Posts Tagged ‘Personal Growth’
Building A Digital Agency From The Ground Up: Podcast With Chance The Dev
WATCH READ This podcast episode was recorded in 2018, just about a year and a half after I started Data Driven Design as a remote digital agency specializing in WordPress Development and Digital Strategy. I was on the precipice of hiring an All-Star team of full-time employees, and I knew how to execute my vision…
Read MoreHow Women Can Develop Tech Chops And Become More Valuable In Their Current Role
WATCH READ In an interview with Lady Lunch Club, based in Nashville, Tennessee, I was asked what women who may be intimidated by technology can do to develop DIY Skills and increase their value in the workplace. I’ve seen many women get unfairly pigeonholed into “social media girl” roles at digital agencies and even on…
Read MoreDoing Your Job For The Money vs. Doing What You Love
WATCH READ In the Fall of 2014, I remember Kate and I had just moved into our new house in Spring Hill, TN, and I felt completely broke. That’s basically because we were. We had just spent all of our money on the down payment, and still had some minor credit card debt. Altogether, we…
Read MoreThe Importance of Dreaming Big and Putting In The Grunt Work
WATCH READ I share part of my story about how I dreamed big, but put in a ton of non-glamourous “grunt work” at the beginning of my career. This point of view has never escaped me and I live by this philosophy to this day. I think it’s important for people to think about what…
Read MoreHow High School Students Can Start Building A Career Doing What They Love
WATCH READ My wife Kate Hickey (COO of Data Driven Design) and I were invited to speak to high school students at Summit High School in Spring Hill, Tennessee in Spring of 2018. We had just sold our house, our cars, and committed to move to Valencia, Spain for a year. We are now in…
Read MoreMy Career Autobiography: How I Went From Employee To Business Owner
WATCH READ In this conversation with a friend, I had the opportunity to give an overview of my entire career, starting as an unpaid intern with the Detroit Pistons of the NBA, to building WordPress websites and creating content as a side hustle, to becoming Director of Marketing and Public Relations at Columbia State Community…
Read MoreWhy I Do What I Do – How My Goals And Passion Help Business Owners
WATCH READ In this video interview with Lady Lunch Club of Nashville, I’m asked how my Goals and Passion can help the members of Lady Lunch Club, as well as Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs. Paul Hickey, Founder / CEO / Lead Strategist at Data Driven Design, LLC and founder of The Voice Event, and The Voice Designer, has…
Read MoreHow 2020 Changed Me (And Why I’m Excited About It)
READ Each year, Halloween marks the anniversary of Data Driven Design, LLC. A year ago, going into 2020 (Year Four) I wrote a post about why I started the business, how thankful I was to have my team of nine full time employees (at the time), and thanking a ton of instrumental people who had gotten…
Read MoreI Don't Really Know What To Say. But I Know How I Feel. And I Can't Say Nothing.
READ There’s no question in my heart how I feel. And I rarely have any trouble saying how I feel. I typically don’t have trouble writing it, either. But there is no safe zone for this conversation. All bets are off, and they have been off for a long time. And I have so much…
Read MoreUpdates From Spain: Episode 2 – Living and Working In Quarantine
WATCH LISTEN READ Another Message From Spain The unthinkable and unimaginable has happened all at once. As much as I love working from home and holing myself up in my office to get a ton of work ton each day, being quarantined with my family home from school is a whole other story! In all…
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