http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:00:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/naked-pizza-new-orleans-startup-culture.html Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:00:39 +0000 PSFK sits down with entrepreneur Robbie Vitrano to discuss how rebuilding New Orleans has helped foster a unique environment for innovation.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/naked-pizza-launches-in-new-york.html Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:17:55 +0000 Having only launched the franchising company less than 24 months ago, the brand now has 21 stores open from San Diego to Dubai and almost 500 in the pipeline.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/psfk-conference-nyc-2011-robbie-vitrano-video-2.html Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:42:44 +0000 The Naked Pizza co-founder shares his insight on how to foster a brand that reveals the power of connectedness in the digital age.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/psfk-conference-nyc-the-event-in-videos.html Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:08:54 +0000 A video round-up of alll the exciting talks and presentations from PSFK's successful New York 2011 Conference.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/psfk-conference-nyc-2011-robbie-vitrano-video.html Thu, 26 May 2011 11:51:42 +0000 The Naked Pizza co-founder shares his insight on how to build a brand that reveals the power of connectedness in the digital age.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/agencies-deepen-investment-in-new-ventures-and-start-up-culture.html Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:13:59 +0000 Has your agency caught the entrepreneurial bug? Find out how the trend gradually moved from small agencies to larger ones.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/creativity-community-innovation-new-orleans-entrepreneurs.html Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:36:10 +0000 As part of our month-long expedition across North America in search of creativity, community, and innovation; we explore some of the inspired local businesses flourishing in the city.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/kraft-buys-good-food-chain-nakedpizza.html Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:00:15 +0000 The Kraft Group have bought a stake in the NAKEDPizza chain of restaurants. NAKEDPizza is a chain that claims to sell healthy pizza by paring it down to the essential and natural versions of the original.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/new-orleans-creative-hub.html Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:01:56 +0000 Regular readers would know that we have covered extensively the energy and ideas eminating from New Orleans in the last few years. PSFK has also interviewed many of the people like Jon Guidroz leading the drive to reinvigorate the city and make it a leading creative capital. The New York Times interviews picks up on the story with an article about the thriving emerging business scene focused around a co-working space called Entrepreneurs Row: Then, last year, Sean Cummings, a real estate developer and entrepreneur in New Orleans, randomly found Free Flow’s Web site and noticed that the company hadRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/video-psfk-conference-nyc-new-idea-agencies.html Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:26:31 +0000 At PSFK Conference NYC, Danielle Sacks (Fast Company) led a thought-provoking discussion about the rise of the “New Idea Agencies” – companies that are thinking outside of the traditional client-agency model and creating their own products, brands, and intellectual property to launch direct to market. The panel, featuring Robbie Vitrano (Trumpet), Carl Johnson (Anomaly), Bart Haney (fuseproject), and Ben Malbon (BBH Labs), explained how their companies’ unique business models evolved and the struggles (and benefits) of agencies becoming their own clients. Developing IP rather than just messaging is clearly an attractive idea. Why build brands that, ultimately, you have noRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/psfk-conference-new-york-speaker-robbie-vitrano.html Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:29:52 +0000 We’re looking forward to having Robbie Vitrano, co-founder and CEO of Trumpet, join us at PSFK Conference New York on April 2. Robbie will be part of our panel discussion about the pursuit of intellectual property and how it’s changing the way agencies and new businesses operate, along with Bart Haney (fuseproject), Carl Johnson (Anomaly), Ben Malbon (BBH Labs), and Danielle Sacks (Fast Company). First, who are you and what do you do? I’m something of a denter. Perpetually. Kissing cousin of over-earnest and pedantic. I have a goal: to someday be referred to as possessing “divine discontent.” Good luck.Read more...]]>