Comments on: Entrepreneurship’s Siren Song http://www.soulshelter.com/entrepreneurship/entrepreneurships-siren-song/ Live. Work. Thrive. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:31:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: by Tim http://www.soulshelter.com/entrepreneurship/entrepreneurships-siren-song/comment-page-1/#comment-1302 by Tim Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:14:24 +0000 http://www.soulshelter.com/2009/04/15/entrepreneurships-siren-song/#comment-1302 John, thanks for the reminder about Derek, I forgot to put in a link to <a href="http://www.soulshelter.com/2008/07/09/the-soul-of-an-entrepreneur-the-dna-of-a-business/" rel="nofollow">the interview</a> we did with him last year. His writing on entrepreneurship and music is inspiring (and entertaining!). Many brilliant musicians have trouble dealing with business, which is a shame, since entrepreneurship and music are closely related. Part of the problem is that conventional businesspeople have a well-justified reputation for <a href="http://www.soulshelter.com/2009/02/18/why-business-people-speak-like-idiots/" rel="nofollow">speaking like idiots</a>, while musicians prefer to speak in poetry ... John, thanks for the reminder about Derek, I forgot to put in a link to the interview we did with him last year. His writing on entrepreneurship and music is inspiring (and entertaining!).

Many brilliant musicians have trouble dealing with business, which is a shame, since entrepreneurship and music are closely related. Part of the problem is that conventional businesspeople have a well-justified reputation for speaking like idiots, while musicians prefer to speak in poetry …

]]> By: Blue Audio http://www.soulshelter.com/entrepreneurship/entrepreneurships-siren-song/comment-page-1/#comment-1300 Blue Audio Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:06:51 +0000 http://www.soulshelter.com/2009/04/15/entrepreneurships-siren-song/#comment-1300 I've been a long time subscriber to this blog, but this post really caught my attention. It reminds me of Derek Sivers, the founder of CD Baby, and how he approaches website coding like songwriting. You have to learn the technical aspects, but the creativity is what really makes it shine. I teach a music business class occasionally, and it always strikes me that musicians have the perfect mindset to be entrepreneurs, if they can just apply their creativity to marketing and finance. I’ve been a long time subscriber to this blog, but this post really caught my attention.

It reminds me of Derek Sivers, the founder of CD Baby, and how he approaches website coding like songwriting. You have to learn the technical aspects, but the creativity is what really makes it shine.

I teach a music business class occasionally, and it always strikes me that musicians have the perfect mindset to be entrepreneurs, if they can just apply their creativity to marketing and finance.

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