James Undercofler

At Eastman, when we were building the Institute for Music Leadership's capacity in music entrepreneurship, we created a prize to encourage idea formation, the New Venture Challenge (http://www.esm.rochester.edu/iml/entrepreneurship/newventurechallenge.php).  In the first round we received only one idea that could be described as innovative and addressing a need or … [Read more...] about Arts Entrepreneurship — The Idea Formation Conundrum

I found out rather quickly that cultural entrepreneurism has a fairly specific definition and that I had misrepresented it.  Please check out a link that one of my readers provided (www.culturalentrepreneur.org).  What this organization does is provide incredible value to its communities both close in and in a wider definition.  And, there are other organizations … [Read more...] about Arts and Culture Entrepreneurism

A number of students whom I taught at the Eastman School of Music in the Institute for Music Leadership, and now an impressive number of students whom I teach at Drexel are not interested in entering the established not-for-profit arts and culture sector.  They have dynamic and important ideas they want to move forward.  They are committed to the arts as an instrument … [Read more...] about Cultural Entrepreneurship

So I have proposed a 3-member fiduciary board that in order to serve must receive certification from a controlling authority.  A state's attorney general would be an appropriate authority, since h/she is ultimately responsible for oversight of a not-for-profit corporation.  I believe this idea has merit and deserves public vetting.  As I see it, board … [Read more...] about Boards Reconceptualized, Part III

Recapping quickly and moving on -- My last blog posed a governing board of 3, who would be certified through a formal vetting process, and then become responsible for insuring that the public interest is being served by the incorporated arts organization.  These duties would include fiduciary responsibility, management oversight and assessing the extent to which … [Read more...] about Boards Reconceptualized, Part II