What the Helvetica‪?‬ Michael Janda

Creating and customizing your own workspace is key if you want to succeed in the creative industry. In this video, Michael Janda and Veronique Zayas share their tips on making workspaces that boost creativity and productivity. They talk about taking smart risks, being adaptable, and adding personal touches to your space. By sharing their experiences with overcoming financial hurdles and designing perfect workspaces, they offer great advice on handling challenges and achieving success. They also cover topics like growing your business, communicating effectively, working remotely, enhancing customer experiences, and the importance of human connection. Tune in as we explore how community, collaboration, and building a talented team can create an inspiring creative workspace.
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🎙️ About What the Helvetica? Podcast
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”What the Helvetica?” is an engaging series of conversations between Michael Janda and guest entrepreneurs, delving into the realities of building a business. What happens behind the curtain? What crucial insights remain unspoken? It’s not all sunshine and roses; ”What the Helvetica?” dives deep to unveil the raw truths of entrepreneurship—good, bad, and ugly—and listeners may learn a thing or two along the way.
🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-the-helvetica/id1744396039
🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03dUQpH60WJwgkDZqZLnr3?si=c3abf90398bd456a
🎧 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/5ee30875-178e-460f-bd13-aa3b751a2e70
🎧 iHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/172847580
🎧 Other App Links Are Here: https://www.whatthehelveticapodcast.com
 
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🤝 Connect with Michael Janda
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Michael Janda is an award-winning creative director, designer, and agency veteran. In 2002, he founded the creative agency Riser, which provided design and development services for clients that included Disney, Google, Warner Bros., Fox, NBC, ABC, National Geographic and many other high-profile brands. Michael sold his agency in 2015 and now spends his time speaking, developing books, courses, and social media content to help creatives level-up. He is the author of “Burn Your Portfolio” and “The Psychology of Graphic Design Pricing.”
Instagram: https://instagram.com/morejanda
YouTube: https://youtube.com/morejanda
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/morejanda
Website: https://michaeljanda.com
Courses: https://morejanda.teachable.com
Community: https://morecreativeacademy.com
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👋 Meet Veronique Zayas
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Veronique founded HatchMark Studio in 2015 out of the need to scale up or scale back. Since then, she’s been dead-set on building the agency she wants to work at and cultivating a team that’s driven to create and collaborate to support that vision.
Although she started HatchMark as a brand designer, her focus has shifted to leading client strategy and positioning, new business development, and internal growth.
She’s passionate about helping organizations excel, and leaning in to support their growth - whether it’s a startup struggling to differentiate their brand in a crowded industry, or a 100+ year business making the shift to the digital marketing world. Best business advice? People work with people they know, like, and trust. And she’s lucky to be able to do that every day.
Website: https://www.hatchmarkstudio.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hatchmarkstudio/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hatchmarkstudio
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/veronique-zayas/
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6P3gIgDxKkKdVcVyrAY9B3?si=dd6dff79db5b46d2
 

What is the big problem with social media in 2024? Are you falling into this trap on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok? Join Michael Janda and Eva Alordiah as they dig into this topic from marketing intuition to the impact of AI on monetization. Their conversation delves into branding, storytelling, and the evolving landscape of social media. Gain valuable insights on prioritizing authenticity, leveraging long-form content, and harnessing AI while staying true to your creative vision.
----------------------🎙️ About What the Helvetica? Podcast----------------------”What the Helvetica?” is an engaging series of conversations between Michael Janda and guest entrepreneurs, delving into the realities of building a business. What happens behind the curtain? What crucial insights remain unspoken? It’s not all sunshine and roses; ”What the Helvetica?” dives deep to unveil the raw truths of entrepreneurship—good, bad, and ugly—and listeners may learn a thing or two along the way.
🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-the-helvetica/id1744396039🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03dUQpH60WJwgkDZqZLnr3?si=c3abf90398bd456a🎧 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/5ee30875-178e-460f-bd13-aa3b751a2e70🎧 iHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/172847580🎧 Other App Links Are Here: https://www.whatthehelveticapodcast.com
----------------------🤝 Connect with Eva Alordiah----------------------Elohor Eva Alordiah is an award winning Rapper, Writer, Entrepreneur and Co-founder of Africa’s first all-in-one course hosting platform Kobocourse.com
Eva is a multi-faceted creative artist who has indulged in every expression from writing to poetry, rap music, fashion designing, makeup artistry, public speaking and now, digital marketing.
After falling into a deep depression in 2017, Eva took a needed break away from her first love of Rap music and spent her new found solitude investing herself into the rabbit hole of digital marketing. 
What started as a simple exploration of content creation will later lead Eva into the fast-paced world that is the online education business.
In 2020, just as the pandemic was shutting the world down, Eva teamed up with her brother, Keno Alordiah out of necessity, and together they built the Saas platform Kobocourse.com 
Together the sibling co-founders are growing Kobocourse.com into the only platform African creators will need to earn money online by selling their knowledge to a global audience.
Eva now juggles her time between her music career as a Rapper, Writer and Teacher, while building the next generation of African creators monetizing their knowledge online easily, thanks to Kobocourse.
Youtube: https://youtube.com/@elohorInstagram: https://instagram.com/wifimoneywoman Kobocourse: https://kobocourse.comPodcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/evarything
----------------------🤝 Connect with Michael Janda----------------------Michael Janda is an award-winning creative director, designer, and agency veteran. In 2002, he founded the creative agency Riser, which provided design and development services for clients that included Disney, Google, Warner Bros., Fox, NBC, ABC, National Geographic and many other high-profile brands. Michael sold his agency in 2015 and now spends his time speaking, developing books, courses, and social media content to help creatives level-up. He is the author of “Burn Your Portfolio” and “The Psychology of Graphic Design Pricing.”
Instagram: https://instagram.com/morejandaYouTube: https://youtube.com/morejandaLinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/morejandaWebsite: https://michaeljanda.comCourses: https://morejanda.teachable.comCommunity: https://morecreativeacademy.com

Is your business destroying your mental health? Ever felt you're always struggling emotionally and mentally in your creative business or freelance career? You are not alone! In this episode, Michael Janda and Cyrus Kourt delve into the emotional toll of running a creative business. They discuss the unique challenges creatives face, from managing unpaid clients to setting boundaries and dealing with financial struggles. They also explore the impact of Instagram and other social media platforms on mental health, with Janda noting the disconnect between the "rosy picture" of perfection and the reality of imperfections.
Michael Janda opens up about his experience with therapy and medication for mental health, emphasizing the importance of seeking help when needed. The episode concludes with insights into the emotional wellness of creatives and the unique pressures they face in the industry. ----------------------
🎙️ About What the Helvetica? Podcast
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”What the Helvetica?” is an engaging series of conversations between Michael Janda and guest entrepreneurs, delving into the realities of building a business. What happens behind the curtain? What crucial insights remain unspoken? It’s not all sunshine and roses; ”What the Helvetica?” dives deep to unveil the raw truths of entrepreneurship—good, bad, and ugly—and listeners may learn a thing or two along the way.
🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-the-helvetica/id1744396039
🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03dUQpH60WJwgkDZqZLnr3?si=c3abf90398bd456a
🎧 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/5ee30875-178e-460f-bd13-aa3b751a2e70
🎧 iHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/172847580
🎧 Other App Links Are Here: https://www.whatthehelveticapodcast.com
 
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🤝 Connect with Michael Janda
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Michael Janda is an award-winning creative director, designer, and agency veteran. In 2002, he founded the creative agency Riser, which provided design and development services for clients that included Disney, Google, Warner Bros., Fox, NBC, ABC, National Geographic and many other high-profile brands. Michael sold his agency in 2015 and now spends his time speaking, developing books, courses, and social media content to help creatives level-up. He is the author of “Burn Your Portfolio” and “The Psychology of Graphic Design Pricing.”
Instagram: https://instagram.com/morejanda
YouTube: https://youtube.com/morejanda
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/morejanda
Website: https://michaeljanda.com
Courses: https://morejanda.teachable.com
Community: https://morecreativeacademy.com
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🤝 Connect with Caerus Kourt
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Caerus is founder and creative director at Bookery, a design agency for education, activist, and humanitarian publishers everywhere. Bookery specializes in accessible and comprehensive subscription design to amplify publishers’ messages to the world and reach the eyes they need to teach and inspire.
Website: https://www.bookery.design
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caerus-kourt
 

Join Mike Janda and some amazing entrepreneurs to discuss the ups and downs and big wins and epic fails of being a creative entrepreneur. What the Helvetica? will unveil insights you might not find anywhere else.