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Dealing with Gallery Rejection

2017

Dealing with Gallery Rejection. Contemporary painter David M. Kessler talks about the pain associated with being rejected by a gallery, and how to begin to move past it to sell work on your own without a gallery.

07:59 min

The Soul of a Start-Up

There’s an essential, intangible something in start-ups—an energy, a soul. It inspires enthusiasm and fosters a sense of deep connection and mutual purpose. While this spirit persists, engagement is high and businesses keep their edge. But all too often, companies lose their souls as they mature.

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How to Maintain an Entrepreneurial Culture at a Fast-Growing Company

In massive growth, I don’t think any entrepreneur is able to pinpoint the exact moment that freedom starts to dissipate, but it does. This is because with success and scale come responsibility and logistics.

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On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint

So often deployed as a jingoistic, even menacing rallying cry, or limited by a focus on passing moments of liberation, the rhetoric of freedom both rouses and repels.

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Don’t Take It Personally!

Don’t take anything personally. This agreement gives you immunity in the interaction you have with the secondary characters in your story. You don’t have to concern yourself with other people’s points of view.

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Criticism and Rejection