Shooting down ideas is not a skill

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Someone proposes an idea in a meeting. It’s new, it’s different, and it would take effort. Before they’ve finished explaining it, three people have already thought of reasons it won’t work. “I haven’t heard any customers request this.” “We can’t use Python for that, it’s too slow.” “That introduces tooContinue Reading

“A lot of the music stores didn’t want to touch used instruments back then. They would laugh at me and say, ‘You’re paying more for this old guitar than I am for this new guitar’”: Norman Harris on the nascent days of the vintage guitar market

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(Image credit: Eleanor Jane) Norman Harris is today revered as one of the world’s foremost vintage guitar dealers in an ultra-competitive market. But it wasn’t always like this. He says that his store, Norman’s Rare Guitars, rose to prominence during a time when other stores steered clear of second-hand gear.Continue Reading