We hear a lot today about “arts entrepreneurship” but what exactly does that mean? Let’s start with “entrepreneurship”: the process of transforming an idea into an enterprise that creates value—economic, social, cultural, or intellectual– through innovation risk-taking and actualizing an idea. To me, “arts entrepreneurship” is: applying the entrepreneurial mindset (including taking risks, creating and recognizing opportunity, grit and growth) …
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How to Achieve Your Big Goals: Challenge Your Assumptions through SMART Life Experiments
Think about the last time you set a big, transformational goal for yourself. Maybe it was to change careers, feel more confident in your work or assume a leadership position in your organization. Thinking big is a hallmark of entrepreneurship so you have undoubtedly done this! For some people, it’s a matter of setting the goal, breaking it down into …
Creating Sustainable Careers in the Arts: Why it is essential to think and act like an entrepreneur
I am thrilled to be teaching a new class at the Yale School of Music entitled “Creating Sustainable Careers in the Arts” and we have gotten off to a great start. I teach a combination of • How to create a positive mindset and project confidence; • How to be an authentic, powerful and unique artist; and • Entrepreneurial skills …
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Music Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century: A Mindset, A Skillset and a Process
I consider myself ever so fortunate since I am in contact with a continuous stream of talented, intelligent, successful professional musicians, in my work as a career coach, guest lecturer the Yale School of Music, Juilliard and Manhattan School of Music and now as the new head of Career Strategies at YSM. As such, I am constantly on the lookout …