Operational notes on the craft of producing live events. Margin, closeout, leaks, and the reality of the business behind the show. Written by people who produced, not by content marketers.
Modern management tools sell "team visibility" as a feature. But most are surveillance systems in disguise, and your crew knows it. What software designed to work — not to watch — actually looks like.
It's the question that comes up in every demo: "are you going to have a vendor marketplace?". The answer is no. Here we explain why — and why saying it openly matters more to us than the option of changing our mind.
After every show comes three weeks of manual reconciliation. By the time you know your real margin, you've already quoted the next one without that information. There's a structural pattern here, not a management one.