More than a few people have told me they wanted to go to portfolio school, but figured they were too old. Advertising's a young man'...

When I was in portfolio school, one thing was drilled into me over and over and over: It's all about the big idea . Okay, it's not a...

Another lie that took me a long time to recognize: Great creative sells itself. This is one we want to believe. That you’d present something...

In the continuing series of lies that are somehow harbored before you’ve even begun interviewing, I offer yet another lie: The client is s...

Here is another lie that’s often perpetuated in portfolio schools: "Account people are your enemy." Sometimes they’re called “suit...

Here is the greatest lie you will be told in portfolio school: If you don’t get a job at one of 4 or 5 elite agencies, you have failed. Didn...