Years ago I thought the path to success was headlining comedy clubs, landing my own HBO Comedy Special and scoring a recurring role on Curb Your Enthusiasm.

I was wrong.

Somewhere in the middle of a decade of slinging jokes from Denver to Miami, I found my success wasn't on stage, but in my sales job, and it was the sales job that was turning into real money. Heartbroken, or stoked, depending on which way you look at it, a lightbulb went off:

There's a connection between stand-up comedy and sales.

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Left Hand Right Brain 140: Pitch Lab w/ Jay Mays

And thank you to JD Lopez for inviting me as a guest on his Westword-winning Left Hand Right Brain podcast! 

JD is one of the hardest working comics in Denver. He's a writer, producer and genuinely hilarious guy who represented Team Comedian during Denver Startup Week's Battle of the Startups: "Entrepreneurs vs. Comedians!"

I had a blast reliving my glory days as one of the biggest names in Denver Unpaid Comedy as well as telling the origin stories of Pitch Lab & Have-Nots Comedy.

Click here to listen to the full Left Hand Right Brain interview

At the end of the podcast JD asked me if I was an artist. I struggled with the question. I didn't feel authentic saying yes, but aren't we all artists to some degree? Even if I'm not an artist in the traditional sense (painting watercolors on a canvas in front of a serene mountain creek) I am a creator. We are all creators. 

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