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Welcome back! My apologies for the lateness of the post, I have been without internet while traveling internationally. We’re happily and safely home now, and there should be no further blog interruptions.
We last discussed the “5 Ws” method. A second method to evaluating business model viability is called DMAIC (pronounced dee may [...]

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Before we jump into exploring the specifics of what others have done, let’s discuss some helpful tools for evaluating available options for income streams. Having the proper tools for your task will help ameliorate some of the worst of the potential panic response. Our business consultants provided us with two approaches for artists [...]

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The Artist Business Models series is based on a paper written by Reesa Brown and Kit O’Connell, with assistance from Steven Brust, Ken Brown, Deborah Ibarra, and many others. At the close of the series, the entire business model paper will be posted to Continuous Labs. The business model paper and blog posts are released [...]

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Starting October 15 and once a day until we’re done, I’ll be posting a series of blog entries taken from a paper I wrote with Kit O’Connell and the help of Steven Brust, Ken Brown, Deborah Ibarra, and many others. At 4th Street Fantasy Convention this year, everyone was curious about the possibilities for [...]

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(reposted from personal journal by request)
When working on a big project and trying to come up with cool ways to draw people into your created world, it’s sometimes hard to guess which line to straddle in how much and how fast you disperse your information. You want to make sure any early adopter fans are [...]

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