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Bollywood Masala and American Music Industry
Bollywood Masala and American Music Industry Does creativity boil down to a formula? Just as Bollywood is overwhelmingly dominated by the formulaic “masala” movies, the American music industry isn’t...
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Creators become Entrepreneurs
Creators become Entrepreneurs More reasons to study entrepreneurship in the creative and/or cultural industries.
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Teaching Entrepreneurship in a Dome? Yeah right.
On my first day at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School, I attended the Creative Destruction Lab‘s (CDL) MBA Course taught by Prof. Ajay Agrawal. He started with a story from his days as a...
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2013 – Year in Review
Year-ends give us an opportunity to reflect back upon the accomplishments of the year and to plan forward by building upon these foundations. I do this as a mental exercise every year. This year, I am...
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Entrepreneurship in Creative Industries
Entrepreneurship in Creative Industries Nashville has long been a hub for music and is home to two large universities. Combining its human capital with the tax and cost of living advantages of...
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Academy Awards – Boring?
Here is an interesting article that explains the correlations in Oscars. Here are the highlights: “Dramas were nine times more likely to get nominations.” “The second and third best predictors both had...
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Arts in the US Economy
The National Endowment of Arts (NEA) released 2011 figures for the contribution of arts in the US economy. Highlights: “Arts and Cultural Production Account for 3.2 Percent — or $504 Billion — of Gross...
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The Orange Economy
Here is an unusual but powerful look at the size and significance of the creative economy. The authors call the it “orange economy”, the book is a refreshing collection of facts and figures bound to...
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#Artists as #Entrepreneurs
Here is a poignant story of Indian artists. But it cements the position of artists among people who are truly entrepreneurial. These artists work for peanuts on million-dollar Bollywood movies without...
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Does #CommercialSuccess Kill #Creativity? #Bollywood
New evidence from the Hindi Film Industry, Bollywood, certainly says so. Graphs below represents data on directors who achieve success, measured by what used to be called “jubilee movies” and those who...
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