March 11th, 2010 by Kristin
Chris Conley of Gravity Tank Visits Flashpoint
Last week, guest speaker Chris Conley of Gravity Tank visited Flashpoint as a part of the Jumpstart speaker series. First year Recording Arts student Rob Levere offers his reflections in this guest blog.
In today’s Jumpstart, we got to hear from an awe-inspiring entrepreneur, Chris Conley. He told us about his creation called “Gravity Tank.” What I took out of his presentation was his definition and the way he presented the concept of innovation.
Not only did I find what he said to be true to my beliefs, but I found it inspirational. He was talking about innovation in business and how to open up product marketing and things like that but the way I interpreted it for some reason was from a musician’s point of view, regarding musical style.
It has been a dream of mine since I was young to be a pioneer of a certain genre of music that I had a hand in designing myself, and if that’s not innovation then I don’t know what is. Chris opened up my mind and gave my thought process a field to run in, metaphorically speaking. This could apply to anyone trying to create their own business, but in the way Chris explained I was easily able to match it up with my own life.
It was really cool to hear from someone with his background and knowledge, but it was even cooler to have a presentation on originality and innovation and how to give people what they want and, in the end, get what you want. I took some really key things out of this presentation and am grateful for the knowledge bestowed upon me.
