Producer's Corner

Arts & Entertainment Real Estate 101

What’s the big deal about real estate? Everybody’s suddenly talking about it in the context of Arts & Entertainment (A&E). Meanwhile, Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, has once more lowered interest rates and can be heard in sound bites on NPR discussing the “real estate crisis”. So, if real estate is truly in the hole, why are rents continuing to rise and A&E based businesses still losing spaces in every neighborhood in
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Ockham's Razor, Part Four: Risk and Reward

Over the course of the last few months, I’ve provided background to help each of you answer the question that I get asked most frequently by producers and artists: “Should I Start An(other) Organization?”.
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Ockham's Razor, Part Three: Show Me the Money

Over the course of the last few months, I’ve provided background to help each of you answer the question that I get asked most frequently by producers and artists: “Should I Start An(other) Organi
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Ockham’s Razor, Part Two: Liable to Hit or Miss

Last month, I laid out three assessment factors for determining whether to start a new legal entity: liability, funding and control.
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