entrepreneurs

Being a Freelancer, a Girl Nerd, and a Woman Entrepreneur

by Farrah Bostic July 30, 2010 entrepreneurs

Girl and Woman are not adjectives. They are nouns. Those are the ground rules for this post. I do not spend a lot of time waxing feminist. And I don’t want to spend a lot of time doing that here. But there are a few things that I’ve encountered since my decision to go out [...]

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Starting a Business is Hard

by Farrah Bostic July 26, 2010 entrepreneurs

Walking home last night, a very clear, succinct thought passed through my head, and I wonder if it’s passed through yours, too: Action is the best expression of intention. It seems pretty obvious, right? But how much time do we all waste in protesting that we ‘didn’t mean to’ do or say the thing we [...]

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reprise: go to the ITP Spring 2010 show May 9-10

by Farrah Bostic May 3, 2010 creativity

i am going to remind you. in multiple places.

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barking up the wrong tree – are you really doing what you are?

by Farrah Bostic April 23, 2010 entrepreneurs

[gratuitous use of a puppy is within my rights] i’ve been working in and around advertising for 12 or 13 years.  i’ve been a copywriter and a web designer and a planner and a strategic consultant and a qualitative researcher and an innovations lead and a ‘corporate intellectual’.  yesterday i was described on a phone [...]

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what are we selling?

by Farrah Bostic March 22, 2010 entrepreneurs

I was talking to Michael Hastings-Black of Desedo Films the other day about a great many things – it was sunny out! and we were in SoHo! with coffee! But one of the most tactical parts of the conversation was also perhaps the hardest question.  How do you price what you do?  Furthermore, what’s the ‘right’ [...]

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