5 • 618 Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2015
⏱️ 32 minutes
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During his 40-plus years in advertising, Brent Kuhn brought 30-minute infomercials to the mainstream, greatly expanding direct response advertising. Before founding Bennett, Kuhn, Varner (BKV), he worked for leading ad shops McCann-Erickson and Tatham-Laird & Kudner. Now in active retirement, he continues to pitch new clients as Vice Chairman of BKV. Bolstered by the confidence he gained as a 10-year-old watching his father prepare for business meetings, Brent says he learned how to do well in interviews. Self-assurance overcame his academic background and landed him a job at an ad agency that typically only recruited from top-notch schools.
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0:00.0 | Hello world. Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love. I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison. Every day, I interview someone from around the world who has discovered his talents |
0:22.8 | to do work he loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom. Today I'm delighted |
0:30.1 | to bring you our featured guest, Brent Kuhn. Hi there, Brent. How are you? Doing good today. |
0:36.8 | Thank you, Dan. Good. A quick question before we |
0:39.6 | lunch into the interview. Are you using your talents doing work that you love? Yes, I have been, |
0:45.7 | and I'm in a bit of a transition right now looking for new opportunities. Wonderful. We want to |
0:50.3 | hear all about it. Brett Cune has been blazing trails in the advertising industry for more than 40 years. |
0:57.9 | Before founding Bennett Cune-Varner, |
1:00.7 | Brent served as executive vice president at Earl Palmer Brown, |
1:04.8 | vice president at Buchan Erickson, |
1:07.2 | and began his career at Tatham, Laird, and Kudner. |
1:10.8 | And while his chief strengths lie in marketing and media, |
1:13.6 | he makes a point to remain educated and involved in every aspect of the agency |
1:18.0 | while enjoying life and retirement since this past December. |
1:22.4 | Brent has taught courses on direct marketing at Emory University's top-rank ranked goes way to business school. His list of |
1:28.6 | major accounts includes renowned businesses and organizations such as Procter & Gamble, Tupperware, |
1:34.3 | Equifax, Six Flags, Dirt Devil, and the Christian Children's Fund. When he takes a break from |
1:40.3 | thinking ROI, Brennan enjoys muscle cars, hiking, traveling, and frequenting casinos, |
1:46.4 | but only if he rents. So Brent, that's just a quick overview. Take our listeners into what you're |
1:51.9 | working on now that's got you fired up. Well, Don, as I told you, I retired officially a couple |
1:59.7 | months ago. Congratulations. |
2:01.8 | Well, thank you. |
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