Growing Bolder

The Story of Us

We come from varied backgrounds.

As adults, most of us spent years, even decades, in local TV as news anchors, reporters, producers,

videographers and editors.

The one thing we shared was a love of storytelling.

It was a great gig until local news became infatuated with crime.

Eventually, the body count got too high. That’s when Marc, our founder, quit to begin Growing Bolder.

Jill, a former TV news producer, signed on as our radio producer.

Then Bill Shafer, the legendary storyteller, came aboard and we began to assemble a team of the very

best people we ever worked with.

Web producer and former ABC News producer Jackie Carlin was the next to join the effort...

...then code ninja and software development rock star Pat Narciso.

Then came news producer and social media superstar Katy Widrick.

Videographer/editor extraordinaire Jason Morrow joined the team...

...followed by Josh Doolittle, the multi-talented software

development and design whiz.

Together, we began building our empire. There have been lots of meetings...

...and plenty to celebrate...

But it’s not been easy. In fact, it’s been a wild ride.

We’ve had to move our offices more than once.

We’ve even worked out of Marc’s home. Twice.

As we’ve bootstrapped our operation, we’ve all had to assume many roles...

like: handyman

and custodian.

When things go well, we win awards.

And when they don’t, we simply get out and push. Together.

We watch every penny, turning $10 aquariums into underwater camera housings...

...and $50,000 cameras into video playback monitors.

We remain nimble by paying close attention to developing trends.

That way, we know what’s coming before it’s here.

There’s plenty of good news to report from our efforts. The Growing Bolder TV show is doing well and

expanding into new programs and markets.

Growing Bolder Radio airs across America and features some of the top experts and more

entertaining people in the world.

We’re building powerful online communities for clients and licensing our unique and inspiring content.

We produce Lifelong Learning stories and help spread the gospel of active lifestyle, social engagement and

mental stimulation.

Our online community is growing daily and changing lives for the better.

We’re having a positive impact as a for-purpose for-profit.

We have a long way to go to achieve our goals. Here’s what we’ve learned so far -- the Takeaways.

A good idea is only a beginning.

Success is people-powered.

Even a good idea combines with great people is no guarantee for success.

So celebrate everything.

Get up early.

Never stop trying to do a better job of providing something important.

Hang out with rock stars whenever possible.

And Olympic athletes, too.

Laugh every day.

Serve every day.

Think big thoughts...

...and always remember that good people make great stories, but you have to engage them on their turf.

Be persistent and never give up.

And here’s the bottom line to building a business: plan but be nimble.

In other words, always have something in your teleprompter but be ready (and able) to ad-lib when

necessary or beneficial.

As we continue to write new chapters in the Bolder Media Group story, we’ll share them here. That’s our

story. What’s yours?