What's your story? David works with entrepreneurs, artists, students and non-profits to get their story straight and help them pursue their dreams. David runs a consulting practice and production company that share one thing in common: story-telling. After running an ad agency and holding numerous senior marketing roles in Internet companies, David is now working with entrepreneurs, artists and students to focus their ideas. He created Box Out Industries to work with organizations and Spiral Staircase to collaborate with artists. Mark Twain once said, "I would have written a short letter, but didn't have the time." Finding the essence of a story is hard work.... but making hard choices that hang together always leads to a compelling story. Explore David's various projects to learn more. ![]() David joins ACT Board of Trustees David has recently joined the board of the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. ACT is the leading conservatory theater in the country. David will be working with ACT on marketing, technology and education initiatives. New work with the Mine Advisory Group The Mine Advisory Group (MAG) works to restore communities around the world that have been ravaged by conflict. David is working with MAG to expand their base of support in the U.S. | Best practices lecture at Haas Entrepreneurs event See David's new talk, "Getting your story straight," which he presented as part of the Entrepreneurial Best Practices lecture series at the Berkeley-Haas Business School, where David is an Executive-in-Residence. Watch some or all of this 1 hour talk above. _________________________________________ SCKBSTD world premiere 1.18.11 David's production company, Spiral Staircase, is producing an original American musical by Bruce Hornsby (pictured below). The show premiered at the Virginia Stage Company January 21, 2011. Follow the story of SCKBSTD on our production blog. You can hear Bruce discussing the project on NPR's Morning Edition or see what the New York Times has to say about it here. ![]() |

