Contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. First Things First
  6. Direction, Success, and You
  7. The Wily Octopus
  8. In Defense of the Hustle
  9. On Having It All Figured Out
  10. Making Things Is a Job
  11. “What Do You Do?”
  12. Start the Conversation You Want to Have
  13. Bitch. Boss. Boy.
  14. Let Your Inner Child OUT
  15. Do the Math
  16. What Is an Artist’s Place in the World?
  17. You Can Make Your Own Breaks
  18. Once Bitten, Never Cured
  19. Respect the Catalysts
  20. How to Crowdfund Anything (aka How to Launch a Product)
  21. How to Customize Your Career
  22. Why Everyone Needs a Business Partner
  23. Lessons for the Hustle Economy from the Frontiers of battle Rap and Game Design
  24. Eat What You Want; Leave What You Don’t
  25. The Long Bet
  26. You’re Going to Get Tired of Swimming Upstream
  27. It’s Important to Throw Things Away
  28. You Are the Product, and the Product Sucks:Advice to an Artistic Entrepreneur
  29. About the Contributors
  30. Acknowledgments