Featuring four seasoned music business executives – David Avery of Powderfinger Promotions, Bernard Chiu of First Act, Steve Walter of The Cutting Room and Joe McGuire, formerly of Tweeter – discuss a number of topics of interest to music business entrepreneurs for an audience at Berklee College of Music. Among the things they discuss are: hiring your dream team, finding a balance between work and life, growing your business, and honing the instincts and skills that will give you the drop on your competition.
Bernard Chiu, CEO of First Act, responds to a question at the Berklee Music Business Seminar about how he balance family and work by speaking about his management style – training his people to do what needs to be done without constant scrutiny, and training himself to trust his people to work this way.
Bernard Chiu, CEO of First Act, discusses how he goes about hiring great people for his company and what he does to ensure that the corporate culture fosters excellence, and reminds us that even an intern might have something valuable to say about how to run the company.
Bernard Chiu, CEO of First Act, shares his opinions and experiences on the best things and worst things about being an executive, with the audience at the Berklee Music Business Seminar.
Bernard Chiu, CEO of First Act, answers an audience question at the Berklee Music Business Seminar about how to know whether your business will be profitable or not, by pointing out that some business models don’t expect to make money for as much as a decade, and discussing how to assess the future profit expectations of your new business.
Bernard Chiu, CEO of First Act, discusses what you stand to gain and lose from taking your company public, and how to decide whether taking your stock public, or selling to a private equity firm, are moves that you should consider.
Bernard Chiu, CEO of First Act, responds to a question at the Berklee Music Business Seminar about his company’s unorthodox marketing strategies by talking about First Act’s business model, target markets, and corporate mission.
Bernard Chiu, founder and Chairman of First Act, discusses his background and business, and the various entrepreneurial efforts he has launched in the course of his career, at the Berklee Music Business Seminar.
Bernard Chiu, CEO of First Act, passes some advice to the audience at the Berklee Music Business Seminar in how to be successful entrepreneurs and keep their careers fresh, dynamic and interesting.
Bernard Chiu, CEO of First Act, discusses at the Berklee Music Business Seminar the types of people he hires to work at First Act, what skill sets he is hoping to select for by hiring from these groups, and the benefits to the company that result. He also shares his thoughts on the importance of passion to having a successful career in any field, and on the nature of entrepreneurship.
