Comments on: Its not just startups http://blackrimglasses.com/2008/03/08/its-not-just-startups/ Music + Technology + Random Nonsense from the Music Industry, by Ethan Kaplan Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:55:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mike http://blackrimglasses.com/2008/03/08/its-not-just-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-190551 Mike Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:59:56 +0000 http://blackrimglasses.com/archives/2008/03/08/its-not-just-startups/#comment-190551 Hey Ethan, this is a great list of things that seem to work for you guys at WB. It seems like you guys have a pretty solid bunch of rules in place. What isn't really working for you guys right now? What are you struggling with in terms of the infrastructure at work? Where are your bottlenecks? Sounds random, but I was curious -- you are mentioning everything that works, I was wondering what isn't working. Enjoy SXSW! Hey Ethan, this is a great list of things that seem to work for you guys at WB. It seems like you guys have a pretty solid bunch of rules in place. What isn’t really working for you guys right now? What are you struggling with in terms of the infrastructure at work? Where are your bottlenecks? Sounds random, but I was curious — you are mentioning everything that works, I was wondering what isn’t working. Enjoy SXSW!

]]> By: Kray Mitchell http://blackrimglasses.com/2008/03/08/its-not-just-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-190548 Kray Mitchell Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:43:15 +0000 http://blackrimglasses.com/archives/2008/03/08/its-not-just-startups/#comment-190548 Wow! Would love to work for you! I am a creative person stuck in an IT job. The only thing that saves my sanity is being able to do what I want pretty much. I am always trying to come up with new ways to save money, make our site better (Just re-built it in Joomla!) and even pitch new show ideas to upper management. Working in the Canadian TV industry though is a bit tougher. Much lower budgets and I don't really work with a team, It's just me. I have become more of a Jack of all Trades for creative/tech opposed to specializing in one area. I read about all these start-ups in the US (And departments like yours) and just dream of working in something like that! Maybe one day! Wow! Would love to work for you!

I am a creative person stuck in an IT job. The only thing that saves my sanity is being able to do what I want pretty much. I am always trying to come up with new ways to save money, make our site better (Just re-built it in Joomla!) and even pitch new show ideas to upper management.

Working in the Canadian TV industry though is a bit tougher. Much lower budgets and I don’t really work with a team, It’s just me. I have become more of a Jack of all Trades for creative/tech opposed to specializing in one area. I read about all these start-ups in the US (And departments like yours) and just dream of working in something like that! Maybe one day!

]]> By: jharr http://blackrimglasses.com/2008/03/08/its-not-just-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-190532 jharr Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:09:28 +0000 http://blackrimglasses.com/archives/2008/03/08/its-not-just-startups/#comment-190532 Ethan, your last points are where the meat of this discussion lies I think, and that's where Jason misses. Empower people to be innovative, thoughtful and fostering an atmosphere of exploration. Everyone would I agree, I think, that there are cost savings to be had with what Jason outlined, but when he started down the path of co-opting employee's non-work time and bleeding their outside lives away he is doing so at the peril of these last 3 points. You hire people who are talented and have that spark - bleeding them dry may get results in the near-term but you ultimately limit what they can offer when you remove the outside factors that shaped the talent you so wanted to begin with. Ethan, your last points are where the meat of this discussion lies I think, and that’s where Jason misses. Empower people to be innovative, thoughtful and fostering an atmosphere of exploration. Everyone would I agree, I think, that there are cost savings to be had with what Jason outlined, but when he started down the path of co-opting employee’s non-work time and bleeding their outside lives away he is doing so at the peril of these last 3 points.

You hire people who are talented and have that spark – bleeding them dry may get results in the near-term but you ultimately limit what they can offer when you remove the outside factors that shaped the talent you so wanted to begin with.

]]> By: Pierre http://blackrimglasses.com/2008/03/08/its-not-just-startups/comment-page-1/#comment-190526 Pierre Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:14:01 +0000 http://blackrimglasses.com/archives/2008/03/08/its-not-just-startups/#comment-190526 Great post Ethan. Great post Ethan.

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