About two years ago, I wrote a post entitled “Toward a New Funding Model for Theater”. It turned out to be one of the more popular things I’ve written. Over time I’ve heard from theaters around the world experimenting with the ideas explored in that post. Here’s part of an email I got last month: [...]
Category Archives: Theatre
Your theater has a place. Why doesn’t your website?
September 30, 2010 – 2:44 pm
This morning I was reading this piece by Baltimore theater-maker and all-around-deep-thinker Tim Boucher. It reminded me of a story. A few years ago, my alma mater Carleton College rolled out an extensive redesign of their website. The design was driven not just by the aesthetic taste of talented designers, but also by extensive research. [...]
Art Heroes Radio
July 9, 2010 – 10:08 am
This week John T Unger invited me on his podcast Art Heroes Radio, a place where John tries to help artists and entrepreneurs become “heroes on their own terms.” I dig that. Anyway, here’s the page for our conversation: The competitive advantage of hiring artists, A conversation with Chris Ashworth Despite the specificity of the [...]
My Competitive Advantage: I Hire Artists
June 24, 2010 – 7:34 pm
As recently discussed in this space, I am building a small software company. I’m not going to retread the history of that company, but you can read up on it if you want. I’m only really here to share one tip. Kinda like a stock tip, I guess. It’s a tip I am increasingly convinced [...]
My 2 Bucks on Pricing
June 9, 2010 – 11:34 am
If you read this blog with any regularity, you know I have two primary social circles: indie software and indie theater. I’m writing this with both of you in mind, but I’m going to start out with the theater kids and bend it back around. Software kids, sit tight for a second. See, at the [...]