"belief" in the Hollywood model

[Stephen Guerin]

For those interested in the "Hollywood" model for organizing work in Santa
Fe, here's a link about positive feedback in "belief" forwarded by Claiborne
Booker:
http://www.ventureblog.com/articles/indiv/2004/pr_000670.html

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[Parks, Raymond]

Stephen Guerin wrote:
> For those interested in the "Hollywood" model for organizing work in Santa
> Fe, here's a link about positive feedback in "belief" forwarded by Claiborne
> Booker:
> http://www.ventureblog.com/articles/indiv/2004/pr_000670.html

   That is amusing in a black humour sense.  I suppose that Venture
Capital managers and Hollywood producers are like every other profession
- they number a few good and successful members and a huge number of
marginally competent among their groups.  The marginally competent are
the sheep who only jump on something if someone else has already
supported the idea.  The sheep in both groups are constitutionally
unable to recognize a new idea that is likely to succeed.  Actually, I
think the music, television, and publishing industries are the same.
The majority of what is selected for presentation to the public is
either copycat or carefully selected to fit some artificial belief in
public tastes (read focus grouped into bland mediocrity).  Oh, and I
should include current-day corporate radio in this group.

   What is truly amusing about the article is that it takes the stance
that creativity should be expended in shearing the sheep rather than
innovation.

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[Owen Densmore]

On Jul 2, 2004, at 8:06 AM, rcparks wrote:

> Stephen Guerin wrote:
>> For those interested in the "Hollywood" model for organizing work in
>> Santa
>> Fe, here's a link about positive feedback in "belief" forwarded by
>> Claiborne
>> Booker:
>> http://www.ventureblog.com/articles/indiv/2004/pr_000670.html
>
>   That is amusing in a black humour sense.  I suppose that Venture
> Capital managers and Hollywood producers are like every other
> profession - they number a few good and successful members and a huge
> number of marginally competent among their groups.  The marginally
> competent are the sheep who only jump on something if someone else has
> already supported the idea.  The sheep in both groups are
> constitutionally unable to recognize a new idea that is likely to
> succeed.  Actually, I think the music, television, and publishing
> industries are the same. The majority of what is selected for
> presentation to the public is either copycat or carefully selected to
> fit some artificial belief in public tastes (read focus grouped into
> bland mediocrity).  Oh, and I should include current-day corporate
> radio in this group.
>
>   What is truly amusing about the article is that it takes the stance
> that creativity should be expended in shearing the sheep rather than
> innovation.

Think "Supporting Cast"!  .. i.e. lots of folks are needed to nurture
the "stars".  So not really sheep, more like sheep dogs.

Interesting the mentioning that only Jobs spans both worlds.  His
metaphor is not "hollywood" however, its "design".  Close.

Owen

[Parks, Raymond]

Owen Densmore wrote:

> On Jul 2, 2004, at 8:06 AM, rcparks wrote:
>>   What is truly amusing about the article is that it takes the stance
>> that creativity should be expended in shearing the sheep rather than
>> innovation.
>
>
> Think "Supporting Cast"!  .. i.e. lots of folks are needed to nurture
> the "stars".  So not really sheep, more like sheep dogs.

   Actually, what I got out of the article is that one should spend
one's creativity on developing "buzz" to excite those who do not have
the vision to recognize worthwhile new ideas.  Once you have those
sheep, i.e. the VC or Producers or .... that don't think for themselves,
interested in one's idea, one can milk them for all the money one can
get.  It seems to me the author is recommending the con-man approach
over the create a new idea approach.  I suppose, to be charitable, he is
  saying that however wonderful one's new idea, one should face facts
and realize that it will never be recognized by its worth and, instead
of relying on that recognition, one should con the money people into
doing good for oneself as well as themselves.

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