My spring term class at Drexel, Arts Entrepreneurship has begun. One clear difference this year is that all of the students (15) have come to the class with ideas that they want to pursue. I think this is the result of their asking me in advance, and those who took it last year what the class was about, so came prepared. We 'workshopped' a couple of the ideas during the … [Read more...] about Arts Entrepreneurship, The Class
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Sole Proprietor Entrepreneurship
As I’ve been gearing up to teach my Arts Entrepreneurship course at Drexel this spring, I have been talking to my students and colleagues about the field and have been reviewing (again) the literature. One particular area of confusion that keeps emerging needs clarification, that of the difference between sole proprietorship, and entity, or venture creation. Not that these 2 … [Read more...] about Sole Proprietor Entrepreneurship
Organizational Design Meets an Entrepreneur
The following article from the Chronicle of Philanthropy was shared with me by a good friend and colleague, Julie Hawkins, Executive Vice President of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. I found it particularly interesting because it tells of an arts entrepreneur who, after a struggle in the not-for-profit world, chooses to cross over into the commercial … [Read more...] about Organizational Design Meets an Entrepreneur