Harvey Lee on leveraging personal experiences for professional growth

Personal experiences can power professional growth. 

No one may know this better than Harvey Lee, a product marketer, speaker, former Rock n Roll roadie and now author of Backstage Pass: A Business Book that’s Far From Conventional. 

We had the pleasure of chatting with Harvey about his book and how his background in the music industry helped later propel him into the world of product marketing. 

From wild stories on the road to how Harvey likes to prepare for a new presentation, our conversation was full of professional and personal nuggets of advice, wisdom and hilarity.

What's in the Spice Cabinet??

• Get ahold of Harvey’s book, Backstage Pass, here
• Don’t forget to save the playlist companion for a proper soundtrack to the story
• Sign up for Harvey’s newsletter here
• Follow Harvey on LinkedIn
• Read “How do you write a powerful personal story (Even when you don’t have a story to tell)?” (blog post by Harvey)
• Who to follow, according to Harvey?
  • Category Pirates
  • Read their book, Snow Leopard: How Legendary Writers Create a Category of One
• Marketers to follow on LinkedIn: Scott Galloway & Mark Ritson
• Harvey’s book pile:
  • Music related
    • Lives of Brian - Brian Johnson
    • Loud - Tana Douglas
  • Biz Books
    • Anything by Ann Handley
    • Anything April Dunford!  
• Presentation/PowerPoint tips?
  • Keep animations, media and video to a minimum so you don’t risk tech-gone-wrong stories 
  • Save everything offline 
• PowerPoint pet-peeve? 
  • Fonts. 
• What’s Harvey’s walkout song? 
  • Back in Black - AC/DC