To complete a degree in studio art, you are expected to understand the fundamentals of art history, how to prepare a surface for creating, and how to select the correct tools for your piece. As you develop your practice and hone in on a medium, you begin to create a body of work focusing on your inspirations and background. Rebecca Ledbetter discovered painting in college, where she learned how to mix colors and stretch a canvas, survived grueling critiques, and began to understand how to build an artistic discipline upon graduation. Students were taught how to be successful creatively, but not necessarily profitable.
In contrast, when graduating from business school, Anna Solomon carried the fundamental idea that passion must intersect with need. Entrepreneurship follows a specific set of formulaic procedures that develop your idea into a hypothesis, define your solution, in…
