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Future of Learning

Learnings from the other side of an accelerator program

In the Spring of 2018, I was approached about collaborating on a new project being presented by New York City’s Department of Small Business Services and the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment. The project came about from the City looking to further their support to creative businesses.

Music, Media & Entertainment

3 elements of a successful entertainment venture

Last week I got a call from the founder of a new podcasting company. As he explained the concept, I noticed there were 3 things he kept coming back to. They felt familiar. I thought back to a meeting I took several years before with the CFO of a sizeable

A workspace for your tribe

The ‘X for Y’ high level concept gets bandied around a lot these days, and whilst Uber for…cats/dogs/washing machines/insert just about anything here has become something of a cliche it’s still a useful proxy to get a concept across in just a few words. I’

7 lessons from the story of CAA

A few months ago, James Andrew Miller released his new book telling the tale of Creative Artists Agency (CAA), one of Hollywood’s most renowned and powerful companies. Coming in at 707 pages, it’s a pretty hefty read. There are definitely a few flaws and some sections feel like

Music, Media & Entertainment

10 years later: mind the gaps in the live music sector

This summer marks my 10th anniversary living in London. A lot’s happened in the past decade, but it’s not hard for me to remember some of the highlights of my first year in the big city. I was living in South London, and whilst I worked in Soho

Music, Media & Entertainment

What have artist managers, football coaches and startup studios got in common?

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Two things that are ingrained in many countries’ cultures are football and music. To an extent they go hand in hand — both blend art, commerce, fashion and entertainment, and have huge numbers of passionate fans. In both businesses (and they are businesses, like it or not), there’s often

Music, Media & Entertainment

Getting down to business in South America

Travelling on a train from London Fields to Liverpool Street last week, I came across this article via Pitchfork’s Twitter feed, focused on English band Arctic Monkeys and their success in South America. http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/848-how-class-videos-and-goth-aesthetics-made-arctic-monkeys-huge-in-south-america/ I got 2 paragraphs down and emailed the link and a