On the Record With Julian Reis
Aug 26, 2026 · 15 min · 6 segments
In this special compilation episode of On the Record, you’ll hear host Julian Reis, alongside founders, creatives, investors, and industry leaders, share the best advice on building brands, making big…
Julian ReisHostBusiness News CreatorGuestInfluencer Marketing GuestGuestLeadership GuestGuestWellness GuestGuestDTC Brand ExecutiveGuestBootstrapped Founder GuestGuestCreative Director GuestGuestDigital Commerce GuestGuest
I remember coming home one day and just saying to myself, what am I doing? Like, I'm not happy.

You know, I go to work every morning at five in the morning and I'm there till like 7pm at night sitting in front of 12 screens.

And, you know, it was the worst business ever because you just realize that you just buy art and you try to convince other people that it's great.

um but i only bought you know did things that i liked and enjoyed but it was a great thing because it there was a there's a complete bookend into that chapter of my life
yeah

and then i wanted to go and do something creative which i think the rest of my life i want to do something creative like creative stuff around you know what we do now with music with beauty with art you know and that's the fun thing like and i think it's okay
not to know A lot of people ask me about like, how did you know you wanted to be a creative director or whatever? And I said, I really didn't.
I didn't know what it was, but I knew how I wanted it to feel and how I wanted my day to feel.
I sit into that feeling a lot now.
Like, how do I want tomorrow to feel? Not necessarily what I want to do.
I think that's important.
Well, that's what
It was really a masterclass.
So

I remember coming home one day and just saying to myself, what am I doing? Like, I'm not happy.

You know, I go to work every morning at five in the morning and I'm there till like 7pm at night sitting in front of 12 screens.

And, you know, it was the worst business ever because you just realize that you just buy art and you try to convince other people that it's great.

um but i only bought you know did things that i liked and enjoyed but it was a great thing because it there was a there's a complete bookend into that chapter of my life
yeah

and then i wanted to go and do something creative which i think the rest of my life i want to do something creative like creative stuff around you know what we do now with music with beauty with art you know and that's the fun thing like and i think it's okay
not to know A lot of people ask me about like, how did you know you wanted to be a creative director or whatever? And I said, I really didn't.
I didn't know what it was, but I knew how I wanted it to feel and how I wanted my day to feel.
I sit into that feeling a lot now.
Like, how do I want tomorrow to feel? Not necessarily what I want to do.
I think that's important.
Well, that's what
It was really a masterclass.
So
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