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
Entrepreneurship
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
New Degree Program
Lately I’ve been involved in a most interesting process of formulating a new degree program in arts entrepreneurship for Ithaca College. If all goes well this master’s level program will launch in fall, 2013. What’s been most interesting has been the feedback I have received through an external commenter phase, a part of an IC-required market feasibility “test.” Eight … [Read more...] about New Degree Program
Altruism of Intent
I’ve been working on a presentation on the language of music advocacy for the Ithaca College School of Music convocation next week, and as always when I prepare something for public presentation, I attain a focus not possible in day-to-day discourse. Also, this past week I attended and gave a presentation to the Network of Career Development Officers (NETMCDO) in New York, at … [Read more...] about Altruism of Intent