Part 1: The first article ” What entrepreneurs can learn from artists” talks about the ways artists do things and the different traits they have that could help out entrepreneurs. The second article “Are Artists Entrepreneurs?” talked more about the similarities between the two and how each of them could work together and succeed.
For the most part, artists already have most of what it takes to be entrepreneurs but the only other thing is possibly having a little bit of a background in business.
Before reading the articles I had never realized how artists were so much like entrepreneurs but, after reading I do agree that artists are entrepreneurs. The 12 different points all tied into what entrepreneurs do and really helped to show how they had so much in common.
I agreed with many of the points given. The very first point talks about how artists can create new meanings for different things and how innovation revolves all around that. Also the second point about how artists can feel for others because a entrepreneur must also be able to do this to get in touch with his or her businesses, workers, and anything that they are investing in. Along with the fourth point that talks about how artists have a sense of wonder and possibility, innovators must have this too in order to have bigger and better ideas for the future.
The only other point that I would add to this article is how artist’s are more humbler than most entrepreneurs and I personally think that if you have a sense of self-effacement you will go far.
Part 2: My score was a 4 on the grit scale (5 being the highest) so I think that I do have plenty of grit.
A way that I could possibly increase my grit is by sticking to things I set my mind to and not feeling discouraged after setbacks.