Sunday, 22 November 2015

Life's A Pitch: Second Meeting

Recently my group had our first meeting, where we really started the ball rolling in terms of idea generating for our business. Unfortunately, 2 of our team members were missing from the session however, we decided to carry on and do the best we could. 

The first thing we were urged to do, was to list qualities of each member of the group in order to get to know each other better and make working together a bit easier. (I'm warm, funny and digital which is nice i suppose) We also used the list to create an idea of the roles we could undertake in our company, and how we could utilise our skills to create a successful company. 





After snowballing on top of our initial idea from the previous session- murals, graffiti, unknown artists - we gathered a list of existing companies (mostly given by John), to receive an idea of what sort of market is available for what we were trying to create; these included OFFF + Design in Daba. We also came up with a line to enhance our presentation 'we will make you famous', which would be aimed at the artists, urging them to work with us. 





OFFF: Let's Feed The Future / Website

An event/festival that unites creatives in a three day journey of conferences and workshops. 





List of sponsors for OFFF - I felt it would be worthwhile to make a note of these, to see how our project could be sponsored if it was of a similar nature. 


Design In Daba / Website - features a blog/archive of interviews and featured artists.



Thoughts

At this moment in time, it is hard to visualise an effective business concept based on our ideas. We are clear that we are going to create a business that focuses on 3D spaces, using artists to help. We have come across the term Facilitators which outlines our intentions, to source and use existing artists to create artwork in outdoor spaces, in the form of murals and 3D installations. 

In all honesty this concept is something that I am not particularly excited about or interested in, however the process of setting up a business, funding it and promoting it, are key skills for any creative and will be a really valuable experience that I can apply to later life. 

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