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    Being Introspective

    The New Year usually brings about a lot of introspection for people, so I thought I’d post three interesting and introspective business articles that can easily pertain to the arts, keeping on track and gearing up for 2010. 1) If you’re thinking of starting your own business or even already have your own company I thought this gave some basic, helpful tips and offered positive reassurance for those already into entrepreneurship,  How to be your own boss, by Laura Cohn, Washington Post: I particularly like the accompanying illustration of the butterfly emerging from its cocoon. This of course reminded me of casart coverings and the concept of our transforming butterfly.…

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    Business

    Getting down to Business for the New Year. Here are valuable links that discuss business as it relates to the Arts. Firstly, Business is a Creative Process because it is not always a rational process, it is closely related to similar tactics artists use in their creative art process: the step-by-step approach with out-of-the-box problem solving. The value of character and integrity are as equally important as possibly having an MBA. Business schools are focusing more on personal development and managerial skills than just business related skills. Secondly, using Design Thinking brings good marketing as described on the Matter/AnitMatter blog, “Design thinking is a process for practical, creative resolution of…