Michael Karnjanaprakorn

Finally made it up to NYC. Getting settled in. Almost there! First day of work yesterday. Awesome so far. But, I miss New Orleans!

And thanks to my old boss, Robbie Vitrano, for writing the best compliment ever! Really means a lot. And is making me super homesick.

One of our bright post-K hires, Michael Karnjanaprakorn, a graduate of the phenomenal Brandcenter at VCU (formerly adcenter), a connection planner, social networking ace and lover of hip hop, dance, and HBO’s “The Wire” is leaving Trumpet and New Orleans. He wants to start his own company. He’s given himself five years. He will devote himself to social entrepreneurship. He actually started that kind of company while at Trumpet – All Day Buffet with operations in New York, Austin and NOLA. He also helped us create a hugely successful conference devoted to connection planning, founded the New Orleans chapter of Likeminded Coffee, and was one of the first people involved in the international communications advocacy group Planning for Good. While we’d love to hang onto all of our talent, we believe in entrepreneurship more. As people who push innovation and challenge convention daily, and as the father of two teenagers, the only authentic thing to do was to help this young eagle test his wings. We’ve done that before and we will certainly do it again (we keep winning “Best Place to Work” awards whatever that means).

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