November 9, 2024 marked twenty years since Fifteen4 was officially incorporated as a business in the state of Maryland. Founded by my brother Steve and a young Howard County native named Kurt Dutra, Fifteen Four LLC was Baltimore’s first video production company...
There was a time, fairly long ago, when I worked at a large organization that did not foster teamwork (for the sake of protecting the innocent I am not going to name the organization and you are not allowed to seek it out on my LinkedIn profile). There were great...
Fifteen4 is 20 years old! And while we don’t want to make you too sick of hearing this, we are going to celebrate for more than a minute. Many clients over the years have asked us where the name came from and what it means. In 2004, our family lived in a row-house in...
Every day I bump my way through Baltimore encased in a mobile box of aluminum and rubber, so numb to my surroundings that I can’t remember one such journey from the next, regardless of where I went or when it happened. The only distinguishing feature on these slogs...
We talked about scope creep in a previous installment of this series. I mention it again because scope creep happens when you, the client, want newly defined value from the work being delivered without adding to the value you’re providing to your vendor. This is a...
Want to be the apple of your talent’s eye? Check your Employer Brand! In today's talent market, even with recent hiring slowdowns, you can’t just “build it” and hope “they will come.” In other words, it's not enough to just post job listings and wait for qualified...
You’re a start-up, a SaaS company, or any other type of tech org that has products, managed services, or infrastructure that can help your customers. Along with the normal volume of white papers, website updates, and webinars, current video content should be a...
#F4BookBytesOur team compresses the wisdom and actionable inspiration gleaned from a variety of professional and creative books into bite-sized chunks as they pertain to the business, marketing, and communication challenges our colleagues and clients face. There are a...
Building trust and connections is crucial for B2B brands. We’ve all been throwing around the word “authenticity.” Maybe the word should be “trustability.” And whether or not your brand can achieve this begins with a question you—really, your company—has to ask...
#F4BookBytesOur team compresses the wisdom and actionable inspiration gleaned from a variety of professional and creative books into bite-sized chunks as they pertain to the business, marketing, and communication challenges our colleagues and clients face. At some...