What's the Story Behind
Lani, Allen, and Epiphanies, Inc.?
In the beginning (i.e. 1997), Allen bought a bunch of weird books at a Los Angeles bookstore, and Lani rung him up. Soon they started exchanging schmoopie love letters. One day one of these letters was typed to look like an official correspondence – and a fictitious company name appeared out of the blue.
Time passed. Allen got an MBA, Lani took multimedia classes, and soon that same company name was engraved inside their wedding bands.
Then Lani became the head writer for Barbie.com (the #1 girls' brand in the world!), Allen accepted the helm as Editor of DeadBrain.com ("America's Least Reliable News Source"), and little Joseph Allen was born.
A year later, the family moved from the “Entertainment Capital of the World” to the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. And on January 2, 2004, the "Live Free or Die" state officially incorporated a “creative content production” business bearing the same company name: Starbucks.
Just kidding. It was Epiphanies, Inc.
It was a good life. The demand for brand-friendly, highly-targeted Web content for corporations and small businesses was never in short supply. But after many years delivering the goods, the duo noticed three things:
- Corporations and small businesses don't care as much about the stuff they put out to the world as a few select people who work for them do.
- These unique, high-spirited people inevitably leave the cubicle lifestyle to pursue their own hearts, dreams, and vision.
- That's when the magic happens.
So Lani and Allen refocused their energies, determined to spend as much of their own time, talents, and expertise to embolden these plucky and gifted folks. Now everything they do is designed to help budding entrepreneurs and small biz dynamos "A-Ha Themselves" in fun and creative ways.
And they do everything they can to walk the walk they're talkin':
- Allen's heading into his fourth year as Editor of DeadBrain.com, which won 21 Satire Awards in 2005.
- Lani teaches writing and creativity workshops, and publishes the Wild Quills Ezine, carefully crafted to "tickle your inner scribe or scribbler - write here, write now!"
Wanna walk with 'em?
Sign up for "The Inciter" ezine, or visit "The A-Ha! Blog" to check out their messy mojo in motion and play along as the adventure unfolds…(!)
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