What we can learn about business from the jazz greats

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What I learned about business from the jazz greats

Kathleen Gilroy, CEO, GeoGo™

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How jazz and business are alike‣ You work in an

ensemble

‣ You work for years without recognition or pay

‣ You drink and take drugs to tolerate the risk and failure

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WORDPRESS WAS “MINGUS”

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MINGUS

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“A goal is a dream with a finish line.”

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MINGUS

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“There are two kinds of music. Good. And the other kind.”

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ELLA

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“I stole everything I heard. But I mostly stole from the horns.”

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MINGUS

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While they are singing your praises, they are stealing your phrases.

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MINGUS

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“The most important thing I look for in a musician is if he knows how to listen.”

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MINGUS

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“If they act too hip, they ain’t got shit.”

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MINGUS

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If I don’t practice for a day, I know it. If I don’t practice for two days, the critics know it. And if I don’t practice for three days, the public knows it.

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MINGUS

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“Anyone can make the simple complicated. Creativity is making the complicated simple.”

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MILES DAVIS

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I still got my Ferrari.

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What I learned about business from the jazz greats

Kathleen Gilroy, CEO, GeoGo™