Craft Beer Makes a Movie
How an indie filmmaker rallied local breweries – borrowing their beer, clothes and even their workplaces — to capture Chicago’s budding, beermaking subculture in Drinking Buddies
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5 Buzziest Movies To Get Crowdfunded
Crowdfunding used to be a last resort for projects that couldn’t raise money any other way. But now, a growing number of accomplished moviemakers are turning to the masses to avoid the hassle of dealing with overbearing studios.
Crowdfunding Soared to $2.7 Billion in 2012, But Equity Funding Is Still On Ice
Asking strangers for money has never seemed cooler. With stars like Kirsten Bell and Charlie Kaufman attaching their names to successful crowdfunding projects, the stigma of soliciting donations online has largely been eliminated. And now we have the numbers to prove it.
First There Was IQ. Then EQ. But Does CQ — Creative Intelligence — Matter Most?
In his new book Creative Intelligence, Bruce Nussbaum argues that creativity is an undervalued skill that anyone can cultivate. Not just for artists and musicians, creative intelligence (or CQ) is the secret sauce that separates …
Innovate or Die: Wisdom from Apple, Google and Toyota
Complacency kills creativity. In his new book, Unrelenting Innovation, University of Southern California business school professor Gerard Tellis explains why seemingly invincible market leaders stumble when upstart rivals …
YouTube to Boob Tube: Dane Boedigheimer’s Annoying Orange TV Show Has Kids Hooked
How a guy from Minnesota turned animated scenes of “kitchen carnage” into a hit TV show for boys in three years
9 Dream Jobs That Actually Pay
Long to be an artist, but fear you’ll wind up an office drone instead? Here are nine professionals across the country who are surviving and thriving as artists, designers, and entertainers.
How Jewelry Designer Pamela Love Turned a Childhood Hobby into a Fast-Growing Business
When Pamela Love was in middle school, she used to make bracelets out of toothbrushes. She’d heat up a pot of water, submerge the brushes in the boiling liquid, then use pliers to bend the softened plastic into a cuff-like …
How to Crowdfund Your Creative Project
Once a quirky financing option for intrepid entrepreneurs, crowdfunding has evolved into a fast, effective way to raise cash for just about any endeavor. Even the producers of the upcoming Charlie Kaufman movie, Anomalisa, raised …
Against the Odds: How a First-Time Director Got His Wall Street Flick To the Big Screen
When the fledgling filmmaker Nicholas Jarecki was trying to get his financial thriller off the ground a few years back, “we had everything going wrong,” he says. The billionaire who had promised to cover the entire $13 …
Teapuccino, Anyone? How Argo Got Americans to Drink Tea
Arsen Avakian believed that coffee-obsessed Americans could be taught to share his passion for tea — and built a $15 million business to prove it
How Dogfish Keeps Brewing Winners
The brewery’s long-term success has come from its word-of-mouth reputation for great beer, careful attention to business efficiencies, and the growing popularity of craft beer in the United States