Joe Perello, CEO of Props, on Building Strong Work Relationships and a Culture of Learning from Mistakes

<p>CEO of Props -- <a href="https://markgraban.com/mistake196">Episode page with video, transcript, links and more</a></p> <p>** <a href="https://calendly.com/catapult-99/markg">I WANT TO WRITE MY BOOK </a>(ad) **&nbsp;</p> <p>My guest for Episode #196 of the <a href="http://myfavoritemistakepodcast.com/">My Favorite Mistake</a> podcast is Joe Perello, president and CEO of Props, a first-of-its-kind, marketing technology platform enabling DTC brands. Joe is also a member of the board of directors of New York Cruise Lines.</p> <p>Prior to Props, he co-founded and led an NYC-based digital agency and bootstrapped it into an award-winning shop.</p> <p>In 2003, Mayor Michael Bloomberg appointed Joe as the first Chief Marketing Officer of the City of New York. Joe and his team created the first self-funded marketing and promotional engine in the City's history, generating more than $100 million and paving the way for unprecedented results in tourism.</p> <p>Joe was the Vice President of Business Development for the New York Yankees during some of their most successful seasons, reporting to the late George M. Steinbrenner.</p> <p>In this episode, Joe tells his favorite mistake story about a “work divorce” that was “really hard” — was it a mistake to separate himself from a company and certain workplace relationships? How did he learn to take responsibility for those relationships? We also discuss how to create a culture of learning from mistakes and creating an environment where you can be wrong.</p> <h2>Questions and Topics:</h2> <ul> <li>Work divorces are hard… it WAS the right thing to do</li> <li>Felt like it WAS a mistake as it happened – turned out to be best…</li> <li>Fear — no idea what I was going to do next…. — uncertainty or a mistake</li> <li>It’s always a judgment call – a mistake or not??</li> <li>The founder dynamic made it more difficult – personal pride</li> <li>Lessons learned to prevent future work divorces??</li> <li>Culture of learning from mistakes? “Create an environment where you can