ever actually put the $10 there, I’m wondering if the box ever get’s stolen, how honest people are and I thought that’s a low maintenance business and maybe that’ll be my next one”
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