The Exhibition Wars...

Exhibition Wars

Welcome...

Welcome to Distinction Biograph.

Bienvenidos!

Hello, I’m Jerrell Skinner and this is my blog.

I hope you will join me as we discover new aspects in storytelling. Please visit my LINKEDIN profile and my IMDB link. This will provide you with my professional background.

I hope that you will find this blog to be entertaining and informative over time. Moreover, I hope you will visit the links that I will put up periodically to give you my take on better choices spending your entertainment dollar.

Yours truly,
Jerrell

Our Personal Learning Network

The hardest portion of gaining and maintaining one's place in the working world is our professional relationships. One misstep can lead to years of missed opportunities and the chance that other people can dictate what the world thinks of you. As they say, perception becomes reality.

The choice of mentors, networking circles, and eventually the individuals who have the most influence on our professional mindset has to be taken with get care. Moreover, the choices must cover the people we may have  alienated or done a disservice to along the way. Pressures, in the workplace are manifestation of how we handled the problem(s). 

Unlike most professions, artistic pursuits rarely fit the Wharton Business School models. Of course the rules of business are practical at all times. Still, the painting of Sistine Chapel is not the daily running of Boeing Aerospace. They are both enterprises, but they are vastly different in what they accomplish and how they get to completion.

So I'm including a link for a collection of resources for those in the arts or those related pursuits: Social Arts Practices Network (SPAN). There are timely articles and information on the arts, grants, and finance.

So feel free to drop me a line if you like...

Jerrell

Sexism in venture capitalism, what happens when opportunity is stifled...

Hi everyone...

I've come across a very intriguing article on the 'Business Insider' by Alyson Shontell. It is regarding the environment among many venture capitalists (VC's) in terms of the lack of understanding of how to evaluate startups led by women. It serves in a way as a microcosm of the problems faced by all minorities groups. What happens when the evaluator is unable (or unwilling) to build an environment to properly determine the value and possibilities of a concept or a company?

In a domestic economy that has been stubbornly stagnant for nearly 4 years; both in its ability to expand and innovate. This scenario is part of a larger problem. How can you ramp up hiring when the market gatekeepers are still using outdated principles to judge the worth of a company.

Here's a link: "Hey VCs: Stop Saying This Female Entrepreneurs!"