Kevin Coupe has been a working writer all his professional life. He is the co-author, with Michael Sansolo, of “The Big Picture: Essential Business Lessons From The Movies,” which uses movies ranging from “The Godfather” to “Young Frankenstein” to illustrate tenets of leadership, the importance of marketing and branding, and how to survive in the workplace.

For the past decade, he’s had his own website/blog – MorningNewsBeat.com – providing what he calls “business news in context, and analysis with attitude.”  Begun about a decade ago with fewer than 100 readers, today MorningNewsBeat’s quick, concise brand of commentary - including a healthy dose of irreverence for sacred cows - has well over 20,000 subscribers from all over the world and has become a must-read every business morning.

Kevin also runs Coupe Communications, a production company that specializes in business videos designed to help companies define and share big ideas with employees, customers and clients.

In addition to speaking at hundreds of conferences in the U.S. and abroad and reporting from 45 states and six continents, Kevin has worked as a daily newspaper reporter, video producer, bodyguard, clothing salesman, supervised a winery tasting room, run two marathons (slowly), drove a race car (badly), taken boxing lessons (painfully) and acted in a major (and obscure) motion picture.

He is married with three children, and lives in Connecticut.