The Bootstrap Book Club gathered yesterday and had an inspiring and heartfelt discussion of the hero's journey as it relates bootstrapping.
Dr. Elliot McGucken kicked off the discussion on conference call. Dr. E is an Evangelist for bootstrapping and artistic entrepreneurship. He teaches a course called
Arts Entreperneurship on the subject and has laid out the elements of the hero's journey. His website describes Joseph Campbell's "
monomyth" as it relatest to the stages of entreperneurship.
Participants were encouraged to check out one or more sources on the Hero's Journey:
1.
Joseph Campbell's book:
Hero with a Thousand Faces, which oultines the
monomyth.
2. Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers television series:
The Power of Myth3. Professor Candace Allen's journal article (.pdf):
Entrepreneur as Hero
Dr. E's talk will be on the
Boot Rap Podcast (powered by
HearThis).
Michael Skye, founder of
Vision Force Academy, has a
blog post about his first interaction with Bootstrap through the book club.
