1. Surround yourself with people who are competent and share your vision and have good work ethics.
2. Set the Standards. It’s always better to be the one setting the standards and having everyone else play catch up.
3. Do business with those who allow you to follow your vision.
4. Keep thinking outside the box. make sure you have people around you that have weirder or stranger ideas than you do. That will keep fresh ideas coming in.
5. Never have “Yes Men” on your creative/research team. They are the ones that you want to hear new ideas from. You don’t want them just agreeing with ideas you already had yourself.
6. If you feel that a business is causing you to conform….look for new ways around that business to do what you want to do.
In music for example….if every time you tried making a music video Mtv told you it had to be changed for them to air it…it might be a good idea to start looking for backers to start your own music channel where you can show the videos the way you want and also allow other artist/producers to do the same.
7. Never accept “well thats the way it always been done.”