Paul Heyman Guy

Why I’m A Paul Heyman Guy (And Always Will Be)

How did one man with practically no resources start a company that challenged the WWE as well as Ted Turner’s WCW? With disruptive branding he not only challenged two mega brands each run by billionaires but he started an industry-wide revolution and made a name for himself that is still

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Weird Al Differentiation

What Weird Al Taught Me About Differentiation

https://youtu.be/kYSZ8rVNZ1M I was a weird kid. As a weird kid (and perhaps still not so far off as an adult) I always leaned into the more offbeat things in life. My 12-year-old self wasn’t educated on brand differentiation and I wasn’t deliberately trying to be a counter-culture hipster, I was

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Everyone Who Bought IBM Is FIRED!

The old saying “No one ever got fired for buying IBM” was an adage about playing it safe. Investing with a blue-chipper never got anyone into any real trouble. That was then, and this is now and this is YOUR distillery! Playing it safe in the current beverage industry might

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Beverage Branding Secrets

Every Successful Beverage Company Uses This Secret Ingredient

How Much Would You Pay For Something You Could Get for Free? This is an exercise we utilize with our clients during our beverage branding DDOA (Decommoditized Differentiation Opportunity Analysis). “I’d pay NOTHING!” Is the incorrect, knee-jerk reaction everyone immediately spouts, and thus the exercise begins… Let’s take a look

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