value co-creation

The Business of Collaborative Entertainment

I just finished C.K. Prahalad‘s latest book, The New Age of Innovation. Prahalad’s strategy writings are fairly standard M.B.A. reading (I consumed my share back in 2001), but none of his previous works resonated so deeply with me as this one. While Prahalad discusses many ideas in this book, one of his key concepts is […]

‘Building a Collaborative Entertainment Property’

A high-level summary of how Brain Candy, LLC applies its Collaborative Property Model to entertainment content.

‘Building a Renewable Entertainment Franchise’

A summary of the Renewable Franchise Model developed by Brain Candy, LLC and used to build the collaborative commercial entertainment property, Runes of Gallidon.

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Math, Magic, and Storytelling Shell Games

A writer walks into a doctor’s office. “You gotta help me, doc. I keep hearing about everyone making money from self-publishing, and everywhere I go, someone’s trying to sell me their book.” “I see,” the doctor says, nodding. “So what seems to be the problem?” “Well, I figure if everyone’s writing a book, I should […]

A History and Future of Collaborative Storytelling

This is my (un)scientific, (non-)comprehensive, and (not at all) objective overview of the rise of collaborative storytelling: how we (more or less) got here, and where we may (kinda sorta) be heading. No particular axe to grind or agenda to sell, just my observations after watching this space for a few years. Buckle up, this […]