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Andy Nulman

Interests: working out, jewelry, contemporary art (the wilder the better), mobile entertainment, playing hockey, buying clothes, loud rock music, innovative design, no arithmetic, reading, writing, public speaking, snowboarding

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The Uninvited Silent Partner That Haunts Every Success

Last week, I was invited to speak at Montreal’s seventh annual StartupFest, perhaps the continent’s most important gathering for emerging business ideas and those who want to invest in them. Like other events of its ilk, the mood at Startupfest... Continue reading

Posted Jul 17, 2017 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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Therefore, I'm Not.

I was out to lunch with a colleague last week, and the waiter asked for my order. “To start, I think I’ll go with the carrot soup, and for the entree, I think the seafood risotto sounds good.” Over and... Continue reading

Posted Mar 21, 2017 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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No More "Mr. Notes Guy"

I am a journalist. Not the type that Donald Trump’s White House seems to hate; perhaps it would be more precise to add a hyphen and say that I am a journal-ist, meaning that I love taking notes in a... Continue reading

Posted Feb 28, 2017 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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20 is the new 50

It’s just one sentence, yet the different meanings it takes on when enunciated are extreme. It all boils down to a tiny tinge of inflection; but when the inflection is shifted over just one word and spoken out loud, the... Continue reading

Posted Feb 23, 2017 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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A (Somewhat) Surprising Valentine’s Day Prize

As surprises go, it wasn’t particularly effective. It was telegraphed a day in advance via a text message that went in part: Hey PTF crew-- I am in need of some time-sensitive information. There is a prize coming your way... Continue reading

Posted Feb 14, 2017 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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Forget You Read This (and Maybe You’ll Learn Something)

It’s fascinating to, well uh, learn that the concept of a “Learning Curve” was born way back in 1885 when it was introduced by German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus. That crunching noise you hear is the sound of us abruptly reaching... Continue reading

Posted Feb 3, 2017 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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Say Anything--My Mary Tyler Moore Lesson

The recent passing of TV icon Mary Tyler Moore brought back a flood of memories from 1991, when she was the host of a Just For Laughs TV special I Executive Produced for Showtime...most notably a memory of a life... Continue reading

Posted Jan 25, 2017 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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Panel Discussions Suck. Here’s How to Make Them Suck Less

If I hadn’t been locked down in some very important meetings this week, I’d have been in Ottawa as a guest on a panel discussion hosted by the federal government. Subject matter was entrepreneurship and startups (very apropos for Play... Continue reading

Posted Jan 18, 2017 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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Even though I don’t wear them too often, I have a collection of over 250 ties. No silly “character” or “theme” ties; cool, classy and striking stuff. Mostly, they are bought to “go with” a certain jacket or event, but... Continue reading

Posted Jan 11, 2017 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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How To Make Great 2017 Predictions

I love this time of year because everybody seems to be obsessed with telling the future. For one’s selves, people make “resolutions”...and we know how most of them end up come February (and we also know why my gym was... Continue reading

Posted Jan 5, 2017 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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What I Learned This Week--How and When To Say Goodbye

I’ve never been good at long goodbyes, so let’s try to make this brief, shall we? After eight years and three months of blogging, a lengthy period of discipline, dedication, research and introspection that spawned 1,077 posts, you are now... Continue reading

Posted Jan 5, 2015 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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What I Learned This Year--Top Five Lessons of 2014 (Plus One)

Well, it’s that time of the year again, when the media—new, old and everything in between, including this blog—fixates on compiling its Year-End List. While the act of “Listification” seems to have suffered a bad rap due to overuse by... Continue reading

Posted Dec 29, 2014 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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What I Learned This Week--Longing for When the Trivial Becomes the Important

I have a friend who is currently going through the type of health-related family anguish you should never know from…but given the way life (and death) works, you probably will at one time or another. While I won’t reveal his... Continue reading

Posted Dec 22, 2014 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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What I Learned This Week--The Heavy Power of Light

“Let there be light !” It’s the third line in the Bible…so I guess it must be important. And perhaps at no time is it more important than right now, particularly in my hometown Montreal, where holiday lighting brightens up... Continue reading

Posted Dec 15, 2014 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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What I Learned This Week--Victory Goes to the Unassuming

On Saturday, Dec. 6 at 3:00 p.m. sharp, I sat down at the Vic Park gym with trainer Haskel Garmaise to re-launch my intense workout regime with a brand new, multi-disciplinary program. That is not the important part of this... Continue reading

Posted Dec 8, 2014 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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What I Learned This Week--The Difference Between Men and Women, Part 736

Please excuse the sucky title and its allusion to a million or so hack comedy routines on the same subject. I trust this post will be somewhat less hackneyed and thank you in advance for jumping to the next line.... Continue reading

Posted Dec 1, 2014 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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What I Learned This Week--Will Accidents To Happen

“Oh I just don’t know where to begin…” sang Elvis Costello in his 1979 (somewhat) hit song Accidents Will Happen. But I DO know where to begin, and that’s on the wall between the door and the massive window of... Continue reading

Posted Nov 24, 2014 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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What I Learned This Week--Next To Nothing

This is one of the shortest blog posts I’ve ever composed. Why? Because I don’t have much to say. This happens on occasion with yours truly, and as I’ve come to notice these days, much more often with others. Yet... Continue reading

Posted Nov 17, 2014 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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What I Learned This Week--Why Normal is a Necessity

Just got back from a thoroughly enjoyable long weekend in New York. Took in two plays (The River, with Hugh Jackman, and the spectacular The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) and a musical (Beautiful, the Carole King... Continue reading

Posted Nov 10, 2014 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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What I Learned This Week--Avoid Arming Assholes

Last week, I had the pleasure of mentoring two sharp young men. By day, they have marketing jobs, but by night and over weekends, they are prepping an entrepreneurial endeavor, and asked me to offer up some advice on the... Continue reading

Posted Nov 3, 2014 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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What I Learned This Week--Budgeting For Stupidity

I am writing this post mid-Saturday afternoon...and I am wasting a substantial sum of money while doing so. To explain (without getting into too much detail to exacerbate the situation and inflate the already-ridiculous financial tally), I am currently embroiled... Continue reading

Posted Oct 27, 2014 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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What I Learned This Week--A Checklist To Guarantee Passion Projects

As mentioned in a post a couple months back, I carry a journal with me just about all the time, which I fill with copious thoughts, notes, ideas and random observations. Most of these scribblings make no sense to anyone... Continue reading

Posted Oct 20, 2014 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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What I Learned This Week--The Frills Bring The Thrills

During the Jewish Holidays last week, the two words I heard most often (other than “Shana Tovah,” which means “Happy New Year”) were “Nice suit!” I heard it on three separate days, and heard it often for each different suit.... Continue reading

Posted Oct 14, 2014 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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What I Learned This Week--Good News! A Cure For The Common Cold!

Yech. I spent much of last week saddled with a nagging cold; one that wouldn’t fully break though into need for bed rest, but left me sniffly, blocked up, achy, feverish and functionally miserable for six straight days. (That's a... Continue reading

Posted Oct 6, 2014 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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What I Learned This Week--Sign Your Work

A friend and former business partner reached out to me last week with a very specific request: “Do you know of a good marketing copywriter?” I kicked it around my head for a while, but unfortunately, nobody came to mind.... Continue reading

Posted Sep 29, 2014 at Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman's Blog About Surprise

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