Leadership Night - The Story of Marvel, Part 1

Mel provides a history of Marvel Comics, surveying the leadership qualities of its founder — Martin Goodman. Expect to learn why it’s important to understand your own reasons for leading a project. Do you need to be passionate about your job in order to be passionate about your reason for doing it? Mel explains the wisdom of paying attention to trends as well as the inestimable value of networking. How much of Mel’s professional life does he dedicate toward networking and what kind of dividends has that paid in his leadership? Martin Goodman is known for decisively killing projects which weren’t working, but how do you know when a project isn’t working or when you need to persevere? Q&A follows.