Being a founder is a single player sport.
Being a CEO is the definition of a team sport.
You also have stakeholders beyond your team; investors, shareholders, the public, and society. Your job is to make other people around you better.
Being a founder requires having a threshold for being misunderstood for a very long time. You should not be attaching your identity to that misunderstanding. Also, recognize that understandings change over time.
Telfar’s recent live pricing announcement is a timely relevant framework that artists can reference when crafting ticketing prices.
Let’s examine the parts that can easily be implemented and the challenges an artist may face adopting this fan first solution.