Browsing: Entrepreneurship

Attention up for auction | Seth’s Blog If you win an auction to get a click, you probably overpaid. Every other bidder stopped bidding, that’s why…

When your project, proposal or resume is rejected, it’s tempting to try to understand why. Scrutinize the rejection letter and turn the short sentence into a…

“We’re all being surprised at the same time” | Seth’s Blog Keith Jarrett on improvisation. When the artist is creating in real time, in conjunction with…

The McIntosh Modernity Index | Seth’s Blog There’s a village in Luxembourg that’s right outside the main metropolis. A farmer often ties up a donkey to…

As the crow flies | Seth’s Blog You’re not a crow, neither is your project. To get from a village in rural France to Los Angeles,…

The modern library | Seth’s Blog Is this where books go to die? There are about 7500 public libraries in the US, and until recently, more…

They’re often out of whack. A Hard Day’s Night took less than 15 hours from idea to finished record. More Than a Feeling, from Tom Scholz…

Preference falsification | Seth’s Blog People lie. They lie in focus groups, they lie on surveys and they lie to themselves. Culture can be seen as…

It doesn’t have to be well-crafted, historically important or aesthetically unique. It simply needs to be famous. Celebrity art is famous, with a story and thus…

The Rowboat | Seth’s Blog “Working in the studio is like building a ship in a bottle. Playing live is like being on a rowboat in…