{"id":1206,"date":"2010-07-16T05:31:39","date_gmt":"2010-07-16T05:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localenterprise.wordpress.com\/?p=1206"},"modified":"2010-07-16T05:31:39","modified_gmt":"2010-07-16T05:31:39","slug":"kurt-cobain-and-mc-hammer-as-enterprise-gurus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2010\/07\/16\/kurt-cobain-and-mc-hammer-as-enterprise-gurus\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Cobain and MC Hammer as Enterprise Gurus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a week when Dragon&#8217;s Den has returned to our screen portraying a particular take on entrepreneurship I htink that we can get fresh inspiration for entrepreneurial good practice from less mainstream reference points. \u00a0Here are a couple of examples from the music industry.<\/p>\n<p>Nirvana are not the usual reference point when considering characteristics of the successful entrepreneurial start up, but this post teaches some\u00a0valuable\u00a0lessons:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lateralaction.com\/articles\/kurt-cobain-startup-success\/\">http:\/\/lateralaction.com\/articles\/kurt-cobain-startup-success\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also love this podcast where rappers and other &#8216;street&#8217; musicians talk with Stanford University about the impact of the internet on their business models &#8211; featuring 80s legend MC Hammer and Quincy Jones III<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ecorner.stanford.edu\/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2047\">http:\/\/ecorner.stanford.edu\/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2047<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hopeandsocial.com\">Hope&amp;Social&#8217;s<\/a> own <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/edhombre\">@edhombre<\/a> for pointing me at the Cobain piece. 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