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- July 7, 2011
GHDR Review 5: Holding Steady
July 7, 2011Read moreHow time flies. I’m realizing that I haven’t really put any new “money making activities” (MMAs) into action. On June 16th, however, I did complete the documentation for the “Inexpensive Websites” package I’m creating for local artists. Read onward for more details about my ongoing struggle to create a business enterprise for myself. (more…)
- June 30, 2011
Cost of a Pop Song
June 30, 2011Read moreOn NPR’s Planet Money blog is this breakdown of the hypothetical cost of a hit pop song for a record label, using artist Rihanna. I find it fascinating for two reasons: getting a glimpse at the process that record labels use to create hits, and getting an idea of the relative costs of doing business. For example, the cost of supporting talent—songwriters, producers, production—tallies to $78,000, on average, for a single song. The lion’s share of the money goes to marketing, flying the artist around for promotions, and schmoozing the radio people, adding $1,000,000.00 to the total bill. If the song makes all that money back, then Rihanna gets paid. What a weird business model…
- June 22, 2011
Time to Greatness
June 22, 2011Read moreI’ve been contemplating just how much time it takes to do anything worthwhile. By worthwhile, I mean something I’ve made that I can feel pretty damn good about. The following is some thoughts about the disparity between the amount of time needed to consume and the time needed to create. (more…)
- June 19, 2011
A4 Emergent Task Planner Pads Now Shipping in Europe!
June 19, 2011Read moreThe following is a second guest post by Al Briggs, who I’m working with so that we can produce and dispatch Emergent Task Planner pads from within the EU. It’s been great to hear about how he’s shaping his fulfillment process! Here is the latest update since the events of his last post.
UPDATE: You can now purchase these directly at Al’s online Amazon UK store. It’s also available on Amazon Germany.
- June 18, 2011
“The Brazillians of Management”
June 18, 2011Read moreClicking around the Harvard Business Review website, my eye was caught by the headline Why American Management Rules the World. This was news to me, as I’m used to thinking of American Management in terms of the fall of the domestic auto industry, profit-grubbing financial services, and Dilbert. Of course this isn’t the whole picture, but I’d never really given it as much thought. A group of European researchers, though, have been looking deeper into the question of management competitiveness. (more…)
