I'm still working hard here on an idea formation rubric for students in the arts to consider. As I said in an earlier entry, the whole concept of invention and creation of new enterprises have been anathemas within collegiate arts curricula. Finding a bridge between these two worlds is of critical importance. Here I present a four stage process that I believe, at the very least, provides a beginning rubric. Type I In this type the product remains the same, but the location and/or packaging of it is varied to appeal to a … [Read more...]
Arts Entrepreneurship — The Idea Formation Conundrum
June 6, 2010 By 4 Comments
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 potential market. Although since then the New Venture Challenge has engendered many good ideas and plans, after that first round we questioned why this had happened. … [Read more...]
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