LEARN FROM PICASSO
Posted by: Brian Webb | Monday, September 17th, 2007 | 10:45 PM
In many services, the product of the service has become the measurement of it’s value. “What will the market bear?” is the question so commonly uttered by venture capitalists and business analysts.
What is talent and thought-leadership worth? And why is some worth more than others?
A woman was strolling along a street in Paris, when she saw Pablo Picasso sketching near a cafe. She asked Picasso to sketch her, and to charge her accordingly. Picasso, in just minutes… sketched the woman beautifully. There she was. An original Picasso.
“So what do I owe you?” the woman asked. “5000 francs” replied Picasso. “But it only took you 3 minutes” she politely reminded him. “No” Picasso replied… “it took me all my life.”
Don’t charge by the hour, charge by the years.
