Innovating Through Artistry
I am sitting here with coffee in hand, writing to you all from the French Quarter in beautiful New Orleans. I am at the U.S Association for. Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference (USASBE). Today my colleague from University of Illinois, Joyce Thomas, and I present a paper on our learning model for The IAE. One of the … [Read more...]
On Thursday January 26th The Institute for Arts Entrepreneurship (IAE) will be teaming up with WBEZ's new project Front & Center to host a resource fair for the self employed, small businesses, start-ups, and freelancers. Mini seminars and presentations will run through out the evening at the fabulous Catalyst Ranch … [Read more...]
Dear Colleagues: I am writing to let you know about an exciting new initiative and to ask that you forward this information to your professional networks. Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts (ISSN 2164-7747), the first ever peer-reviewed research journal in the field of arts entrepreneurship, will be published twice … [Read more...]
Dear Reader, This blog has been an incredible labor of love. My labor has come from my deep desire to see the world of the arts evolve and change so that artists have a new voice and can develop and be recognized for their entrepreneurial talents by contribute their gifts in new ways. As we begin our 7th year, I look back and … [Read more...]
A friend of mine recently reminded me that there is no need for creative entrepreneurial types like us to apologize for being “egocentric” in saying that creativity and innovation is scarce, while status quo “inside of the box” thinking is the great majority. It is a simple fact. Unfortunately, "explaining" this to the … [Read more...]
While it is easy to look at this cartoon strip created by Norwegian artist, Ida Eva Margrethe Neverdahl, and see it for its "face" value, I would encourage you to look deeper. Ida shares a great visual story, in my opinion, about how we discover our "emotional" elephant and learn to ride it. ( For more explicate training instructions … [Read more...]
At what point, if any, does extending brand uniqueness create a tipping point that then threatens the very foundation of the brand itself? Lately I have been asking myself this very question about the Starbucks brand. As we all know, back in the 90's Howard Schultz transformed the second most consumed drink after water, and the … [Read more...]
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