.@DanWilliams @lrozen win-win should always be the goal in any negotiation, but I get nervous when one side says that. It's a zero-sum tell.
— Peter Kaufman (@Dealfatigue) February 11, 2015
Category Archives: The Culture
What It Takes
1. Aspiring producers/writers/creatives: dogged persistence, while Capraesque, is not in itself enough (woefully misplaced?) to execute.
— Peter Kaufman (@Dealfatigue) February 7, 2015
2 indie or not, to produce for the mass market, requires an understanding that the business of the art views the project as a commodity.
— Peter Kaufman (@Dealfatigue) February 7, 2015
3. Do you have the rights? Do you have a director that actors want to work with? Do you have folks whose endorsement has weight?
— Peter Kaufman (@Dealfatigue) February 7, 2015
4 what are you selling? Passion, enthusiasm, tenacity alone is not enough. Can u execute? How do you prove that?
— Peter Kaufman (@Dealfatigue) February 7, 2015
5. Great. So you can make a movie. Who will watch it? Why? The easiest way to answer all of these questions is by providing/serving up…
— Peter Kaufman (@Dealfatigue) February 7, 2015
7. The fundamental business elements required to make a movie.
Rights to good material
Cast that gets butts in seats
Capital
— Peter Kaufman (@Dealfatigue) February 7, 2015
9. If you don't want to do that or are unable to do that then be honest with yourself that you've chosen a tougher slog.
— Peter Kaufman (@Dealfatigue) February 7, 2015
Phoning It In
1. Phoning it in but expecting exceptional results is one of the most nefarious forms of self-deception.
— Peter Kaufman (@Dealfatigue) October 21, 2014
2. Mind you, sometimes good is good enough but if you're not already conscientious, then you're likely getting in your own way. Often.
— Peter Kaufman (@Dealfatigue) October 21, 2014
3. I think fear of failure has a lot to do with this. So does one's self-regard of where one is in the pecking order of things.
— Peter Kaufman (@Dealfatigue) October 21, 2014
4. So does run of the mill lethargy and laziness. Why try harder when I can watch "New Girl"?
— Peter Kaufman (@Dealfatigue) October 21, 2014
5. The other factor is often the allure of being distracted by busy work instead of doing the hard work . . .
— Peter Kaufman (@Dealfatigue) October 21, 2014
6. … that makes the difference between actual execution and "table talk."
— Peter Kaufman (@Dealfatigue) October 21, 2014
7. This is all the more so for creatives and those that work for them like attorneys, agents and managers.
— Peter Kaufman (@Dealfatigue) October 21, 2014
More With Less
Closing binder for $3 million film financing (left).
Closing binder for $25 million VC startup financing (right).