Comments on: My Competitive Advantage: I Hire Artists

By: Company, Story & Brand :: platform development and strategic marketing for authors, experts, entrepreneurs and professionals | Company, Story & Brand

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:10:13 +0000

[...] upon this story about how one software company was able to hire an artist, (as creatives are so in demand) and do [...]

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9 ways Groupon leads the online coupon industry | I love airchina — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 01:30:49 +0000

[...] Re: #9, interesting rationale for the business benefit to hiring actors and other theater types. From an article by software entrepreneur Chris Ashworth, it appears there’s a hidden demand for matching creative people and artists to engaging day jobs (see the comments, too): http://chrisashworth.org/blog/2010/06/24/my-competitive-advantage-i-hire-artists/ [...]

By: Jayel Draco

Jayel Draco — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:24:15 +0000

Awesome post! I am a visual artist myself. I consider myself to be a person guided by principles. I understand Luckydaves decision quite well. I have myself been in similar situation (with smaller figures involved) and made similar choices. There is in fact no amount of money in the world that could tempt my into forsaking my creativity. It just isn’t possible not to be who I am.

Sure, I get Luckydave, what surprises me most about this post, is that you get Luckydave. I am personally grateful that you do. Moreover, I am grateful that you’ve taken the time to write this so well as to relay the point of the story to anyone reading it, (Even the skimmers) Bravo!

It it unfortunate that there seems to be an overwhelming opinion in “the business world” that people of principle can be an obstacle or even a land mine. I thank you for showing how a person of principle worked their principles in your favor. Clearly you as well are a person of principle or else you would’ve merely taken advantage of foolish Luckybob rather than venerating him.

Alas, literature is an art, and you too are an artist as well. . .
a person of principle. Thank you!

By: Did you enjoy your work day? « Company Story & Brand

Did you enjoy your work day? « Company Story & Brand — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:18:33 +0000

[...] upon this story about how one software company was able to hire an artist, (as creatives are so in demand) and do [...]

By: Joyce Grant

Joyce Grant — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:46:21 +0000

Thanks for that article – and insight.

So often the things that artists value don’t seem to be valued by society.

I’m a writer. I feel that I have a gift and that I need to share that gift. The bank, however, doesn’t feel the need to as freely share their gifts with me. Neither does my cable company, my phone company or my Internet provider.

And that’s why we need people like you – to bridge the gap between the “art world” and the “business world.”

(That’s also why I’m married to an accountant. Well, plus he’s awesome, but that’s another story.)

By: JULY – AUGUST 2010 NUMEROLOGY WATCH « The Heretical Numerologist

JULY – AUGUST 2010 NUMEROLOGY WATCH « The Heretical Numerologist — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:55:38 +0000

[...] shift in an article I’d like to share with you from the technology world. Start with reading comment #38 here and then scroll up to the top and read the actual article written by Chris Ashworth entitled: [...]

By: Surf’s Up, Condensed: Top Creativity Links for July 21, 2010 « Creative Liberty

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:20:21 +0000

[...] My Competitive Advantage: I Hire Artists Chris Ashworth, owner of the software company that makes QLab 2, discusses the advantages of hiring artists to work for him, and points out that when artists are allowed to design their job around their needs as an artist, their employer prospers and they are happy! [...]

By: Dear Employer, Hire Artists « liberalart.us

Dear Employer, Hire Artists « liberalart.us — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:52:01 +0000

[...] really admire this recent article on hiring aimed at employers: Artists, as a species, are amazing people. And America, as a general [...]

By: Virginia Fry

Virginia Fry — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:26:44 +0000

Is it possible for inhabitants of the twenty-first century to love art for its own sake? If so, why does the twenty-first centurion demand that it’s round pegs fit into square holes? Has the appreciation for genuine works of art fallen to a new low? How has this come about? Has the eye of the public body become jaundiced by continual exposure to the onslaught of commercially driven media? Is it possible for true artists to survive without the control of its technologicaly driven patrons? Why are established art galleries closing, leaving artists to their own devices? This kind of artistic desperation is a sure indication of our cultural decline. The general welfare of any nation will be judged by future historians on the basis of its cultural legacy. What great works of art will technologically harnessed artists be able to bequeaath to the inhabitants of the future?

By: Marie K Godwin

Marie K Godwin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:32:45 +0000

WOW! I love your thinking…and love the way you put it!
Thank you for supporting artists….now how can we get everyone else to do the same thing?? I would love a job opp that allowed me artistic freedom. My ‘dream job’ would be a client that I could work for from my studio…fit them in & me in at the same time. Looks like you found the perfect person to work with!

Again…thanks for this great article.