by Bruce Turkel | Jan 5, 2021 | All About Them, Is That All There Is?, Leadership, Uncategorized
The fantastic lead singer and guitar player in our band was relocating to Atlanta. So after about 10 or so years gigging around Miami, our Saturday night show at the Titanic Bar would be our last time together. And at around 1:45 in the morning, the set we were...
by Bruce Turkel | Sep 15, 2020 | Branding, Building Brand Value
My father was a general contractor on Miami Beach in the 1960s. As innovative as my dad was, the business was still a rather analog affair. Supplies were delivered on flatbeds, building materials were inventoried on a clipboard, boards were nailed together by hand,...
by Bruce Turkel | Jun 1, 2020 | All About Them, Branding
The Responsibility of Privilege. When I go for a jog early in the morning and a police car slows down behind me, I assume they are either being courteous or looking out for my safety. That’s white privilege. When I check into a hotel in a strange city, I never...
by Bruce Turkel | May 22, 2020 | Bruce Turkel, Building Brand Value
My father was an innovative and very successful real estate developer. The Miami Herald called my dad “The Father of Florida Condominiums.” That was because he built the first residential condo in the United States – and the first office condo in the world. As a...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Don’t Watch That, Watch This. Marketing in the Days of Coronavirus. We think the movie Babe did it. Because when our daughter Ali was only eight-years old she announced that she wouldn’t eat anything if it meant killing animals. And at sixteen she became a...