Risk Aversion and Ego are major obstacles to moving small companies forward. If you are afraid to take chances, your company will idle in a nasty spot, and your resources may slip out from under you. If you are too confident in your own vision, your company may miss out on necessary opportunities for collaborative iteration. Simply put, you must be open-minded and accepting of change as a small business leader. Being small affords you the intimacy to avoid the scope and communication issues large companies have. Embrace your size. Keep your ears open. Be flexible. Move forward.
Daily Archives: August 20, 2011
Dry Spells [Film Friday]
People working in Hollywood are looking for work regularly: when a show wraps, it’s time to find a new job. Like all freelancing, entertainment industry folks run the risk of suffering weeks or months between projects. Even people who make as much as $10,000 per week file for unemployment between jobs. It’s crazy. Having had a steady paycheck for the last 14 months, I cannot imagine the day-to-day challenge of finding work. It’s a whole different world. For the people who work regularly, it can be great. For those who don’t, it can be hell. All you can do is get out, enjoy the California sunshine, chase personal projects, and keep busy. Learn to appreciate the dry spells. After all – the second you learn to love them, they’ll end, and you’ll be buried with work again.
Craig Ormiston 